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Off the Rack Sizing vs. Pattern Sizing

January 24, 2017 By Editor & filed under Ask a Sewing Expert, Blog.

I am sewing costumes for my entire family (15 total costumes!), and I am having problems with sizes. I bought patterns according to off the rack sizes for each member, but when I went to make the muslin patterns, they weren’t even nearly big enough. I now look at the waist and hip measurement, and

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