@mietz
I'm also using this book and had trouble with fitting the sleeve. I used the close fitting bodice block and the one-piece sleeve block. Even without ease you have almost 1cm too much on the front side. In my opinion the sleeve should fit perfectly when drafting it correctly, which it doesn't. The Aldrich book brought me confusion and frustration due to these "little" mistakes. I ended up drawing and measuring it over and over again and now I see your video where it also doesn't fit and you just "cut" the length so it does fit. That shouldn't be necessary in a Metric Pattern Making book in my opinion. You make great videos and I'm happy that I found this one to clearing up things for me :). Thnak you
@mariammoola2651
Thank u so much. Explanations are excellent. Love that u give the measurements.
@wendyb7993
Well I’ve learned so much everything is clearer thanks 🤩
@nurzerani9703
The best tutorial that i had seen! I hope u will make another tutorial detailed like this. Keep it up
@nataliechim5227
Another excellent video
@sewmytroublesaway
Love this! Thank you! I have used two drafting systems that use the bust measurement to draft the sleeve but I have a smaller bust and rib cage relative to my bicep so the sleeve is always tight and then I have the brain pretzel of widening the sleeve while maintaining the fit into the armhole 😨 I have this book but have been too scared to try it! Seeing you work through it has helped immensely.
@maridiani
Thank you for this tutorial....i tried my hands on drafting a bodice with Aldrich but got stock along the way because i was working on a plus size. Please can you do a video for plus size bodice block using Aldrich. 🙏
@tobiasjames9107
Excellent videos, thanks! One of my biggest frustrations with the Winifred Aldrich books is the way they include seam allowance in the drafted pattern, without an easy way of omitting it, or specifying clearly which line/measurement to use later when another block is used as a reference, as when drafting sleeves (maybe particularly so in earlier editions.) Coming back to pattern cutting after ~16 years, I'm a bit confused! When she gets you to measure lengths and mark points on the body section for drafting a sleeve, does she mean on the cutting line, not the stitching line? I assume so, because some of the point numbers do seem to match up with those original points. Hope you don't mind my asking advice here! Thanks again!
@steveovenden6738
I have been using the Winifred Aldridge 3rd edition for years love the simplicity but was wondering if anyone has the 3rd and 6th edition, is there a difference between the 2, to justify the purchase. I'm aware of the UK size differences which we used in Australia are WA eg: 14 (92) now is (10-12)
@Youngbobbyc
Soo how'd they figure this out? I'm really struggling even with normal mens t shirt sleeves
@jennysspace3635