I have been thinking about all of your comments when I went out to dinner with my husband this evening (I guess I was a little distracted - poor DH) because I could just not figure out why this thing would not hang right. I kept thinking about NancyK's comment about the full part of the bust not being in the right place. Then it dawned on me! In Sandra Betzina's book for FBA on a princess seam, she says to split the princess line and spread it, then add the coreect length to the front pieces. Well, I had added the length to the front, but it wouldn't line up at the princess seam. I hadn't split the seam (think "dart")
So, I did this quick fix using steam a seam and just cut my muslin. What a difference in the way the whole thing hangs. Now I can take out some of the extra I had put at the CB. I have FBS (flat butt syndrome) so it just didn't seem right adding width there in the first place.
I will add all these changes to my pattern pieces first thing in the morning.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
It takes a Village...
Posted by Nancy Winningham at 8:35 PM
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Of course! Isn't it great being able to get help over the internet? It will be fun to see how you and Sigrid go with your class.
FBS... that's great. Maybe I should look into this class...
No joke! It is nice that so many people are willing to share their knowledge. Your jacket will be great!
Nancy, I know this is coming way late, but check out for how to add where you need it and not where you don't.
Now, I'll go back to todays post. I was trying to scroll back one date and ended up hitting the key for bottom of the page, which brought me to this.
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