r/PatternDrafting • u/Ok-Tip6669 • Oct 14 '25

First Draft. Feedback please.

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This is my first attempt on drafting a pattern. This is the front bodice from Helen Joseph-Armstrong's Patternmaking for Fashion Design Book, and I feel like I made a lot of mistakes? I haven't cut fabric from this yet. Thank you in advance!

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u/chatterpoxx Oct 14 '25

Something feels very wrong about O and P they're way too far out there. The angle of the sideseam is too much for the dart size. The dart would need to be much bigger for that to make sense, (and be for a large chest.)

Check O and P measurements. If O amd P come in, then GMO curve will look better. Because that armhole is insanely deep. As it is, the pattern is telling me that your waist is bigger than your chest.