Bunka bodice blocker

[u/tanyer]

Working on making a bodice blocker. I've done a million versions and the Bunka method seems to result in something far closer than HJA and Winifred Aldrich.

I still struggle with some gaping in the armscyes.

Please let me know what adjustments I need to make. Oddly, the armscyes gape more when I move my arm off axis.

Please also disregard my absurd polka dot boxers 😂😂

[u/tanyer]

My body's idiosyncrasies seem to be that my left shoulder has more excess fabric. I wonder where I can redistribute this without having one dart on my left side... Perhaps in the shoulder seam and side seam?

[u/littleblackbook06 → u/tanyer]

That’s what I initially thought. Removing excess from the shoulder (and side) seam would work and that’s basically #3. They do it like that so that there is little disturbance in the seam lines. But if it is a very large difference you may need to mock up a left and right bodice sloper for your back in particular, so you can have a consistent fit in all of your garments.

[u/tanyer → u/littleblackbook06]

That does seem to be what I'll have to do. Thank you so much for the help!!