First Fitting Notes

I was pretty worried going into my fitting on Friday, something I have never felt before as I am normally not too concerned about fittings. I knew my front panels were totally wrong and I simply didn't feel very confident in my costume.

As it turned out, everything went well! My tutor Graham says 'it would help if you had a belt for this', and I handed him the belt I had brought; 'you should have something to show the cuff' and I hand him the cuff; 'you need something to illustrate the pocket size and placement' and I hand him 3 different pocket samples.

The two front panels were, as I suspected, wrong. We marked that the waist seam needed to come down about 4 cm and that the collar was sitting too far away from the neck on the front. Graham also agreed with my suggestion that the shoulder seam needed to move forwards about an inch, which I think will help the sleeves sit better. We also opened out the armhole and I therefore had to redraw my sleeve.

I then had my skype fitting with Nelson in the afternoon

He said well done and that he really liked how it was looking! He picked the pockets he liked and the collar size, as well as suggesting there should be a gusset in the sleeve and that the design required real belt loops not fashion ones..

Actually a really positive day all round, can't wait to crack on!