Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Bonfit Fitted Shirt #1

Do I look somewhat annoyed? Thanks to Bonfit... The fit is not too bad, but it certainly is not all that great. I made the fitted shirt, and tried to fix the problems I had with the basic shirt while doing this one. It helped some, but I see there's still alot of work to be done. Here's the muslin.




  1. Those bust points should be about 1" further out on each side. The recommended 3/4" ease is not enough.
  2. The waist darts need to be shifted out to the sides a bit more. I'm considering making two very slim darts instead of one big one.
  3. The collar is still too big.
  4. Hip line does not have quite enough ease to be worn over my jeans. I like a bit more space.
  5. I shifted the sleeve towards the back, which solved the twisting problem. But now theBack of the sleeve at the armhole needs to have a bit removed, front too. Guess I will have to reshape the sleeve seam.
  6. My side seam shifts towards the back at the hip.
  7. The back is still very baggy above the waist. Since the hip is too tight, it poofs out between the shoulder blades to the top of the hip.
  8. But the length will be fine once hemmed. I fixed the front by adding about 1 1/2" tapering to the side seam.
  9. Also added 1" to the bicep for space.
  10. Practiced a little sleeve detail at the back of the sleeve. I think I'll move it to the side and make it longer, it's about 3" now... maybe cut the sleeves to 3/4 length too. I plan on making the same gathered detail at the bust along the center front when I get this shirt perfected.

Okay... that's it for today, it's time to do the mommy thing again and pick up kids.

1 comment:

Sara said...

That's a beautiful sleeve.