The curse of having boobs
Aug. 6th, 2012 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I am now on my third toile for the bodice of the dress i wrote about in the previous post. As I suspected it fitted me over the hips and waist and was a little too tight over the bust (and way too much of the width in the back compared to the front) and 4 cm too wide on each shoulder. The problem with the fit over the bust was actually rather big, since the pattern definitely wasn't made with a larger bust in mind at it pulled the fabric forward from the armscyes in a totally impossible way. So first I had to widen it in front and make the shoulders much narrower and straighter and then I added a dart from the bust point to the armscye, which I later drafted away when I made a new toile. I am not finished fitting it yet, but I have some hope that it will work out. At least the skirt looks good.
But it is a pain when you can be content with clothes that don't fit.
Oh, and over at my other blog I made a post with French fashion from 1930-31.
But it is a pain when you can be content with clothes that don't fit.
Oh, and over at my other blog I made a post with French fashion from 1930-31.
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Date: 2012-08-07 12:45 am (UTC)I hope this fitting works and that you can get your dress finished, I am looking forward to seeing it.
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Date: 2012-08-07 07:08 am (UTC)/Eva