Miss me? I’ve missed you!
Seriously – I have. I’ve been trying to keep up with: work, life, kids, home, marriage, Christmas shopping, and everything else. So guess what hasn’t been getting much attention? My Paco chaqueta. But I have managed to sneak some quality time in with it over the last week, in 15-minute increments. I needed to do some adjusting to the muslin. It fit well in front, but the back had some issues. I don’t have pictures of the original muslin right now. But there were two folds that started beneath the shoulder blades and formed an inverted triangle at the center back. I’ll get DH to take a picture of the first muslin at some point so you can see what I mean.
After thinking about the cause, I determined that it’s a slight swayback adjustment. I don’t have the classic swayback/booty, but I do have a bit of an arched back. It shows up in princess line garments that I make, and I think that’s what was showing here. One way to fix it is to add back darts, but that would defeat the beauty of this design. Instead, I adjusted the pattern to remove the excess fabric. To do so I slashed the pattern and overlapped a half inch on either side of the center back at the upper back seamline:
Overlapped 1/2 inch at the seamline
I slashed the lower back piece and overlapped the top seam to match, spreading out at the bottom so it fits over my hips.
Adjustments to the lower back pattern piece
This creates the same effect as a dart without interfering with the line of the seam.
I also lowered the bust point in front. It makes the seamline fall in a more flattering place for me. I trued-up the CF and the grainlines before cutting.
Added to the bust in front
Much better! Here’s the muslin on Shelley:
Adjusted Pattern Front
And here is the back
Now I can cut into the fabric. Yay!
More soon!
That looks really good! Can’t wait to see it made up in your fabric.
Ann…my gosh, that looks elegant even in muslin !
Looking forward to the final fabric version
~Pam Erny
I live in awe….I am not worthy…can’t wait to see the final product.
Gosh, you’ve done well to get this much done at this time of the year! It’s looking great. I’ve been tempted by this pattern so am interested to see how it turns out – have I missed what fabric you will be using?
Your muslin looks great Ann. Solving fit issues is the second hardest part of sewing. Finding the time, is the hardest.
Merry Christmas!
Looks really good. I love posts on fitting. I learn so much. Thanks.
Ah ha! Very nicely done, Ann.
It does look great even in a muslin
Ann- it is looking fabulous- like all of your garments do! I also learn a great deal from your posts on fitting but I have one question. How do you ‘lower the bust dart’? Thank you and Merry Christmas!
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Even in muslin, it looks lovely. Sigh. All right…where do I get the @#$% pattern?