A Small Change To A Shoulder Princess Blouse
One of our PFS Elite members were fitting a beautiful Shoulder Princess blouse,the tissue fitting was as good as at it could be but here is her experience in her own words – as well as my response and the end result:
I have done something else in this time. I cut a pattern of a top many weeks ago, I took from my magazine and I did the tissue fitting alone. All seamed nice so I took a big piece of old fabric and sewed it.
Well, something funny is going on after I have sewed the front parts together. The seam of the side part is a bit longer then the front part, (the curve at the bust, I think), so I gathered the “too much” of the side piece, at the bust, for around 9 inches. Look at the bubbles on the side part. What did I wrong? The same thing happens on my daughter’s blouse, after I did a big FBA for her.
I will take some photos of the top on me later. I don’t know how women can take photos themselves in front of the mirror. I tried, but they are all unusable.
I didn’t change my pattern at all, as there is a lot of ease at the bust for me. I measured it comparing my measurements to those of the pattern.
Should I do a pleat on the side piece of my tissue paper at the bust, a sort of triangle, to take away the excess or should I gather for a much longer amount then 9 inches?
Did you ever have such an issue?
I would be very happy to hear your thoughts. Thank you so much.
I could feel her frustration and desperation but the fix was easy:
I think this is a great pattern you are working with – it may be that the fabric is a bit different and it grew while you worked with it – I know Rayon do this as well.
My response:
No problem it is easy to fix
And here is the end result – all those extra wrinkles are gone and she her daughter had beautiful new blouse 
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