Diagonal drag lines from armhole to bust on every button-up I make Fit Help
Same pattern three times, three fabrics, and every version has creases running from the front armhole down toward the bust apex, worse when I raise my arms. I cut the size matching my full bust measurement and the shoulder seam sits where it should. Is this a full bust adjustment or something to do with the armhole?
@seamripper_sol · 3mo ago · 3 replies
Drag lines point at the problem, radiating away from the place that needs more room. Lines running from the armhole toward the apex mean the fabric is being pulled toward the bust because there isn't enough length and width over it, which is the classic sign you need a full bust adjustment even though you cut by full bust measurement.
That's the trap. Commercial patterns are drafted for a B cup difference between high bust and full bust, so if yours is bigger you get a garment too big in the shoulder and neck and still tight over the bust. Cut by high bust, then FBA the difference.
Start with a 2cm FBA on a toile in cheap cotton. And measure your high bust properly, snug, under the arms and above the full bust, because that number does all the work.
The dart the FBA adds can be rotated almost anywhere afterwards, into the side seam, waist, gathers or a princess seam. The volume is what matters, not where the dart ends up.
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@margot_teller · 3mo ago
Expect the first FBA to look alarming on paper. The dart it adds is bigger than you think it should be and it's usually right.
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@bootstrap_nadia · 3mo ago
High bust is 8cm smaller than full bust so I'm well past a B. Cutting two sizes down with an FBA on the next toile.
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