{"id":927,"date":"2016-07-12T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/?p=927"},"modified":"2017-12-16T13:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T12:02:37","slug":"pattern-fitting-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/pattern-fitting-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Pattern Fitting Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but trying to make an item of clothing that actually\u00a0<em>fits<\/em> is something I&#8217;ve been struggling with. Either the pattern company is adding some strange amounts of ease, or the pattern has hardly any ease at all!<\/p>\n<p>So, I decided to have a go at making a bodice sloper to try and figure out my own sizing a bit better. So far I have the paper pattern drawn out &#8211; it looks a bit small, but the instructions said to stick with it, so that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to do! 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