Subject: [h-cost] general fitting questions To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[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 >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?
Dawn, Argh! Why didnt you say something when you had it on & I was right there in front of you?! First guess is that the armseye is too low under the armpit, as someone else has suggested. This happens alot in 1930s & 40s dress cuts, too. Second suggestion is that you should flatten the curve on the under arm sean of the sleeve itself. (After you've raised the armseye.) This may also require you to readjust the sleeve head for smoothness. Final suggestion, as I recall your fabric is silk. You can use your iron and squeeze more fabric in the armhole and still maintain smoothness required by the styling. This is a bespoke tailoring trick often done to ease a sleeve head or the roll line of a lapel. My guess here is that you've tugged a little along the bias to get that smoothness. The trick is harder with silk than with wool or linen but still doable. Let me know if you dont understand. I'll try to explain in further detail. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
