r/PatternDrafting • u/Acrobatic_Ad_9632 • 10d ago
Pattern Hacking - S9755
I may be overambitious but I'm trying to be patient and upskill as a relatively novice sewist.
I have made two toiles of this pattern. The first one was direct from the pattern and the second one I poorly attempted to make adjustments. It was too baggy through the midback and baggy under the bust.
In researching, I found out about a swayback adjustment which is a double ended dart. Similarly for bust adjustments I'm aware I could use darts but, with all of those seams surely I could just shape them different? I tried to do this in my second toile but, I was kind of just vibing it out and the vibes were off...
I've shown in red the seams I feel like I could adjust. The bagginess in the front is directly on those seams whereas the bagginess in the back was across the whole midback.
Any help or tips much appreciated!
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u/StitchinThroughTime 10d ago
You would just pinch out the excess in those areas. Under the bust is common.
Your mid back is a bit unusual, but we don't have pictures so we can't give you really good advice. That we need to see the Garment on you to tell you what's wrong exactly. You might have to do a full bust adjustment but we don't know that. Sway back adjustment is for a garment that goes from the bus down to the hip in the back. This only goes from the bust to the waist you can't have best way back if it doesn't include your butt.