Which is why I really loved Janet Wilson Anderson's veiled comments in
her catalog (Raiments). While I can't remember the exact words, they
were always positive sounding versions of "recommended," but in
varying degrees; you could _tell_ which makers to avoid if you paid
attention to her system.
I well remember trying to fit a pattern for Cin in which the notches
from piece to piece were not at all related, the entire shoulder piece
was backwards, and another piece missing. We were indeed working with
a muslin and by the time it was over she had her outfit-- no thanks to
the pattern company.
And a pattern I once bought to save time (this one was 'old world')
ended up _costing_ me time. I had to redraft the entire thing and have
Cin fit it. Fortunately for me I had a helper (Cin) with experienced
hands :) It cost me many days of prep, but the final product was worth
it: a dark green bicycling bodice, 1895, to wear with a divided skirt
I drafted from a book.
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On Mar 23, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Bambi TBNL wrote:
Years ago, I was unfortunate enough to be helping somebody put
together s Heidi
Marsh pattern, At the time she mostly did Civil War stuff and was
one of the few
"games" in town, ( this was may 20 years ago?)
I was appauled at how little information was in them and how this
pieces did not
even match up..the curves seemed to be for totally different
garments, etc. I
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