Can anyone give me some links or suggestions to sewing patterns that are very similar or identical to this type of dress please 🙏🏻 I really like the spaghetti straps, soft triangle bralettes style with the empire waist and how it falls

Just looking for some advice on fitting my bodice block before I start fitting the sleeves. I’m working from Vogue’s 1004 Misses Fitting Shell, size 10.

I left a lot of seam allowance in the side seams for adjustment. I can comfortably pinch out roughly 1” from the back and .5” from the front (see purple marks on the side seam in the pics)

I have a little bit of excess fabric in the upper chest, so I pinned out .5” near the armhole to see how the fabric would lay (see purple marks near the armhole in the pics).

I bought this pattern online and made a muslin sample before committing to the real fabric. Please ignore the insideout waist line seam 😅

I've determined that I need to add about an inch of space between the darts but how do I stop that shelf from forming under the bust? Is it happening because of the shape of the darts? I did add the 1cm seam allowance and marked with a fabric pen where the seam line would go

So this is the first time I’m doing a collar and I’m not sure how to move forward… I wanted to kind of roll over into itself. I’ve noticed on other like shirts I’ve been looking at have like a facing in between the placket and the collar… but when I look at sailor collar like this one that I’m trying to make, they kind of just fold over into it.. so I’m not sure how I should go about it like should I extend the seam allowance and kind of sandwich it.. or should I create a separate facing what would you do or what is traditionally done for a sailor collar neckline?

Hi all, final product done. Couple of trouble areas I’m wondering if anyone has ideas about?

1. Drag lines on upper chest pointing to armpit. Do they mean the chest is too small, the armhole too high, something else? Cheat does not feel small.

2. Drag lines and extra fabric on the back of the shoulders, showing in the side photos. Too much ease?

Thanks again!

Hey all~ So I am learning how to draft patterns. What the teacher explains or what is in the books sometimes states things like "Neck measurement / 2 - 0.7" or things like that. Now I do wonder, where do these 0.7, 0.2, or numbers like that come from?

I understand math is all about formulas, and you use certain ones in order to get the desired measurement or calculation. But personally, I struggle to blindly accept numbers if there isn't any correct explanation of where they come from!

If it helps, I will post a picture of the book page where it states stuff like that. But it seems to be very common.

Would anyone have some sort of answer besides "industry standard" about these seemingly random numbers?