RamonvanVeghel
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Agreed with what greenmachines said!I just want to clarify something so the thread isn't derailed! There's no need for the sad faces, I just wanted to specify, as in all the years we were together she made no effort to teach me anything and therefore deserves no merit in anything I have created. I was simply stating that because of that relationship I have a basic knowledge of pattern cutting and sewing. I put a laughing emoji after that reply to show it was jovial but it didn't appear for some reason, which completely changes the context of the reply! I appreciate everyone's support through this build, without it I would have given up, so I don't want to come across as rude or anything..
All the items I've made so far, I used rudimentary techniques to work out the pattern and not something that someone doing it 'properly' would do. For the shirt, I drew the yoke and pattern onto a big white tee shirt and cut it out. For the vest and coat I adapted an old sweater. Everything was then altered through trial and error to ensure a correct fit. As mentioned above, I made everything on the big side so I could alter it to get a good fit to what I was wanting. If you're new to sewing, I'd suggest doing the same. I didn't make any mock-ups because I'm lazy and impatient haha!
Also, I have a wonderful, beautiful and supportive girlfriend that will be accompanying me as Arwen, so like I said, no need for any sad faces.
I'm experiencing some of the issues with the emoji's dissapearing as well, I think that happens when you post on mobile for some reason. You didn't come across rude at all!
Those are definitely some good tips regarding the sewing and I'm kind of impatient as well and cut my patterns at XL size so that should be large enough lol since normally I'm a L.