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    Finding the Balance

    Apr 17, 2021 6 minutes
    By Martyn Smith

    Everyone has a different shape, and even though 10 women might wear a size 12, undressed they will all look different in their proportion. With some figures (and some designs) it is very easy to find the balance of the garment, but everyone has had a garment that needs adjusting – it may slip off the shoulders, the neckline rides to the back, or front for that matter. It’s about getting the overall balance right so it sits well on the body.

    In all the years Martyn’s been fitting garments he knows what to look for and how to fix the overall balance of a garment/pattern. He now shares this knowledge with you …

    Being a patternmaker, I’ve never really had the need to use many commercial patterns. Whenever a client brought a pattern, I would open it, have a look and then proceed to reproduce it by drafting a block and manipulating that block into the desired style. The

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