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   enidshapiro | Mar 22, 2004 11:44pm | #1

   There should be a line on the pattern in front and back saying shorten or lengthen here to change the crotch length.  This leaves the crotch the same shape.

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   AnneH | Mar 23, 2004 01:22am | #2

   The problem is taking off the 1-1/4" takes away 80% of the curve on the front jean (Vogue 7608).  The back can be blended to keep the curve - it's just the front.

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   kayl | Mar 24, 2004 03:55am | #3

   Where are you proposing to shorten that would take 80% of the front

   crotch curvature? What is the difference between chair depth (measurement of you at the side seam placement, where the bottom of the

   waistband would sit to the seat surface on a hard chair) and the side seam length from waistband seam to crotch level on your pattern?

   (What I'm trying to get at here is whether the U shape is too wide

   for you, or if the pattern was drafted for someone much longer waist

   to hip than you are.)

   If the issue is the pattern is too long from waist to hip for you,

   I'd take that inch and a half out above the area of the front crotch

   curve. If the issue is the U shape is too wide for you (you're flatter

   front to back than average), then I'd take out of the curve.