I spent this week drawing up new patterns from my toile pieces, not a way I have worked before but it might work out better!
One of the things I noted in the fitting was that the shoulder seam was in the wrong place, and I believed this would improve the other fitting issues we had (the waist being too high on the front, the collar sitting wrong and the sleeves being twisted), so I spent a large part of today trying to fix that.
After I moved the shoulder seam, the armhole gaped at the front and initially I tried to fix this with a technique normally used on the back of the bodice.
However, looking at the pattern at the end, I realised this was going to make the checks lie at an angle so I asked Nelson if he was okay with there being a side bust dart....and he said yes!
I rejigged my pattern and now I have a dart along the bust line and everything is a bit better.
Finally I tried to start cutting top fabric, but I just couldn't get the checks to lie right so I am waiting til monday when I can see my tutor *fingers crossed*
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