This shirt didn't have much of a chance from the beginning anyway, seeing how it had no darts. What's with that anyway? No darts? I see that it fit the super slender boyish bodied model in the magazine, but anyone with curves or a chest shouldn't go with this style I don't think. I also don't like the sleeve cap height they've got on this pattern. I was thinking it was pretty extreme when I was tracing it but didn't fix it. I should have.
I made some unsuccessful alterations- I added the darts from my last Vogue dress... which worked in the front, not in the back. I also made a forward shoulder adjustment and an arm flab adjustment and a full bust adjustment.... none of which fixed the fact that I can't reach forward in this shirt without popping seams. Please pipe up if you have any idea what causes this tightness- Hubby says I look like I'm doing a dance in this photo so you have to click through to it. It's super tight across my back about where my bra strap goes. I have my arms up as high as I can reach in the shirt.
I did get compliments on this at Easter dinner, so I guess it's not too terrible. Here are the photos (I did iron it before I left, what a pain it was!)
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| From Grillo Originals |
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| From Grillo Originals |
Overall I think this will be a wadder. I wore it, it was okay, but it was a BEAR to iron and I don't really like it. I do like the color, luckily I have more of the sheet I made it out of. I think I'll try something else with it next.
One funny thing is that the shirt was almost six inches longer than this to begin with, so I went to trim it and.... oops, too short! So I had to finish it with bias binding and it was still too short. I got so mad when I realized what I had done that Hubby made me go for a run to cool off! Ha! It worked, but it didn't fix the shirt.
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It may be that you need more room across the back of the shirt. To do the alteration, draw a vertical line on the back pattern piece, beginning at the center of the shoulder, and extend it to the hem. Slice the pattern on the line, and add 3/4"-1". Make a dart at the back shoulder to take up that difference, or ease the back shoulder in to match the front.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of trying that with a pleat in the back. My other thought was that I should maybe just start out with a drafted sloper to see if I can get closer and then toy around with the darts and yoke placement based on what I get out of the sloper. For the next few weeks I'm taking a break from this mess though!
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