The curse of having boobs

[frualeydis]

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.

Comments

[estela-dufrayse.livejournal.com]

ahhh! I am so sorry for sending you down the wrong path. Just goes to show you that all patterns fit no two bodies the same way.
I hope this fitting works and that you can get your dress finished, I am looking forward to seeing it.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It's not your fault I've got too narrow shoulders and all the fat on my torso in the front ;)

/Eva