I've been working on my blouse sloper for a long time. Now, with some time off work, I've finally finished it.
I drafted the pattern myself using the Rundschau technique. The biggest problem I faced was my bust and measurements connected to it. For example, armhole width is derived form bust circumference. In my case, my bust is big (I'm D cup), but my arms, back and waist are small.
It took a lot of tweaking and re-drafting to finally get to this:
front:
side:
back:
On the photo of the back, please ignore the right side of the photo - I made adjustments only the left side of the blouse lol
I'm not entirely satisfied with it yet. Do you see the puckering on the top of the darts on the back? I still need to fix that.
And also if you look at the side photo, there are some lines at my waist. I'm not sure how to get rid of those. I've tried taking in the sides and widening the back dart; it looked fine, but I couldn't close the blouse anymore.
Still some minor details to figure out, but, overall, I'm happy with the results.
Wardrobe Sewing 2025
5 days ago
3 comments:
Wow, great job on the sloper. Those horizontal lines at your waist...they look to me like maybe it's creeping up. What happens if you let it out a little bit through the hips on the back?
It's very good, it looks as if the back was a little bit too long and the waistarea is too tight compared to the other parts of the blouse, but it's very, very good this far.
Congrats Maja, this is not easiest of the tasks.
Marita
Just made this adjustment with a friend. The fabric probably rides up at your waist because there is not enough room below. Open up the back seam (seams) till the waist and see what happens. You probably have to add a little to this seam.
Regarding those puckers: Are the darts going up to the line that connects the lower armholes? Do close them till there. The width you need for the back (for movement, putting your arms forward) you will need there. Below, you can take in.
Good luck for your sloper!
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