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TheSloperLady
By Lauraline Grosenick,
CADTERNS Custom Clothing Inc.
http://www.cadterns.com
Slopers 102: Why would I want one?
Apparel designers and manufacturers spend considerable time and effort
evolving their own slopers and then zealously guard them for exclusive use
with their own labels. Please note that It is not garment style such as
jeans that is called exclusive, but rather the cut. Different cuts show
variations in the shape of the sloper. The cut of a garment deals with
Variation of curves and amount of ease allocated at specific locations.
Cut variations can make a considerable difference in the comfort level
provided. Patterns deal with similar variables and help to understand how
someone who is a "perfect 9" using one company's patterns gets a better
fit in a different company's size 12. It is significant to note that there
is no perfect way to draft a sloper that makes one manufacturer more
correct or better than another. This fact may be comforting if you have
experienced more difficulty with one company's fit than with another's.
If you sew for yourself or others, you are a small, micro-mini
manufacturer (shall we say m-m-manufacturer). Like larger manufacturers, a
m-m-manufacturer can benefit by using slopers to style her or his own
patterns. Whereas most RTW (Ready-to-Wear) manufacturers strive to fit the
largest number of people possible with a single sloper, you can enjoy the
luxury of individual slopers for individual people or projects. The
biggest benefit of personal slopers is personal fit.
Do check in again to see what questions have been addressed since today;
and remember that:
"If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well;
and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST!"
Til next time,
TheSloperLady
Definitions:
Glossary of Terms
Articles:
Sloper Talk - Preamble
Slopers 101: "What is a sloper?"
Slopers 102: "Why would I want one?"
"Where can I get a sloper that will fit me?"
"How many measurements does it take to get a perfect sloper?"
"How CAN you tell when you’re done?"
"How can you use your fitted sloper to fit other patterns?"
"How can we make new patterns from our fitted slopers?"
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Biography
Lauraline Grosenick holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of
Alberta. She has taught secondary high school and adult education sewing and
patternmaking for more than 20 years in both private and classroom settings.
Teaching was one constant but not her only professional activity. While
free-lancing in theatre costuming, Lauraline designed and produced Growin'
Ups(TM) - a line of children's wear, using cottage industry manufacturing
strategy. As a pioneer of CAD for clothing, Lauraline initiated and
continues in the development and application of CADTERNS(R) Custom
Patternmaking Program - computer software for personal patternmaking. She
has published several small Computer Assisted Patternmaking booklets to
accompany custom patternmaking software.
CADTERNS is a personal patternmaking program for IBM and compatible
computers. It enables anyone to draft personal Ready-to-Style(R) slopers
(basic patterns) for the purpose of modifying existing patterns to fit or
styling new ones. CADTERNS Slopers can be made for any female figure ranging
from 4'1" to 6'8" in height and from 27" to 68" at bust or hip. Slopers for
skirt, pant, bodice, blouse and sheath can be calculated in mere seconds!
Every pattern made from a personal sloper is a pre-fitted personal pattern.
Do check out CADTERNS home page at http://www.cadterns.com. At this Website
you will find a wealth of information about personal slopers including
on-line lessons on personal patternmaking.
Having taught in a wide range of communities from isolated and remote
locations to large urban centres, Lauraline is pleased to add anywhere in
the world including a-computer-near you through the WWW as her current
classroom.
Lauraline AKA TheSloperLady
CADTERNS Custom Clothing Inc.
http://www.cadterns.com
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