Tailored to Fit: The Palmer/Pletsch Tissue Fitting Method

Don’t settle for clothes that don’t fit! Learn how to customize patterns so they are perfectly suited to your body type in Tailored to Fit: The Palmer/Pletsch Tissue-Fitting Method with Pati Palmer and Marta Alto. 
Pati and Marta have spent over 30 years developing the Palmer/Pletsch Tissue-Fitting Method and in this class they will show you how it works. 
You’ll learn: 

• A better way to fit yourself, eliminating the need to take so many body measurements  
  
• Identify the areas of your pattern that need adjustment 
• Tips for fitting a sheath dress (both bodice and skirt) to your body type 

Pati and Marta will help you sew for your real-world curves. You’ll learn how to adjust a pattern to fit a large bust, a sway back, rounded shoulders, a broad back, and many other common features. They will share techniques developed over three decades of sewing that are guaranteed to lend a tailored look. 
Learn how you vary from a standardized pattern and alter the tissue to fit you using the Palmer/Pletsch Tissue Fitting Method. After watching Pati and Marta at work, you'll be able to customize patterns so your handmade garments look and feel awesome.  

• Class Introduction
• What is Tissue Fitting?
• Tools for Tissue Fitting and Measuring High Bust
• Prepping the Pattern
• Making Alterations on the Pattern for Hourglass Figure
• Working with Darts
• Tissue Fitting on a High-Low Round Back
• Tissue Fitting Full Bust/Broad Back
• Tissue Fitting for High Bust/Straight Back/ Making a Y-Bust
• Fit and Alter the Sleeve
• Fit and Alter the Skirt
• Altering Fashion Pattern: Side Panel Blouse
• Altering Fashion Pattern: Knits
• How to Stabilize the Back, Neck and Front Edges
• Altering Fashion Pattern: Princess Bust
• Working with a Non-Palmer/Pletsch Pattern
• How to Tissue Fit Without a Partner