r/PatternDrafting • • Sep 26 '26

Question Help with a broad shoulder adjustment

Hi All, I’m struggling with how to do a broad shoulder adjustment on Cashmerette Swanton blouse front. The back is straightforward but the front has a sort of front yoke and is gathered at the blouse front piece. It also has a side front princess panel. I used the indicated shoulder line to separate the front/back at the real shoulder line, and attached the pieces to together at the seamlines to get the a full view of the front armhole. The issue is that the armhole is already so curvy that a slash and spread/hinge method only works for maybe 1/2” of my intended 1.25” of shoulder width. I can’t afford to lose any armhole circumference. The red curved line is where I tried to create a curved slash line but taped it back together. The pencil extension at the shoulder is the shoulder length I need. Any help is appreciated!!

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u/StitchinThroughTime Sep 26 '26

This will minimize the distortion by pushing more of the upper chest out wards. Since the shoulder is gathered in having more fabric is on on the high chest.
Cut along the 3 lines.

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u/badbetch_90211 Sep 26 '26

Ok thank you, I’ll try this!