Greetings everyone. It feels good to be back!
My sewing has been waylaid both by the new job, where I’ve been through week 1, and also a little bit by a back injury I inflicted upon myself while lifting a heavy section of my telescope. You know that part where they tell you to lift heavy things from your quadriceps rather than your back? Yeah, well I got that memo but still was too dense to read it.
So, picking up from where we left off…
Muslin v2.0
I had planned to alter the pattern, then do a second muslin to check fit. The summary of the changes I needed to make to the Large version of the pattern was the following:
- Decrease shoulder width 2 inches
- Decrease sleeve width 1.5 inches
- Decrease chest 3 inches
I was getting ready to retrace the pattern with the alterations, via Pivot & Slide. Then I noticed the Medium version of the pattern might actually be a better fit in a lot of ways, and I might have fewer alterations to make by adding to Medium rather than taking away from Large. Continue reading