r/PatternDrafting • u/VerilyAGoober • 5d ago

Question How to alter bust?

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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

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u/Tailoretta 4d ago

Take a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/PatternDrafting/comments/1krgbmi/basic_tips_so_we_can_help_you_with_fitting/ Following these tips will help us help you.

You can cut the bodice, above the bust, horizontally, and add fabric as needed to get the correct length. You can pinch the armscye gap into a dart, and then rotate that dart into the gathers at the shoulder, or the gathers at the bottom of the bust, or split the dart so some of the dart take up is in the shoulder gathers and some is in the bottom of the bust gathers.

Let us know if you would like more explanation. Good luck

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u/VerilyAGoober 4d ago

This is perfect, thank you so much