Another common adjustment when sewing is bust darts. Hazel has two bust darts and ensuring they lie in the correct place is an important part in the fitting process. Be sure to check out Rochelle's genius method for tracing darts!
The lovely Miss P has written a brilliant tutorial for moving bust darts which you can peruse here. For those of you who will need to make a small bust adjustment (SBA), I recommend moving the dart before making this particular adjustment.
As for the ladies requiring a Full Bust Adjustment, Miss P has another excellent tutorial on enlarging bust darts. this will also need to be done prior to your FBA.
As Hazel has a unique bodice construction, both SBA and FBA will be covered in more specific detail this week.
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Have questions? Please feel free to leave a comment here or on Erin's and Rochelle's blogs, as well as in the Flickr Group. We're here to help!
3 comments:
Hiya, I'm a relative newbie to blogs and sewing so I hope that I'm placing my question in the right place. I've made my Hazel muslin and the fit doesn't seem too bad around the midriff and the bust areas but is very loose around the upper bustline. I realise now I probably should have cut a small size to fit my upper bust and done an FBA but would pinching out the extra fabric and adding it to the side dart (as per MissP's tutorial) work for the Hazel front panel? Apologies if this not the correct place for my query :)
@LauraP - Welcome to the sew-along! Your suggestion may work; however, I would choose recut the bodice and do an FBA. Either way, experiment for the method that works best for you!
Sarai has an excellent tutorial for calculating the ease you need for your FBA: http://www.coletterie.com/sewalongs/rooibos-full-bust-adjustment
Hi, thanks very much for your reply - I cut the smaller size and it fits perfectly almost everywhere except the bustline, so an FBA and lengthen the bodice and I'm in business. Jeez, this sewing business is mightily complicated.. lucky I'm enjoying myself so much or I'd have thrown it all in the bin ages ago!
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