Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, Gabby and Heather discuss all things fitting, from how clothes go from a 2D diagram to a 3D object in our body, how to face your fear of fitting, and how to not strive for perfection. In the second part, they discuss solutions to some of your burning fit questions.

Fitting questions:
1) Daniell: Kalle Shirt - sleeve
2) Cate: Shop Pant - back crotch
3) Jessica: Phillippa - back crotch
4) Karen: T-shirt - gaping neckband

Book recommendations:
- The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting by Sarah Veblen
- The Perfect Fit (Singer Sewing Reference Library)
- The Fitting Book: Make Sewing Pattern Alterations & Achieve the Perfect Fit You Desire by Gina Renee Dunham
- Pants for Real People: Fit and Sew for AnyBody by Alto and Palmer

For advanced sewists:
- Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration by Pottberg-Steineckert, Liechty, and Rasband

More to read:
- Gabby's Fitting Series at The Sewcialists blog (@ladygrift):
thesewcialists.com/category/ask-the-sewcialists/gabbys-fitting-series
- Top Down, Center Out: Practical Pants Fitting by Ruth Collins (@ithacamaven):
instagram.com/ithacamaven
threadsmagazine.com/2022/04/13/practical-pants-fitting

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