Australian Stitches

A Fitting Foundation

Have you come to believe you have narrow shoulders? (You probably don’t!) Think you have a sway back? (Probably not) These are some of the comments I hear from ladies, when I first introduce them to Connie Crawford's patterns. The problem is not you – it is that many commercial patterns are not well drafted or graded properly for the mature figure.

Now, we have all tried to make various adjustments to these flawed patterns to get a better fit, but unless we know what is wrong (technically speaking) in the first place, our efforts can just lead to more problems and frustration. The answer is to start with a technically correct, well fitting pattern!

So, as I

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