Thursday, September 28, 2017

Dress muslin

The muslin of the upper part of the dress was easily made. I only cut seam allowances to the shoulder, side and center back seam. Then I marked with carbon tracing paper and stitched it together.
The result was definitely in the right direction, but a few changes were necessary.
I cut this on the bias, as I intend to do on with the fashion fabric too.

The back: I did not sew  the back darts and therefor took some extra space from center back and removed a bit of the side seam. It’s too wide and the back armhole is gaping a bit.
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The back with a bit more taken from the side seam and just a little bit taken from the armhole, tapering to nothing in the back neck.
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The front doesn’t look bad, no gaping at the armhole, cowl depth is fine. It could be a little less wide at the side seams too.
I haven’t made a dress from this sloper with a waist seam. Seeing these pictures and the line marking the waist, I think my waistline is too low. I’d like to hear your opion on that.
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This is the front after the side seams are taken in a bit. Could be a bit less?
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Before and after of the armhole. The armhole on the sloper is fine for a garment with sleeves. You need a bit more room for movement of your arms. On a sleeveless dress this is not an issue and I took out about 1 cm.

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Any thoughts on improving the fit are welcome and appreciated.

5 comments:

  1. If you really want critique? The back neck leans away from your spine/neck, may need a little taken out on CB above the shoulders? I liked the front looser, and the only way I could be certain about waist line position is to baste the skirt on, especially as it is on bias and will be pulled down by the weight of the skirt

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    1. Thank you for your thoughts, I do appreciate them. I will definitely baste the skirt first to see how the waistline fits then.

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  2. As a shirt I think it is too short on trouwsers. The fabric is a bit stiff for the drape. If you want toen make a dress with a waistline it should be much higher. But I like the way you solved Th problems with the gaping.

    IT is difficult tot comment positive but I really like the garment.

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    1. You are right, this is the muslin for the top of a dress only. Dank je wel voor je reactie.

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