Or is it drafting a sloper...hmm...
So I got this book recently off of Amazon. I can sew a lot of things, but I want something that will make it easier for me to do that. So I got this:
The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: Juniors, Misses and Womens
and this:
Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified
And dove right in! I should probably have started with the simplified version...but I have never been one for simple, always choosing the most difficult pattern in the book to start with. So I took all the required measurements off of the dress form I made based on this video:
How-to make a Body Form
I drafted all of the bodice pieces, front and back, using some brown packing paper, which is pretty thin. I put it up to the body form and pinned it down along the lines, but it doesn't quite fit.
So here's the problem:
The sides don't match all the way and the shoulders stick out funny. Am I just supposed to smooth it out and make it fit, then take it back to flat and re-draft? Can anyone out there tell me how to modify this thing? I would think I could just add an inch and a half to the sides, but I'm not sure. So...does anyone know what to do about this?