I went home last night and futzed with the pattern for 2440. I took a wedge out of the back piece to take up some of the slack along the center edge, but without changing the length of the side seam:
And I reduced the width of the upper half of the bodice front. I also flattened the angle of the shoulder seam a little and raised the bottom of the armscyes slightly (not really shown here):
It's a lot better:
and:
I managed to tweak the shoulders on the flowered dress a bit. It's not great, but it's more wearable than it was. If I can get more of the fabric I might remake it. Until then, though, I'll be making the next one out of the yellow atomic print I got a few years ago.
And I reduced the width of the upper half of the bodice front. I also flattened the angle of the shoulder seam a little and raised the bottom of the armscyes slightly (not really shown here):
and:
I managed to tweak the shoulders on the flowered dress a bit. It's not great, but it's more wearable than it was. If I can get more of the fabric I might remake it. Until then, though, I'll be making the next one out of the yellow atomic print I got a few years ago.
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