Lower the sleeve cap curve. If you look at the garment in the flat I'll bet the sleeves naturally lay pointed straight down. Rotate the sleeve up until you get the motion/position you want. keeping the armhole opening as small as possible will help with that too.
alex > From: Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I made up Vogue 7733 to wear at an event last week and had some fitting > issues with it. > > http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/20000/itm_img/V7733.jpg > > Here's a bad pic of me wearing it: > > http://www.reddawn.net/temp/DSCN3883.jpg > > I know how to solve the falling-off-the-shoulders problem. What was > killing me is that I can't raise my arms in this thing. The model in the > first image demonstrates the limit of range-of-motion available. I had > trouble just getting my shoulder bag on my shoulder because I couldn't > lift my arms enough. How do I fix this? What do I need to adjust on the > pattern so I can do more than just stand around and look pretty wearing > this top? I don't need to do jumping jacks, but I couldn't even push my > hair out of my face without difficulty. > > > Dawn > > > -- "I'm buying this fabric/book now in case I have an emergency...you know, having to suddenly make presents for everyone, sickness,flood, injury, mosquito infestations, not enough silk in the house, it's Friday..." ;) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
