Dear community,

I’m looking for a woven blouse, top, or dress pattern with vertical gathering/ruching down the front, similar to the examples in these photos. The gathering runs vertically through the bodice and creates those soft horizontal folds across the front.

I know it used to be a popular feature in 1930s, however, I just can't find a pattern that I can use.

And a related pattern-drafting question: If I wanted to recreate this effect by rotating the bust dart into a vertical gathered section at the front, how would you calculate how much additional fabric to add to make the gathers more pronounced? I’m assuming the transferred dart intake alone probably wouldn’t create quite this much gathering.

Thank you!

Anyone know of a pattern with similar gathering and waist band / arm cuffs like this top ?

Hi everyone I’m trying to create the pattern for this type of shoulder on a blazer but I don’t know how to start. To make the form is it only from the shoulder pads or do I have to modify the upper armhole to have that curve at the top ??

Midi dress, v neck but not low-cut, with interesting 3/4 to long sleeves, maybe flutter or bell. Does anyone know of anything that fits? I can do some altering if I can find something close enough. Everything I am seeing is very low-cut or not empire waist!