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Spent a whole weekend trying to get a sleeve pattern right
I was making a wool coat and the armhole just would not sit flat, it kept bunching up. I redrew that curve maybe fifteen times over two days before I got it. My friend who sews took one look and said, 'You forgot the back armhole is a different shape than the front.' Has anyone else lost days to a simple drafting mistake like that?
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nora5352mo ago
That "different shape" detail is such an easy one to miss. I always have to remind myself to mark the front and back pieces right away. What finally clicked for you to see the problem?
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charlie_roberts872mo ago
Never had that problem, honestly.
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Wait, is your friend sure you were actually matching up the right seam allowances? Nobody talks about how the shoulder slope changes the whole armhole shape depending on your posture. I had a similar issue with a jacket where I kept getting wrinkles at the back and it turned out my sloper was drafted for a square stand-up posture but I've got rounded shoulders. Trace your actual shoulder line with a friend helping you, that front/back difference might be more about your body than the pattern piece itself.
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