One Muslin
bethh on Feb 8th 2010
The weekend saw only one muslin completed. Sunday the sofa kept calling my name and I couldn’t work up the energy to trace the Jalie pants.
When I saw this I was certainly glad I didn’t go straight from the tissue fit to fabric. Now I can alter!
So here’s what I think about the fit of this muslin:
- The sleeves are too long. Weird. That never happens!
- The back panels must be widened below the waist to allow the jacket to hang smoothly over my back side. Even now it’s not slit high enough to allow it to fit where it should. I need a teensy bit more fabric over the tum, too.
- The shoulders are too long, and I need to take out about 1/2″–especially on my left shoulder. I was amazed how pinning some excess out eliminated many of my back wrinkles. I might try a thin shoulder pad on my right shoulder to see if I can eliminate a few more.
- The waist is still about 1/4″ too low. I don’t know if I’ll shorten it any more or not.
I wish I could stand behind myself and adjust…
Everything I read says to shorten the shoulder seam at the shoulder princess seamline. It makes sense from the standpoint of keeping that vertical seam in the center of your shoulder. OTOH, it seems as it if would act like a dart. I guess that’s why I made a muslin–so I can try it on an old bed sheet.
Tags: McCall's, McCall's M6041
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How do you decide exactly where to place the shoulder/sleeve join. I know about the bone, but do you like absolutely straight up or do you like it just towards the arm?
Hi! Perhaps if you shorten the shoulder first, the sleeve will come to the right spot. It looks pretty good to me now, like if you held your arms out straight in front the hem would be at the wrist. Also, if you take up the waist a tad it will now only flatter your shape better, it will take out some of the poofiness at the back waistline–which looks like a positive match for a swayback adjustment. Where is Brunhilde when she’s needed to stand in for you? Or has she gone off and lost some weight so she doesn’t reflect you currently? ;)
Good question from Sharon, I used to wonder about that too.
LOL! Yes, Brunhilde weighs about 111 and I weigh about—well, 15 or 16 pounds more than that. She was created when I first got braces on my teeth and I was *skinny*!
Sharon, I like mine a bit toward the arm, but I have to balance that with back wrinkles. If the shoulder seam is too far out, it makes the fabric sag below it.
Thanks for the suggestions, Katharine.