I like to go shopping as much as anyone, but lately there have been very few garments I'll wear as purchased. I'm much happier with a garment if I feel like it fits my body, and often I'm just a few seams away from making something on clearance look like a million bucks.
I'm pretty used to taking in the waists of shirts and dresses, but I've had problems with bulging backs. I always figured the backs were simply too broad and that was the reason for the funny poofy look (grandma's blouse meets hunchback of Notre Dame-style). So, on this blouse, I extended the back darts to take up excess upper back width.
The part of this story that wasn't fitting is that I already have broad shoulders, and the shoulder seams weren't falling down. When I took in extra width from the back, I lost a lot of mobility. Like, the kind you need to drive.
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| Me, driving in the blouse. In Britain, apparently. |
So, I ripped that out and thought in another direction. Instead of taking out width, I took out length between the shoulder seams and the bottom of the armhole.
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| New dart indicated in pink/red. It was about 4" (10cm) uptake on mine. |
Et voila! No more quasi modo. The paisley design hides the seam nicely.
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| Before & After |
And now I can go on with my life without shirt-deformities. Thank you, sewing machine!
-Hannah Jean
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