June: Apples, Pears & Cucumbers?  Are you one of these hip shapes?

june 2011 newsletter

Welcome to the Sure-Fit Designs June newsletter - Apples, Pears & Cucumbers?  No, it's not salad ingredients, but they might be your hip shape!

This month I’m focusing primarily on pants fitting with SFD.  Survey results show that the dominant fit issue/challenge is pants crotch fit - so let's solve those problems.

PS. Make sure to download the email images then listen as I introduce the June newsletter.

New Pants Fitting Videos – Refining Your Pants Pattern

In keeping with the Pants focus for June, I have created 6 new informative videos featuring different aspects of fitting and refining your pants pattern if you need to.  Follow this link: Click Here. 

See the last 6 videos on this page:

*Identifying Hip Shapes

*Front & Back Crotch Measuring Refinement

*Fine Tuning the Pant Front Crotch

*Flat Backside Tune-up

*Pants - Dart Manipulation

*Adding the Fly Front Extension & Zipper Guard

Follow this link: Click Here.

Tips ‘n Techniques – Pants Fitting Info

Make sure you read the pants fitting information provided in these articles.

*Pant Wearing Ease

*Pant Front Crotch - Removing Horizontal Folds

*Protruding Tummy - How to Refine CF

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June 15th. - Live Chat - focus on Pants Fitting with SFD

Live Chat Registration

Skype Address: sure.fit.designs

Remember, you can always Skype me with any questions...I'm here...and always happy to help! Skype address.  sure.fit.designs This is going to make it so much easier for me to actually ‘see’ some of the questions you might have. 

Video Welcome

First, download the images within this email. (Or you can click directly within the box above.) Then, when you click the forward arrow it will open up a new screen.  Click the arrow again and let the video load.  It will then begin playing.  When done, click the 'X' to close the screen - you will be returned to this email message.

A Carousel of Customer Creations

Many of you have provided photos of your SFD creations - Thank you!    The July newsletter will focus on fitting & sewing with the SFD Shirt Kit.  Please send me your photos of garments sewn with the Shirt Kit - I'll post them for July!  New photos have been added to the Customer Carousel this month - please take a look.

Click here.

Answering Your Questions...

Dealing with an Asymmetrical Body?

Asymmetrical body shapes are different from one side to the other.  Very few of us have perfect body symmetry.  It really comes down to these questions.

1. How different is one side from the other?

2. How this is affecting the fit?

3. And, how best to deal with your situation?

Click here for the short article.

Have a protruding tummy?  See a CF tune-up.

High on the list of major fitting issues is the protruding tummy fullness.  See how to modify CF on your pants pattern to accommodate this body shape.  Click here.

New...New...New!

Coming in June - Mix 'n' Multiply new Pants Styles!

Watch for this new book featuring 5 different pants styles showing how to draw these styles from your SFD pants blueprint.  Includes general sewing instructions as well as a great Bonus - Yoga/Travel/Comfort pants - plus accompanying how-to DVD - see how to draw  each new style.
As this book/DVD combo nears completion, watch for a mid-month newsletter announcing its creation and take advantage of the Introductory Pre-Order Special.

June Web Site Special -  Upgrade

3-Kit Combo to the Works Combo

Many of you ordered the 3-Kit Combo, and now that you've used the SFD system, you wish you'd have ordered the Works!  Here is your opportunity to get the remainder of the kits, Fashion and Design leaflets, and add optional 50 yd. Tracing Vellum.

Upgrade price + 50yd. Vellum - $76.90 (Reg. 108.85) - plus S&H.

Upgrade price without Vellum - $43.95 (Reg. 72.90) - plus S&H.

To receive this special, it must be ordered from the Specials page on the SFD website.