Fit For a Princess - Fitting Princess Seams

What is a princess-seam? A princess-seam is intended to mirror the shape of a woman’s torso. It’s a long, lengthwise curved seam midway between the side seams and the center of the garment. You might see a princess-seam in a women's nightgown, camisole, swim suit, blouse, shirt, dress, or coat. The lines you’ll typically see in a bustier, or merry widow garment, are a good example of princess-seams. Princess-seams are sewn into the front and/or back of a shirt. They may start at the low or high hip, the waist , or wherever the bottom of the garment is. In a fitted cropped top they’ll start at that bottom crop point, in a dress or coat, without separate skirt pieces, they are probably at the hemline. A princess-seam usually moves up to the armscye (armhole) or to the shoulder seam. Often a princess-seamed dress does not have a separate waistline at all, since it does its shaping without darts. A -Line dresses often have princess-seams. Well executed princess-seams can add a long sliming look. In this episode Primero /First - Royal Reflection – My own ideas about sewing history and choices I made for my recent princess-seam sewing . Entonces /Then – Technicos for Princess-Seam fitting – What techniques I’ve been using to fit my princess-seamed shirt pattern Resources: * For my princess seam pattern, I used M6076 0 a Palmer and Pletsch pattern * Coco Chanel's Sleeves * Beyond Fitting - Sewing Princess-Seams

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Fit For a Princess - Fitting Princess Seams is an episode from Enchanted By Sewing by Laurel Shimer.

This episode is 01:02:18 long.

This episode was published on Feb 25, 2016.

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