Sheat Dress wish list.
I want a sheath dress. I found this one at my local mall for $400. I have the fabric in the exact same color. Now I guess I will resolve to make all the bias strips.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Pattern Fitting
Sewing for and working with ladies trying to get patterns and clothes to fit their body has reminded me of my own insecurities that were present in my early years. My studies have taught me that pattern companies and clothing manufactures must use standard measures based on norms they have found helpful as a basis for sizing sewing patterns and ready-to-wear clothing. These sizing standards of measurements, I think, however, can form insecurities in us that may contribute to our obsessions regarding our body and cause use to feel "we" are abnormal. While, in actuality, the sewing patterns in this case just don't "fit" us. When I was younger, I thought that as long as I was fitting into the size 10 pattern as it was drafted with no knowledge of FBA's, Sway back, prominent buttock adjustments and the like, then I was "normal" and of good weight and build, and therefore, acceptable. I fitted into the "CHART" used by the patter
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