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   Merrie | Mar 17, 2004 03:14am | #1

   I see your posting is quite old - did you buy the book? How are you doing with the pattern designing?

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   enidshapiro | Mar 17, 2004 04:15pm | #2

   I'm on my SIXTH attempt to make a sloper.  Bought a book at F. I. T. on basic patternmaking.  I just cut out the sixth attempt, and I'm going to see if it goes together over the weekend.  Somehow or other, the front and back, when I tried to sew it together at the shoulder didn't fit.  There was about a two inch difference (longer) at the back shoulder.  This time it seems to be O. K. - for the life of me I don't know what I did different. 

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   Merrie | Mar 21, 2004 09:12am | #3

   How did the new pattern turn out? I assume that, what you are drawing/making, is a basic block pattern? Or are you doing style manipulation based on the basic block?

   Sorry if it takes time between postings - I go online for web-work about every fortnight only; otherwise just a quick download of e-mails at night.

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   raewyn | Mar 21, 2004 12:04pm | #4

   Enid, I know this may seem like a bit obvious - but have you sewed a dart in the back shoulder?  This would account for the discrepancy.  Good luck with the sloper - I made one last year using the Joseph-Armstrong book and it is such a great tool.