My last WIP for the week is actually a multi-part project. And, trust me, I know I am boring you to tears with this series of posts. But it's really helping me organize and prioritize.
So, I'm making an easy breezy wrap skirt and matching bag for each of my sisters (I have four of them) from the wax cloth that Pop Muse bought on his last trip to Ghana. My sister Polyhymnia is currently pregnant, so we are skipping the skirt for now.
I'm using Kwiksew 2954 for the skirt:
And Simplicity 5151 for the bags. I know I could draft a simple tote bag pattern myself. But quite frankly, this pattern fits the bill for options and ease, which is what I am going for with this project.
Now on to the interesting part. In my original post I mentioned that my sisters and I all have very different shapes and sizes. We range in height from 5'6" to 6", some of us are busty/curvy, others are waifs. In our whole lives, sharing clothing has really never been much of an option given how we differ. So, imagine my surprise when I looked at waist and hip measurements and it turns out that everyone (excepting Polyhymnia) basically falls into KwikSew's size medium. Now, I know that this is a very easy fit pattern and S/M/L sizing tries to cover a wider variety of bodies in a smaller number of sizes. This exists in RTW, too. But it was shocking to me that when I look at us, my eye sees that we are very differently sized. And yet, three of us have the very same waist measurement.
What this has made me keenly aware of is how differences in proportion make women's bodies look vastly different. Even with the same waist measurement, our differences in hip measurement and height, give us each a very different appearance.
Apologies for not providing a picture of my lovely sisters. To be honest, I couldn't find one that had all of us recently and I wouldn't put their pictures up for scrutiny without their express permission, anyway.
That said, I hope to show finished skirts on sisters in the end. But in the interim, have you had any experiences like this? Where you have realized how height truly affects proportion? Or how women with the same measurement can look totally different?
To be honest, I am now sweating bullets about the idea of trying to create something that not just fits, but also flatters each of my sisters. Right now, the skirt pattern is traced. I am going to alter the length for each person and do a few minor other changes. Also, I bought bamboo rings for some of the purses. Naturally I forgot to buy matching thread.
That is ok since I won't get to do much more until the diaper bag is finished. More on that in a few days!
So, I'm making an easy breezy wrap skirt and matching bag for each of my sisters (I have four of them) from the wax cloth that Pop Muse bought on his last trip to Ghana. My sister Polyhymnia is currently pregnant, so we are skipping the skirt for now.
I'm using Kwiksew 2954 for the skirt:
And Simplicity 5151 for the bags. I know I could draft a simple tote bag pattern myself. But quite frankly, this pattern fits the bill for options and ease, which is what I am going for with this project.
Now on to the interesting part. In my original post I mentioned that my sisters and I all have very different shapes and sizes. We range in height from 5'6" to 6", some of us are busty/curvy, others are waifs. In our whole lives, sharing clothing has really never been much of an option given how we differ. So, imagine my surprise when I looked at waist and hip measurements and it turns out that everyone (excepting Polyhymnia) basically falls into KwikSew's size medium. Now, I know that this is a very easy fit pattern and S/M/L sizing tries to cover a wider variety of bodies in a smaller number of sizes. This exists in RTW, too. But it was shocking to me that when I look at us, my eye sees that we are very differently sized. And yet, three of us have the very same waist measurement.
What this has made me keenly aware of is how differences in proportion make women's bodies look vastly different. Even with the same waist measurement, our differences in hip measurement and height, give us each a very different appearance.
Apologies for not providing a picture of my lovely sisters. To be honest, I couldn't find one that had all of us recently and I wouldn't put their pictures up for scrutiny without their express permission, anyway.
That said, I hope to show finished skirts on sisters in the end. But in the interim, have you had any experiences like this? Where you have realized how height truly affects proportion? Or how women with the same measurement can look totally different?
To be honest, I am now sweating bullets about the idea of trying to create something that not just fits, but also flatters each of my sisters. Right now, the skirt pattern is traced. I am going to alter the length for each person and do a few minor other changes. Also, I bought bamboo rings for some of the purses. Naturally I forgot to buy matching thread.
That is ok since I won't get to do much more until the diaper bag is finished. More on that in a few days!
