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Posted by Michelle Giordano on September 2, 2006, 1:54 am
Hello everyone,
I bought a pattern last night which is just perfect in style, but its a
bit big on me. Usually I don't have problems with this, but while I
was mocking up the jacket I started having trouble with the shoulders
and armscyes, just in the back though. When I try it on it looks like
the back of the armscye goes straight down, no curving at all, even
though it has quite a bit of curve. I want to make the curve bigger
but it is princess seamed and its only about 1.5" away from the seam
now.
I had to bring in the front side underarm seam about 3/8th of an inch
for the top 4" and add a dart to the front. I also had to bring down
the shoulder seam on a slope as the jacket does not use shoulder pads,
and I don't use shoulder pads! I think I have weird slanty shoulders.
I decreased the ease in the shoulder cap by about 1", so the armscye is
19" and the shoulder cap and underarm is 23". , it sets in nicely, but
the back is just not right.
It is new look 6609 http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=6609
Any advice is appreciated. Hopefully the answer is easy and I am not
seeing it clearly.
TIA!
Michelle Giordano
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Posted by Michelle Giordano on September 3, 2006, 11:35 am
Replying to my own post. I figured it out, I had to rotate it towards
the back and give back some of the seeve cap ease. Its perfect now.
Michelle Giordano wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
> I bought a pattern last night which is just perfect in style, but its a
> bit big on me. Usually I don't have problems with this, but while I
> was mocking up the jacket I started having trouble with the shoulders
> and armscyes, just in the back though. When I try it on it looks like
> the back of the armscye goes straight down, no curving at all, even
> though it has quite a bit of curve. I want to make the curve bigger
> but it is princess seamed and its only about 1.5" away from the seam
> now.
> I had to bring in the front side underarm seam about 3/8th of an inch
> for the top 4" and add a dart to the front. I also had to bring down
> the shoulder seam on a slope as the jacket does not use shoulder pads,
> and I don't use shoulder pads! I think I have weird slanty shoulders.
> I decreased the ease in the shoulder cap by about 1", so the armscye is
> 19" and the shoulder cap and underarm is 23". , it sets in nicely, but
> the back is just not right.
> It is new look 6609 http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=6609
> Any advice is appreciated. Hopefully the answer is easy and I am not
> seeing it clearly.
>
> TIA!
>
> Michelle Giordano
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> I bought a pattern last night which is just perfect in style, but its a
> bit big on me. Usually I don't have problems with this, but while I
> was mocking up the jacket I started having trouble with the shoulders
> and armscyes, just in the back though. When I try it on it looks like
> the back of the armscye goes straight down, no curving at all, even
> though it has quite a bit of curve. I want to make the curve bigger
> but it is princess seamed and its only about 1.5" away from the seam
> now.
> I had to bring in the front side underarm seam about 3/8th of an inch
> for the top 4" and add a dart to the front. I also had to bring down
> the shoulder seam on a slope as the jacket does not use shoulder pads,
> and I don't use shoulder pads! I think I have weird slanty shoulders.
> I decreased the ease in the shoulder cap by about 1", so the armscye is
> 19" and the shoulder cap and underarm is 23". , it sets in nicely, but
> the back is just not right.
> It is new look 6609 http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=6609
> Any advice is appreciated. Hopefully the answer is easy and I am not
> seeing it clearly.
>
> TIA!
>
> Michelle Giordano