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I see that you got lots of answers to this question in the Facebook group!

Bah, trying upload again.

Good thing my mother knows I’m a procrastinator! The “baby” from my first post is now almost 18 months old, but I finished the shirt! I thought I’d close the loop on this post and thank people for their advice.

I made a muslin, Mom tried it on earlier this summer when we visited her, and I’m very glad we went through the trouble. She preferred a…[Read more]

That looks great! Well done.

Well, thank you, Liesl! I really enjoyed sewing the shirt and you can see the results (with a few personal touches) in the images attached.

Thank you, that is very helpful.

You certainly could Sandy. You might find you don’t need to adjust it much as I think from memory I can get mine on/off without undoing it. If you mark the centre front pattern piece half an inch or so lower then draw in a new curve meeting back at the same shoulder point. Just remember to lengthen your bias finishing tape as well

Hi Kaitlin. Sorry I’m not following you. Maybe you can post a photo so we can see what you mean?

Thanks very much! Appreciate your help.

Hi @clairemichel , this is a nice,easy one to add length to.
You’ll see that in view A both the bodice and the skirt have straight sides so you can simply add length at the bottom of each pattern piece.
I have a long torso’ed daughter and find it’s easier to guesstimate how much extra length she needs and add that. If you try and lengthen to the…[Read more]