Fantastic Fit for Every Body: How to Alter Patterns to Flatter Your Figure (A Rodale Sewing Book) - Hardcover

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Nationally known sewing, fitting, and machine expert Gale Griff Hazen knows what it is like to sew for a less-than-perfect figure, yet her clothes always fit, and she always looks fabulous. Now Gale shares her unique process for fitting garments with sewers worldwide.

"I know that real women in all shapes, sizes, and ages can look fabulous in clothes they make themselves," Gale says, "and I want to share that realization with women everywhere so they can look great, too."

Gale is the author of Sew Sane and Owner's Guide to Sewing Machines, Sergers, and Knitting Machines. She also has had numerous articles published in Threads and Sew News magazines. Gale is co-owner of The Sewing Place, a fabric store and sewing school in Saratoga, California.

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Fantastic Fit for Every Body

Gale Grigg Hazen shows you how to create garmetns that not only fit but also complement your individual body--no matter what your shape. Fantastic Fit for Every Body is a celebration of women who create garments that they love to wear. Share that spirit and begin to create garments that you will wear and love!

"Finally someone has written an in-depth fit book that is reader-friendly and reality-based with excellent photos of real people. If you read if from cover to cover, you will understand not only the concept of fit but also why you have experienced frustrations in the past."--Sandra Betzina, host of television's "Sew Perfect" and author of No Time to Sew, Power Sewing, and More Power Sewing

"At last, Fantastic Fit for Every Body reveals that fitting is every bit as creative, fun, and satisfying as sitting down at the sewing machine and sewing. This book is crammed with fitting solutions--many I've never seen in print--and each one has been tested on a real person. Fantastic Fit for Every Body not only makes fitting fun but also is full of ideas and inspiration."--Marcy Tilton, renowned sewing author and founder of the Sewing Workshop.

Team up with a friend to begin creating your perfect-fitting wardrobe.

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Fantastic Fit for Every Body

Nationally known fit expert and educator Gale Griff Hazen shows you a no-fail way to evaluate your unique body shape, how to choose styles and fabrics that will look best on you, and how to alter patterns to fit your individual and three-dimensional body.

Her students have found consistent success using her fit process, and now, in Fantastic Fit for Every Body, Gale shares that process with sewers everywhere.

You will see real people with real fitting challenges. Gale Grigg Hazen helps each sewer analyze her body and manipulate her patterns to create garmetns that now only fit but also flatter her figure.

About the Author

Nationally known sewing, fitting, and machine expert Gale Griff Hazen knows what it is like to sew for a less-than-perfect figure, yet her clothes always fit, and she always looks fabulous. Now Gale shares her unique process for fitting garments with sewers worldwide.

"I know that real women in all shapes, sizes, and ages can look fabulous in clothes they make themselves," Gale says, "and I want to share that realization with women everywhere so they can look great, too."

Gale is the author of Sew Sane and Owner's Guide to Sewing Machines, Sergers, and Knitting Machines. She also has had numerous articles published in Threads and Sew News magazines. Gale is co-owner of The Sewing Place, a fabric store and sewing school in Saratoga, California.