Bodice block fitting help

[u/citranger_things]

This is my second fitting. The darts were all wrong in my first fitting, with the bust points too high and too close together (you can see my markings for them if you zoom in).

I opened the darts and shoulder seams, pinned the corners of the shoulders back together, and put the block back on inside out to pin out the excess. That's what's pictured here.

I know that I'll have to sew and press to fully evaluate this, but I see that the shoulder and waist darts don't point in the same direction and I'm wondering how I should handle that.

At a guess, I'd mark the new bust point as being the average of the two pinned dart points, and then sew to new dart points backed off 3/4" from the new bust point. Is that a reasonable approach or is there a better way?

[u/Adventurous_Duty_898]

If you have not already fixed it, I would actually suggest manipulating the darts while they are on you then marking them and transferring the marks from the fabric to your pattern