I am currently making my first skirt. It is a poodlestyle 1950’s rock and roll dance skirt. I like to dance but the etiquette requires for us to dress to the occasion. Unfortunately I have scoliosis and it left me with an asymetric body. my waist is about 2 cm to the left of the rest of my body. I also have a bit of bottom where my spine is sticking out at the base. The result when I buy a skirt is that the right side and behind of the skirt fall higher than the rest of the skirt. It looks like someone cut a bit out of the fabric. For dancing the skirt has to be symmetrical so I cannot wear a dress with one point to the side. Can someone amend the part of the skirt in the centre on paper and upload this so I might figure out what to do? I started out with a perfectly round circle for the base ( outercircle of fabric forming the skirt ) as the original skirt pattern suggested. But I do not know how to cut the centre out and make it look symmetrical where my body is not. I so enjoy dancing.
Thank you for any suggestions you might have.

In the mean time I mended this skirt which originally had 2 rows of buttons. I put all the buttons on one side, made it smaller (it was way oversized) and put a pocket in the front so the skirt is asymetric now.

Nov 7, 2009, 03.32 PM by mandy mind

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    Nov 8, 2009, 05.06 AMby mlssfshn

    I suggest making a muslin and working on the fit with a sewing buddy. Then you can use that as your pattern.

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    Nov 9, 2009, 03.01 AMby klf

    Also, make one of those duct tape dress forms. I think there are instructions in the learning section. It will make it easier to adjust your muslin if you have a dress form. It sounds like you might just need to mark the hem while the skirt is on.

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    Nov 12, 2009, 10.20 PMby mandy mind

    Thank you

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    Nov 13, 2009, 02.45 AMby auntchelle

    I suggest that you purchase a good fitting book. There are a few good ones out there. Three of the popular ones are: Fit for Real People (Pati Palmer & Maria Alto) Pans for Real People (As above) Pattern Fitting with Confidence (Nancy Zieman)

    I’ve used a couple of techniques fromt the first book for bust and shoulder adjustments and it’s amazing how much better my clothes fit! Although I haven’t tried other techniques I’ve read the books and I better understand what wrinkles and creases in clothes mean (in terms of fitting problems).

    I’m sorry I can’t help you immediately – I’m still learning the skill of pattern fitting myself!

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