Episode 36: Tissue Fitting with Melissa Watson
Love to Sew Podcast
Helen Wilkinson
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Melissa Watson is on the show to tell us about the Palmer/Pletsch tissue fitting method. She walks us through common fitting issues and the right order to make fit adjustments. Melissa also shares her experience growing up in the sewing world, designing patterns for McCalls, and some exciting news about the new Palmer/Pletsch fitting book!
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| 0:15.0 | Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. da da da da da. da da da da da da da da da da da. da da da da da da da da da da da da Hello and welcome, I'm Caroline and I'm Helen and we love to sew. |
| 0:18.0 | This is a podcast for makers where we talk about |
| 0:21.0 | sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews with inspiring |
| 0:24.2 | creatives and small business owners in our community. |
| 0:28.0 | Today we are chatting with Melissa Watson, fitting expert for Palmer Plutch and designer for McCall's patterns. |
| 0:34.0 | Melissa is here to talk with us about tissue fitting and getting started with pattern adjustments. |
| 0:38.8 | We've had so many requests for an episode about fitting and we're thrilled to dive in with Melissa. |
| 0:43.4 | We're diving in head first. I think you mean bodice first? Well technically it would be back first. |
| 0:50.0 | Splash! Splash. |
| 0:58.0 | Hello, Melissa, thank you so much for coming on the show. Thank you for having me guys. |
| 1:00.0 | Nice to hear you. |
| 1:02.0 | We are so excited to chat with you today. We had the opportunity to meet you last |
| 1:07.8 | fall at Camp Workroom Social and I think our listeners are going to love hearing from you in this episode. |
| 1:13.7 | So to start us off, can you introduce yourself to our listeners? |
| 1:17.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:18.0 | So my name is Melissa Watson and I am a licensed pattern designer for Macaul Pattern Company and I'm a fit enthusiast. |
| 1:27.0 | So I teach fit people for a living. |
| 1:31.1 | All types of bodies, men and women, all of that good stuff. And I'm a designer. |
| 1:35.6 | Yeah. Amazing. And where do you live? I live in Brooklyn, New York, and in Fort Green, to be specific. |
| 1:46.0 | You have an interesting background schooling and tell us kind of how you got to where you are today. |
| 1:52.0 | So I kind of, it's different because I've been listening to all your |
| 1:55.5 | podcast last day and I, it's so cool to hear everybody else's background and especially the new independent sewers and that kind of thing and how they got |
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