The skirt fits like a glove.
The bodice fits like a garbage bag.
This wasn't my fault.
Okay, it was partly my fault. That I didn't measure the pattern pieces before I cut is totally my fault. Lesson learned, I swear. I did measure myself, though, so I was sizing according to my actual measurements and not my wishful-thinking measurements.
That the pattern appears to have been drafted by a muskrat with a drinking problem is totally not my fault. Seriously, I have never before encountered a pattern that was six inches too big in the armpits. How is that even possible? Even if I hadn't taken it in a size, it should not be as much too big for me as it is.
The bodice is so bad I'm not even sure it's worth trying to alter the existing pattern, so I emailed Amber Jean and asked for pattern-drafting reference advice. She recommended Harriet Pepin (out of print; .pdf downloads available for sale online, though) and a couple of website tutorials.
It's a nice, simple, bodice and probably actually a good starter drafting project, although it does occur to me that if I think I can get it right, freaking Simplicity could have gotten it right 69 years ago and saved me the trouble.
I cut a black denim skirt out of the skirt pattern. I have a little handsewing to do but it's almost done. The bloody thing had better fit or I'm going to burn something down.
I cut a black denim skirt out of the skirt pattern. I have a little handsewing to do but it's almost done. The bloody thing had better fit or I'm going to burn something down.
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