RE: Tailornova the real story (how I made the perfect dress)
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I'm so happy that you got a nearly perfect dress :) I'm sure you get the last few things worked out soon.
The shoulder... I agree with @shanibeer about the problem being the should/armhole measurements. Perhaps the armhole a bit shorter at the top and the shoulder more declining?
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Thank youuuuu <3 And yes the armhole looks very big/high... I am not completely sure I understood your idea correctly: snipping a bit of the shoulder away along the shoulder length, to get a more sloping shoulder and less height? THis could be a very good idea...🌈🌈🌈🌈 ( or will the bust dart slip upwards through this modification? ...argh, sewing is complicated)
@muscara and @shanibeer
Edit: I did not wrote it in the post as I am not sure if I perhaps was sloppy while cutting the fabric, but the sleeves/sleevecap were wider than the armhole. I had to pull a bit at the armhole fabric to get armhole and sleeve matching. Could this be the culprit? Sorry, that I did not write this before... Perhaps I should measure both pattern pieces, if there is a mistake in the measurements.
I will have to draw you a diagram (later), but it should be possible to adjust the shoulder seam without affecting the fit elsewhere (depends whether you go crazy, though, and take too much from the shoulder seam) 😂
I would expect the sleeve cap to be slightly larger than the armhole and for the sleeve to have to be "eased" into the armhole - often you baste a small section at the top of the sleeve, so there is a very slight, almost imperceptible gather. If you tried to resolve the problem by stretching the armhole, that may be what has led to the slightly strange fit at the shoulder - the fabric has become distorted (it's a little hard to say without actually seeing the garment) :)
Going crazy is my middle name (or better ‚never-thinks-before she-sews‘) 😂
Here are the sewing instructions for the sleeves - even with an ordinary sleeve cap, as in this design, there is a small amount of ease and the sleeve cap is very slightly gathered. Where it says "baste" you can do this in the seam allowance, you can also use the longest stitch on your sewing machine instead of stitching by hand.
Arggggg no idea why I stretched the armhole fabric. I have sewn so many puff sleeve sweater by now, where I always gather the sleevecap... I should have thought about it before sewing it together. Hopefully the stretched armhole is the culprit and will fit better if I sew it differently (with a gather) next time.
Thinking about this, maybe this dress would look good with a real puff sleeve... hmmm 🤔 or is this to much with the simple style of the dress?