Pattern Alteration Tutorial: Sway Back Adjustment
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2021
- Welcome back to another pattern alteration video! Today we are tackling the sway back adjustment. As always, let me know if you have any questions!
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For reference: I am 5’2” and my measurements are as follows, upper bust 36”, full bust 40”, waist 32”, hip 38.5” 
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How nice to have some one discuss proper differences in women’s bodies, honestly and helpfully and trying to resolve these issues. Thank you.
I’m so glad it was helpful!
Such a great explanation on the sway back. Finally someone to talk about identifying if you need this adjustment. Thanks Whitney!
Oh good! I’m so glad that was helpful!
Really glad you emphazised that this sway back adjustment applies only if you have to much length in the back of the bodice. Way too often the pooling in the back is misdiagnosed. I see a lot of people who need more width over the hips in the back doing swayback adjustments. I would say if you need to add the length you took out in the hollow of your back back in at the hem, take another look. You probably need the full but adjustment NOT a sway back. 💕
You are so right!
I will need to rewatch this again. This was most useful. Thank you so much Whitney 😊❤️
I’m so glad!
Thank you so much. I’m really looking forward to your alteration videos. Getting a good fit eludes me and I get quite despondent at times. 🥰
Oh no! Fitting can definitely be frustrating, but so worth it to figure it out!
Thanks for this tutorial. It was a great help. The improved fit avoided the need to grade up.
Oh good!
I've watched this twice already! Thank you so much for this...I definitely did not know how to approach this when a pattern is on the fold and to consider the hem if it's a dress and the waist...all these important details! Your explanations and videos are so clear, so thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks sooooo much for this! Also, excited to hear you are planning to do a zipper tutorial series, that'll be super helpful!
Hi Heide, it’s Heide Ray. Fun to find the same first name! Whitney does the BEST tutorials, always save to a sewing list. Happy sewing!
@@heideray7343 WOW, it's not every day I come across someone with the same spelling! So nice to meet you!! Yes, Whitney does the BEST tutorials, they are incredibly helpful. Have a wonderful day! 🌻
I’m so glad you’re looking forward to those!
Thank you for such a great explanation of this particular adjustment.
My pleasure!
What an extremely helpful video! Thank you, Whitney!!
My pleasure!
Great tutorial! Thanks again for your work.
My pleasure!
Extremely helpful! Thanks Whitney!
I’m so glad!
Hi Whitney, Thankyou for your awesome videos!
It’s my pleasure!
Thanks Whitney! I have been looking for a good tutorial for this adjustment. Very easy to follow🤗
I’m so glad!
You're instructional tutorials are always for helpful and so right on for me! I too am 5'2" with a short torso and along with needing to do a petite adjustment I often need to do a sway back adjustment. Thank you so much!!
Oh good! I’m so glad this was helpful!
This information is perfect for me. Thanks so much.
My pleasure!
So helpful!
I’m so glad!
Thank you I needed this!
I’m so glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this tutorial! I would love to see a tutorial for adjusting crotch curves and making full seat adjustments too!
I always struggle with making trousers, I have great difficulty buying trousers that really fit due to a high rise but they are never truly comfortable. Would love a tutorial on adjust the rise in pants.
I can definitely tackle crotch curves and full seat adjustments. Debra, I have a video I did recently where I’m showing how to adjust the rise in the Allegro shorts, but it would be the same process for any shorts/pants pattern!
@@TomKatStitchery thank you so much Whitney! Your videos always make my day better!
Great info!!
Oh good!
@@TomKatStitchery this is what I was trying to explain to my daughter when she sent me a pic of the back of her dress & it was pooling above her waist.
Brilliant! Thanks so much. Will have to check out how to do a full butt adjustment too.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
That was great!! I have severe lordosis, so I always have to remove fabric from my lower back-and sometimes add to the hips or butt as I have a bigger bottom-depending on the pattern!! :+)
Thank you!! :+)
Briefly saw a bit of Gidget...
Have a great Sunday and Monday!
Oh good! I’m so glad this was helpful!
Absolutely! 😎
I always don’t put away the pattern until I’ve made the adjustments I want to make. To make it clearer to myself, I’ll put a squiggly line through old lines, because I’m not sure how long it will be before I use it again, and I’m sure to forget if I’ve added that inch to my waist or taken it away when I do go to cut the pattern out. Sometimes I will also date the change, right on the pattern. Or write it all on the pattern cover. So I don’t miss it. And thanks, while I don’t need to do a sway back adjustment, I do need to take a bit out of a pattern, and I was just about to have to look that up, and up pops your video. Timely. Thanks! Looking forward to zippers, that’ll be good.
That’s a great idea for marking patterns. Most often quite a bit of time goes by between iterations and it’s so easy to forget what you’ve done most recently!
Thanks for this tutorial. I’ve done away backs however I’ve never redrafted my darts. It makes total sense tho.
Oh good!
Hello Whitney! I've been rewatching your fit videos, which I find very clear and helpful, as I'm preparing to make many dress toiles. Since we both have a sway back and narrow shoulders, I was wondering if you know a way of doing both adjustments at once? I haven't found the info in my Google and RUclips searches. I'm thinking pivoting the top of the pattern towards the the center might do the trick, but I'm not sure if it would create problems I'm not foreseeing. I'd be most grateful if you could point me to a resource that addresses that (or maybe add this idea to you tutorials list!) Thank you very much!
I think I would keep the adjustments separate. I'm afraid you might try the grain line all crazy trying to do it all at once. That being said, you could always try it on some old bed sheets and see what happens! You might be on to something!
This is a good tutorial, but my mind checked out after you were confused about what drag lines on the back mean and changed your thought a couple of times. That confused me, trying to understand, change, then change back again. I love your personality and will be watching for the zipper videos. Thank you.
Sorry about that! I started to second guess myself and shouldn’t have!
I have a terrible time with my skorts. I will definitely try this. Do I need to adjust the undershorts too?
Yes. Most likely, you’ll need to adjust both.
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Please start your zipper instructions with a basic zipper. My sister just started sewing and only buys patterns that do not need a zipper or buttons. I try to tell her that it’s not that hard but she is just afraid to try. Thank you. I love your channel and watch all your posts.
I will definitely be covering the basic zippers as well as more advanced ones!
Do you need this adjustment if you are using knit or stretch fabric?
Possibly. If you are short in the back torso, then you'll need the extra length removed regardless of it being a woven or stretch.
My shoulder seams fall forward, what kind of adjustment do I need? TIA
You need the opposite of a forward shoulder adjustment. Its pretty easy. You would take away the amount it's falling forward from the back shoulder seam and add that back to the front shoulder seam. That should move the seam back on your body so it sits on your shoulder!
@@TomKatStitchery Thank you so much!
I would love to see you add a zipper in a fly on a Jean Skirt
Ok!
I can't ever find one of these that explains how to do it on just a pair of pants, or just a skirt. I don't make dresses.
I explained a bit how it differs in the tutorial, but I do another video showing how to do it on something that ends at the waist (like a skirt or pants).
I love your videos but in a lot of them, I hear your chair creaking and it freaks me out because it sounds like the sound effects in Japanese horror movies! haha! Wish I could somehow screen out the chair-creaking noise.
😂 sorry about that. It’s actually my auto focusing camera lens you’re hearing. I don’t think it’s audible when I use my external mic and I forget to do that sometimes. I’ll try and remember to use that!
The actual tutorial doesn't begin until 9:14, and that's a unacceptably long intro. At least some of the intro was on topic, so I didn't click away, but it's still a long time to make people wait.
Thanks for your feed back!