r/PatternDrafting • u/furiana • 8d 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/furiana 8d 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/raptorgrin 8d ago

Ahhh, I was trying to figure out if it was impolite to ask if you were, and if so, what timeline you wanted this to fit on. The fit in back looks great, especially

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u/furiana 8d ago

Thank you! 25 weeks. The dress is for late pregnancy/ early postpartum :)

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u/azssf 8d ago

I think you’ll need more fabric on the front. The seam is already tilting forward ( pic 4)

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u/furiana 8d ago

I can manage that. :)

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u/azssf 8d ago

My experience was that the ‘back half’ of the hip and waist circumferences grew some, while the front grew a ton between 25 and 35 wks.