I know I mentioned a plaid shirt for hubby ... but I got the proverbial "wild hair" last night and went back to the side dart FBA on the Simplicity 2566 blouse. This time I am using a cute $1/yd cotton print, black with little white dots. The
FBA failure has been bugging me, especially with the
vest now finished.
Between my last two working brain cells, and discussions with sewists who know more about darts than I do, I decided to leave the dart legs as they were and start pulling the dart point towards the inside by an inch. The dart started to look more normal:
It might look more normal, but it is still outside the strike zone on me - still low and outside, though not nearly as bad. So this morning, I unpicked the dart and brought the dart points inside by another half inch:
This time, it was just right! Now that I've discovered "right" via ye olde tryal and err method (Shakespearean spelling for effect) I will trace off the blouse front piece to the red dot stuff ... and while I'm at it, measure the width versus length, because I suspect there is a ratio at play here. If I can nail down an actual ratio, then future side dart FBAs should be less trial-and-error and a little more methodical. Plus, I am still a geek at heart ...
Some of y'all might notice the original darts ... they don't change shape at all. Margaret over at PR pointed that out to me ... guess that is something to keep in mind when messing with darts in general. Perhaps the pattern grading software thinks boobs get smaller as the body gets bigger? HA!
Now, to top of the "I win!" feeling this morning - I finally got a good pic of the buttons on my vest! These beautiful shiny buggers are a royal PITA to photo ... but after several deleted attempts:
I'm of the opinion these buttons elevate the vest and blouse from "really nice" to "AWESOME!" ... FBA mistake on the blouse notwithstanding.
Now to cut out the back, collar, and sleeves in the black and white dotted cotton for a cute whimsical blouse ... just for the fun of it.
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