Mockup Failure

[theladyrebecca]

Yeah, so clearly doing all my patterning math late at night did not work out in my favor. I sewed together all the bodice seams, and wound up a good 7-8" too small in the bust. Still not sure how that happened. The side back and back pieces are also about 2" shorter than the front pieces. So I ripped open the center back seam, and inserted an 8" wide rectangle, running the length of the bodice. Then I put it back on, pinned closed the front, and pinned out pretty much all of the excess in the back. I think I need to add about an inch in width as a gusset shape under the arm in the side seam, since it still seems to be pulling a little bit. And the armhole is now too big in the front. I also have yet to try it on with the corset (I was doing all this at about 1:30am last night). So all of that will hopefully happen first thing in the morning. But no sewing happened today, at least on my own stuff, since I spent about 10 hrs working at the theatre. I'm glad tech is over (for me, at least)!