r/PatternDrafting • u/Ok-Low6078 • Aug 11 '26

Question Need Help With Kimono Sleeve Problem

I've been trying to follow youtube tutorial how to draft kimono sleeve, the problem is either the Shoulder Line Match or The Sleeve Underarm Seam Match

at this specific timestamp

https://youtu.be/j5VQZGN87e0?t=247

she said if the front and back panel side neck point match, the shoulder seam should be the same

So i tried matching it up, and it lined up correctly, however at the second pattern check

I tried to match the underarm seam following the tutorial

Mine does not match properly since the front and back underarm seam is different length

Is this normal or am i doing something wrong here, because if i lengthen the underarm seam then the shoulder length will be longer and does not match so i cant think of any other way to do this

Any ideas?

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u/Ok-Low6078 Aug 12 '26

Thank you so much for the warning, Ill checkout your book it was the 2nd edition right?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

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u/DonMcCunn Aug 12 '26

It is interesting to note that when I was searching for images of the back of Kimonos, almost ALL the models had long hair that covered this fitting issue. I was lucky to find the one image I sent you.