But I did get as far as constructing a muslin i.e. test garment (hurrah, I finally thought of something useful to do with that ugly grey polyester taking up space in the cupboard!) for my Chanel-style jacket.
I had an awful lot of trouble with putting together the princess seams. I double-checked to make I hadn't inadvertantly switched the side front for the side back or something stupid like that, but the back piece look it was designed for a hunchback. The front pieces, on the other hand, were worryingly trouble-free and possibly designed for a woman without boobies.
The other problem was that the shoulder seam was about 2 centimetres too long. Postings on PatternReview said that they'd had to insert shoulder pads to fill in the extra, but if I did that I'd look like I'd forgotten to take out the coat hanger.
So instead, I increased the princess seams front and back, reshaping the back princess seams so they were straighter. Everything seems to fit okay now.
But I still don't get to cut out my nice fashion fabric yet.
6 comments:
Too much room in back and not enough in front? What's up with that? Glad you had enough in the princess seams to work with. Won't it be great to know it fits before cutting into the fabric you love most for it?
yes it will, though I'm fairly sure that polyester gabardine (or something like it) drapes nothing like this cottone & acrylic tweedy stuff. They both fray lots though!
Glad you are having fun seems to me like a puzzle that I wouldn't be able to work.
Good luck!
angela: it's a bit of a puzzle I'm not totally sure I can work either!
Good luck!
It's sad that the age of bling seems to be over - maybe there will be a time in the future when we are again happily gemming our trousers.
pollyanna_h: oh I hope not - its just so tacky!
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