Obsessive Costuming Dude (Alex)
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Proper fitting is sssoooo important. I'm glad you've taken the time to establish a good fit before tackling the actual uniform. 🙂
I'm sorry you had to start with a more generically-sized men's pattern. I do plan to do a numerically-sized women's (and men's) pattern ASAP after I finish these sewing courses.
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Here is the corresponding YouTube video examination of this uniform:
(This was another video of mine, so please pardon its shortcomings. The information is still solid, though.)
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Sounds like you have some good training under your belt!
I'm looking forward to seeing your progress.
As for the fabric color, the only thing that matters is whether or not you're happy with it. 🙂
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Yes, the shoulder point is interfaced. 🙂
You can see the shoulder point interfacing on pages 49-54 of the PDF.
It seems I never actually specified to apply it in the tutorial – sorry about that. You can do so anytime before attaching it to the sleeve.
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The updated sewing tutorial is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂
https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tng-uniforms/tng-medical-smock/sewing-tutorial/
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Here is the corresponding YouTube examination of the uniform:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chcfwXKn8Qk
(This was another early video of mine – almost 3 years ago now – so please pardon its shortcomings. The information is still solid, though.)
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The updated sewing tutorial is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂
https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tng-uniforms/tng-admiral-season-1/sewing-tutorial/
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This updated costume analysis is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂
https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tng-uniforms/tng-admiral-season-1/costume-analysis/
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Here is the corresponding YouTube video examination of the uniform:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDOKgLpOafY
(This was a very early video of mine – almost 4 years ago now – so please pardon its shortcomings. The information is still solid, though.)
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The updated sewing tutorial is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂
https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tng-uniforms/tng-skant/sewing-tutorial/
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This updated costume analysis is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂
https://startrekcostumeguide.com/tng-uniforms/tng-skant/costume-analysis/
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Poor Wesley never got to live the dream. 🙁
Read my theory as to why the TNG skants disappeared here:
https://startrekcostumeguide.com/2022/01/tng-skant-theory/
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Here is the corresponding YouTube video examination of the skant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ql6njloihU
This was my very first video of its kind (almost 4 years ago now), so please pardon its shortcomings. The information is still solid, though. 🙂
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This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Obsessive Costuming Dude (Alex).
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Unfortunately I didn't start marking grain lines on my patterns until 2017 – another reason I'm looking forward to updating all my older (DS9, VOY, and ENT) patterns.
On that pattern, the text labels on the pattern pieces are nearly always horizontal, i.e. perpendicular to the straight grain.
Also, don't stress about it being perfect. It's fine if it's a tiny bit “off” in either direction since it's they're just solid colors (as opposed to stripes or plaids).
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It is easy to just add a bit onto the side facing piece, although it also occurred to me that you could instead just cinch in the lower end of the side seam a bit (since again, it's going to be elasticized down to a good fit anyway).
Either way will work fine.
Happy sewing! 🙂
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D'oh! I believe I may have accidentally removed one or both side seam allowances from the piece you mentioned. If so, it was a simple math error but can throw a little bit of a monkey wrench in the assembly process, even though the lower sides are elasticized.
Assuming your measurements are true, I'd suggest just adding that amount to one end of the pattern piece (K).
If you don't have enough fabric left for new side waistbands or don't care enough to cut new ones, you can just gather the lower sides down to size so they fit the waistband, since the end result will be elasticized anyway (producing little gathers/pleats above the waistband).
Drafting issues like this are rare (if I say so myself – I do check everything a bazillion times then field-test the pattern myself before making it publicly available), but they do happen sometimes.
I'll check again and keep it in mind for when I get around to the new/updated version of this pattern, possibly later this year or next year. 🙂
Sorry for any confusion!
– Alex
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I also made a corresponding video presentation, for those of you who would prefer to watch than read:
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The costume analysis is also available as a free PDF download. 🙂
https://doctorwhocostumeguide.com/eleventh-doctor-costumes/snowmen-costume/analysis/
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I also made a corresponding video presentation, for those of you who would prefer to watch than read:
