So ease can really vary between brands, designers, and individual patterns. We don’t automatically build a set amount of ease into each pattern, and our designers create ease differently for each pattern.
Why are there such large amounts of ease in each pattern?Įach designer decides on the amount of ease they think best for each pattern they create. Our budget constraints require us to predict which new pattern styles will be popular in Women’s sizes and then produce double masters for those. We have to take the time and manpower to make a plus-size master and put it through the same set of quality-control checks we use for the misses-sized master.Ĭreating two sets of masters for a pattern obviously requires twice as much work.
#MCCALLS PATTERNS PLUS#
We can’t just use the misses’ master and cross our fingers that everything will then magically work as a plus size. Why do we go to the trouble of creating two masters? Because we have to make sure the fit works for both sizes. When a pattern features both misses and women’s sizes, that means two sets of masters must be created. A “master” is created for each set of sizes, whether it’s Misses or Women’s. We have two sets of sizes for our patterns: Misses-sized patterns can range from size 4 to 24 women’s-sized patterns can go from 18W to 32W. A master is a muslin and all the instructions and notes that go along with a particular pattern. Each new pattern has a “master” made for it. To answer that I need to explain a little bit about what goes into bringing a new pattern to market. Why do some of your patterns go to large sizes and others don’t?
We recently heard back from McCall’s, and we’re pleased to be able to publish a short interview with Carolyne Cafaro, McCall Pattern Company senior vice president and creative director. Inclusive Sizing, Independent Patterns, and the Curvy Sewing Collectiveīack in October, the CSC editors issued an open letter to pattern companies, asking them to re-think their plus size offerings to give curvy women the patterns we want and deserve.Meet the People Behind the Curvy Sewing Collective.
0 kommentar(er)
