Sewing Retro B4790 #5: The Muslin Fits the Form . . . But It Doesn't Fit Me

Well, the muslin fits the form beautifully, but it doesn't fit me. Well, that's not completely true, the same problem I have with everything is fitting above the bustline. It fits pretty much like a glove everywhere but above the bustline. I am so much smaller up there and through the shoulders it is aggravating.

This whole idea of being disproportionately small across the shoulders is what brought me to sewing for myself. The funny thing is, I don't worry about it too much--I just make the adjustments--until I get to working on a project that I'm so dedicated to perfecting--like this one. In another post I was considering pulling the shoulders in to a size 16. I'm beginning to think that might have been the right thing to do.

I''m sure there's an updated version and may even be a better book out there, but when I sew I find myself returning again and again to a book called:

Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing

This particular book is dated 1976, but it has never failed me when I've had questions about fitting dresses, shirts, pants--pretty much anything. There are even great sections on home decor.

So this time I made little progress other than actually getting the peices together and seeing it on the form. I am going to go ahead and increase the bust size to a DDD when I adjust the shoulders in.