Re: 'tent dress' altering questions (bust)

Olwyn Mary wrote:

D Curtis wrote:

Thank you, Kate. I'll print this out and refer to it. It seems like a fairly straightforward deal, know that I know what to do. Now I'm all excited about making this! Does it make sense for me to make a muslin first, from the shoulder seam to below the armholes to test how much pivoting needs to be done?
Di
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Just to piggyback on Kate's instructions, I think I would be inclined also to split the pattern down the middle and add center front and back seams, widen them below the bustline and add fullness there as well as at the sides. It would make for a more even distribution around the body.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I never widen through the neckline as this tends to give too wide a neck and the shoulders drop off the body. Better to add two lots through the armscye rather than any through the neck/shoulder unless you REALLY need to. Remember, the skeleton under the fluff doesn't get bigger! My shoulders are exactly the same width now my bust is 36" as they were when it was 43"!

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