Pattern Quiz 2 Solution

I've been too busy sewing to show you what that pattern piece was for. Here 'tis!


It was the front bodice piece of this terribly sexy dress.

The reason for the cut-out triangle in the pattern piece was that I started from a fitted block (BurdaStyle calls it a basic bodice block). The front bodice is drafted with a dart from shoulder to bust point, and another from bust point to waist. This offers a lot more options for dart manipulation and creating a closely fitted garment. I used the simplest kind of dart manipulation, cutting up the centre of the waist dart so that I could close the shoulder dart, leaving a very wide dart at the waist. You don't want all the spare fabric from a 6cm dart flapping around so a triangle gets cut out of the piece, leaving a 1.5cm seam allowance for sewing the dart.

That didn't make any sense, did it? I can't be bothered doing it again and photographing the process. If you want to learn more, enrol in a patternmaking course.


After all that you'll be apathetic to hear I decided not even to use this pattern. But pleased to know I added another 3cm to the waist measurement before starting on my next pattern. No-one's actually got a figure like that, do they? Even my mannequin's wearing a padded bra to look this good.

I'll show you the pattern I did use, tomorrow.