It looks to me as though the pattern illustration shows the neckline
sitting higher on the shoulder, so the shoulder seam actually falls
atop the shoulder (and the neckline is somewhat squarer in
appearance). If you put the shoulder seam just on your shoulder,
would that give you any better range of motion? If not, perhaps the
sleeve cap has to be lengthened?
(Wild speculation.)
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
gypsy scholar and amateur costumer
On Aug 22, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Melody Watts wrote:
I'd revert to old knowledge, adjust the shoulder fit to correct
lay, then split open the under arm of the sleeve and add a gusset.
Its amazing they never actually try out these patterns "in real
life" before running them off.
Simplicity had the same problem with one of their most popular
Lord Of the Rings patten.
Guess Elf girls never had to raise an arm either.
Hope that helps
Melody
Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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