Ah, the joys of pattern drafting... NOT!
I have been off the computer so I could attend to other things, like cleaning up the house, and working on my Tudor sewing project. Today was sewing, well more accurately drafting the pattern from my body mockup a couple of days ago (off the brown tape body double), then drafting a first mockup and having rwfranz fit me while we were at Hancock's for the C4 meeting that only he and I seem to be able to make.
Anyway, mockup showed that I am not as squishy as I had hoped, so only going to make a 2" reduction for general tightfit, not 3". The front was fine, the back ended up being too long? I finally had to read my corset building book I bought at CC2006 from Linda Sparks (I should have asked her to sign it, darnit) to realize that the bunching at the back was from a dart drafting error I made. So, I think if I redraft the dart extension properly, then rotate it to the nearest seam properly, then there will be plenty of room in the back so that it doesn't have to bunch in order to find the right location for everything back there to sit right. Also have to redo the front bust/armpit area to shorten to better match the images in the Tudor Tailor book, although I am concerned being bustier than their models, I might fall out. But their fronts do seem just above the armpit area 1" or so, and I've made mine a bit higher.
Must note to self, quit trying "shortcuts" that aren't when drafting patterns. But otherwise, it seems to fit in the front for the most part, and once I make a new pattern draft, I will again make a mockup and see how that one fits.
Oh, and rwfranz, I won't be making the FFG board meeting on Wednesday. c0demonkey is going to Linuxworld in SF, so I will be homebound with the kids.
Well, back to pattern work.
Anyway, mockup showed that I am not as squishy as I had hoped, so only going to make a 2" reduction for general tightfit, not 3". The front was fine, the back ended up being too long? I finally had to read my corset building book I bought at CC2006 from Linda Sparks (I should have asked her to sign it, darnit) to realize that the bunching at the back was from a dart drafting error I made. So, I think if I redraft the dart extension properly, then rotate it to the nearest seam properly, then there will be plenty of room in the back so that it doesn't have to bunch in order to find the right location for everything back there to sit right. Also have to redo the front bust/armpit area to shorten to better match the images in the Tudor Tailor book, although I am concerned being bustier than their models, I might fall out. But their fronts do seem just above the armpit area 1" or so, and I've made mine a bit higher.
Must note to self, quit trying "shortcuts" that aren't when drafting patterns. But otherwise, it seems to fit in the front for the most part, and once I make a new pattern draft, I will again make a mockup and see how that one fits.
Oh, and rwfranz, I won't be making the FFG board meeting on Wednesday. c0demonkey is going to Linuxworld in SF, so I will be homebound with the kids.
Well, back to pattern work.