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Well, this dress is done for. I spend all evening labouriously putting together the bodice to get it to the first try-on stage and.... it's gonna be one for the bin.
The fit is TERRIBLE. Unwearable and almost unrescuable I think. The bodice fits fine except for being a little too big on the waist but the sleeve parts hang about 6 inches too big round my shoulders. I have no idea how. The pieces of elastic meant to hug over the arms hang limp. The actual sleeve part hangs even limper. I don't understand it. I know I have narrow shoulders but I've got big arms too, certainly bigger than the fit model for this, so I expected it to balance out but somehow the neckline is designed for someone with a giant set of shoulders. I don't get it.
I'm so gutted I didn't make a toile. I convinced myself it would be fine as I'd done flat-pattern adjustments and those are all fine (the bust and waist is good) but I didn't think there would be such major problems with the sleeve part. This'll be the last Vogue I ever buy, the fit is HORRIBLE and I should've known their patterns are not designed for me but instead for giant-shouldered tiny-waisted 8ft women?
Gutted that I have used much loved stash fabric that I've held onto for four years, an expensive piece of silk organza and gorgeous bemburg cupro lining that I was saving for a coat but decided to use on this instead. All wasted.