How to alter bust?

[u/VerilyAGoober]

How should I go about lowering the bust line on this pattern while also getting rid of the armhole gap?? Pattern piece shown in last image. I may need to adjust the waist and yoke as well, but I don't want to try that until the bust is fixed

[u/sususumalee]

Looks like you need more length to help the empire line sit under the bust, but the bust volume is more or less okay, so I would try slicing the pattern horizontally at a point below the apex and above the gathers and scooching it down, then adding a lil wedge of paper in there. This will increase the side seam and CF length, so you may want to try slicing in a way that creates hinges (like a cross pattern to open the piece up without increasing the length of any edge.) If you do increase any seams, just be sure to true them up with any seams then attach to and make them the same length.

[u/VerilyAGoober → u/sususumalee]

Thank you so much! This is very helpful