has anyone seen this one before?
Jan. 3rd, 2013 04:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thanateI've been (off and on) working with commercial sewing patterns for upwards of 20 years now, and this is a new one on me:
So, as you can see on the far side of piece eleven here, there are the usual sizing lines in various combinations of dots and dashes so that you can tell them apart. They're labelled by size farther down the pattern piece. However, all but two pieces in the package including those that are one-size for everything have a different dashed line along the other side of the piece about a half-inch off from the solid cutting line. With some pieces it's inside the solid line and some (like this) it's outside; on the curves of the bodice side-front, there are two sets of sizing lines to match up with both pieces. Nowhere in the pattern envelope can I find any mention of the extra lines' existence, let alone an explanation of what it's supposed to be, or why I'd cut on it rather than the solid one. It's definitely not labeled on any of the pieces, and there's no indication that the pattern is supposed to be sized for alternate shapes or anything odd. If it's a printing error, it's a remarkably consistent and well-edited one.
Any thoughts? I'll most likely just cut on the solid line and ignore it, but I'm now terribly curious what in the world is up with this pattern.
So, as you can see on the far side of piece eleven here, there are the usual sizing lines in various combinations of dots and dashes so that you can tell them apart. They're labelled by size farther down the pattern piece. However, all but two pieces in the package including those that are one-size for everything have a different dashed line along the other side of the piece about a half-inch off from the solid cutting line. With some pieces it's inside the solid line and some (like this) it's outside; on the curves of the bodice side-front, there are two sets of sizing lines to match up with both pieces. Nowhere in the pattern envelope can I find any mention of the extra lines' existence, let alone an explanation of what it's supposed to be, or why I'd cut on it rather than the solid one. It's definitely not labeled on any of the pieces, and there's no indication that the pattern is supposed to be sized for alternate shapes or anything odd. If it's a printing error, it's a remarkably consistent and well-edited one.
Any thoughts? I'll most likely just cut on the solid line and ignore it, but I'm now terribly curious what in the world is up with this pattern.