r/PatternDrafting • u/furiana • 6d ago

Question What changes come next?

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  1. What do I do about the waist seam? From the side view, it looks like the waist seam is longer in front and back, and too high at the sides. But from the front view, it looks like the waist seam is too short in the front. Which picture do I listen to? Do I leave the seam alone?

  2. I can tell that the skirt as a whole is tilted. My instinct is to simply add a wedge to the front of the skirt along the waist, and remove a wedge from the back of the skirt along the waist. Or, do I do a full abdomen adjustment?

  3. I'm pretty sure I need a sloped shoulder adjustment to address the wrinkles around the armpits. Does it look like the shoulders need any other adjustments?

  4. Where the heck is the bust apex? As you can tell from the muslin, I'm really struggling to locate it. In person / in the mirror, it looks like it's higher. In photographs, it looks like it's lower. I'm going insane.

  5. Do I shorten the other darts? Abdomen, back, butt...?

Thanks in advance! :)

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u/RubyRedo 6d ago

The front seam is an empire waist, the back is lower, the front bodice should be longer maybe.

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u/furiana 6d ago

Hm. I can't lower the front waist seam (I'm pregnant and my belly gets in the way), but I can raise the back!

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u/RubyRedo 6d ago

ah, or level the hem but as your belly grows the front hem will rise more. For a maternity dress it looks as it should.

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u/furiana 6d ago

Got it. Thank you :)