{"id":67544,"date":"2018-11-30T06:31:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T11:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=67544"},"modified":"2018-11-30T06:31:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T11:31:38","slug":"sewing-small-talk-full-bust-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/11\/sewing-small-talk-full-bust-adjustment.html","title":{"rendered":"sewing small talk: full bust adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever done a full bust adjustment, or FBA, to a sewing pattern? Many of our patterns provide separate pattern pieces for different cup sizes, but sometimes we can’t provide them due to space restraints. In those instances we provide instructions for doing it yourself.<\/p>\n

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So we’re wondering: Have you ever attempted a full bust adjustment, either using our instructions or someone else’s?<\/p>\n

If you have, how did it go? And if not, what’s stopped you? We’d love to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s installment of Sewing Small Talk, we’re discussing doing a full bust adjustment. Have you ever done one? If not, what’s held you back?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":67919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20792],"class_list":["post-67544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-small-talk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FBAHero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-hzq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79019,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/05\/how-to-do-a-small-bust-adjustment.html","url_meta":{"origin":67544,"position":0},"title":"how to do a small bust adjustment","author":"Masha Richart","date":"May 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Neha from the Advisors Circle wrote up a simple, clear tutorial for a small bust adjustment. 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