Fit Clinic, Episode Three!
Hi everyone! I’m so excited to bring you the next installment in our Fit Clinic Series!
In Episode Three, we will go over how fabric choice effects fit and teach you some tips on how to choose the right fabric to make sure you get the perfect fit. The most common questions I get asked are about fabric substitutions. This is usually possible, but will most likely lead to some pattern adjustments. To showcase this, we made the Bryant gown in 4 very different fabrics so you can see for yourself how much fabric choice impacts fit.
I know this is a lot of info to take in, so check out the attached PDF handout that you can have on hand the next time you go fabric shopping :)
I hope you love this month's Fit Clinic!
Xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. Please don't share this video link or handout (including posting on public Pinterest boards) so we can continue creating content exclusively for you!
P.P.S. Here are some chapter time stamps to help you all navigate through the video.
0:00 Intro
2:52 Textiles and Fit
24:01 How to Determine Stretch Percentage
29:10 Bryant Gown Non-Stretch Woven (Purple Batik)
32:27 Bryant Gown Stable Knit (Ponte)
35:36 Bryant Gown High-Stretch Woven (Stretch Satin)
38:03 Bryant Gown High-Stretch Knit (Lilac Stretch Lurex)
40:43 Dress Comparison
40:58 Outro
Patreon FIt Clinic! Part Three: How Fabric Choice Affects Fit (YouTube)
Comments (39)
So helpful
love your videos
This was another fabulous fit clinic. You are a great teacher, Gertie! Thanks so much.
Wow this was so helpful!!!!!!
This video is FANTASTIC!! I really loved the science experiment, really illustrated things perfectly. Thank you!!
Gertie, where are those glasses from?! So cute!
Such a good tutorial!
Love these fit clinics! Please do more ❤️🙏🏿
Thank you that's wonderful xxx
Thanks you!! I have learned so much from you clinics. Can’t wait for the next one. May a ask for more pattern manipulation, please? My body shape is boxy, :( so I am still struggling with patterns. Thanks again
This is an excellent tutorial/clinic. I’m going to make a swatch book—it makes so much sense to do so. Thank you Gertie! Great information!
Brilliant demonstration... I would like help fitting trousers please in a future fit clinic.
There is a lot of value in these types of videos.
Great video and so educational, thank you!
What a valuable episode! Thank you so much. You really have an excellent teaching style and I have enjoyed these fit clinics tremendously.
Fab clinic, thank you @Gertie - I'd love to see a fit clinic on trousers please.
Love your Fit clinics 💜💜💜. They are so educational. The visuals were great. Thank you soooo much!
Thank you so much! I’m so impressed with how much work you all put into these videos. Especially this one. When I imagine all the time to sew up those four versions, and for me it would be even greater effort knowing that the final outcome would not be “great”, I so appreciate you all putting them together! I was amazed to see how profoundly the sleeve shape changed and it was a light bulb moment to see how differently the neckline behaved in the different fabrics. That just reinforced to me how important those design details are and how strongly the fabric can affect the final outcome. Gratitude!! 🥰
Love this, its nice to see the same item in different fabrics. It show so much more than text does. What I like to see in a fit clinic is armhole adjustments when grading affect the shape of the armhole. What do I do with the sleeve and or the facing. And like Louise Armstong for me said, what about the notches and circles.
I am enjoying the fit clinics. My request is to be shown how to keep the grain line straight and how and where to move notches and circles to after making alterations.
This was SOOOO helpful! Thank you! Will we have grading in the future?
I loved the fit clinic. I learned a lot about fabric.
I love these fit clinics! Pants please!
Great fit clinic! Excellent information
all those dresses were beautiful and seeing it in a knit was awesome as it would probably become a much more wearable dress for me with some stretch :D
Wowza! I am another that felt like the Bryant wasn’t the dress for me. Now I neeeeeed it.
This is great! I especially love the 4 synchronized Gerties at the end <3 thanks for sharing the knowledge:)
If we can ask for videos. Big Boobs Fit, please. I have a Europe E Cup and I'd like to see my options.
Hey Paloma, I wear a UK 28GG and usually wear a 4G in charm patterns 😄 check the measurements chart the ‘cup size’ doesn’t relate to bra sizes ☺️
Kind of cool you're doing Bryant in Batik, because I just got some Batik to do Patsy with.
Thank you so much for this enjoyable video! I As you probably know: i would love to have a pants fit clinic so i am finally confident enough to try the Marilyn Jeans! ❤️😘
I'm with Laura, I have 2 sizes difference between my hips and my waist and what I would describe as a l-o-n-g bottom. Pants fit clinic please!
Cool beans. Love these.
The Bryant Gown never really sparked a flame in me but hearing you talk about the design with the love you have for it while wearing it in the quilting cotton really makes me want to own the pattern myself. This fit clinic was very enjoyable (as were the others 💕). Really appreciate the effort to sew the Bryant Gown in 4 different versions just for us patreons 🌺
This is great , thank you! My request for fit clinic is petite adjustments. I am 5'3 ( and plus size) and I have a hard time making shorts/trousers etc. I either look pregnant or like I poo my britches.
This is amazing, thank you! 🖤
Awesome Gertie! Always teaching! Thank you! When I was a kid my mom would go through the fabric store touching all the fabrics. As kids, we would imitate her. Stretching, holding up the the light, etc. We were a performance I tell you. I am my mother. E gads, now my kids imitate me. Karma! LOL!
I'm really enjoying it so far. So much great info
I can't wait to watch this on lunch.