Is it me, or is this badly drafted?
Notice that the pockets match. And nothing else. Not the top, not the bottom, not the armscye curve.
I attempted to make the side panel fit by taking what I hoped would be stylish tucks at the seamline. It doesn't look so good in this picture but it looked sorta okay in real life. I might've pulled off stylish tucks, but look at that low armscye! No way will that fit! I've had to raise the armscye on every single top pattern I've purchased from Unique.
And another thing--I don't have a picture for this, but the center front was too long. Just like when I've done a full bust adjustment on a pattern and the extra length added by that adjustment made the center front waayy too long--I guess because I'm big-busted and short-waisted. That sort of frustrating alteration that leads to another alteration is exactly why I decided to try custom patterns like Unique, but apparently even they didn't get it right on this one.
My other jacket from them--a princess seam design--was much better (after a re-draft, that is. And I still had to raise the armscye on that one.)
My shirt pattern fit in the bust, but again, I had to raise the armscye. I also had to adjust for forward shoulders, extend the shoulders and shorten the sleeves by a full 2".
Unique's customer service will re-draft. I have to send them more measurements, though. Pul-eeze. I had my body scanned. They have my measurements. Can't they get the shoulder width right? Sleeve length? Center front? Come on!
Notice that the pockets match. And nothing else. Not the top, not the bottom, not the armscye curve.
I attempted to make the side panel fit by taking what I hoped would be stylish tucks at the seamline. It doesn't look so good in this picture but it looked sorta okay in real life. I might've pulled off stylish tucks, but look at that low armscye! No way will that fit! I've had to raise the armscye on every single top pattern I've purchased from Unique.
And another thing--I don't have a picture for this, but the center front was too long. Just like when I've done a full bust adjustment on a pattern and the extra length added by that adjustment made the center front waayy too long--I guess because I'm big-busted and short-waisted. That sort of frustrating alteration that leads to another alteration is exactly why I decided to try custom patterns like Unique, but apparently even they didn't get it right on this one.
My other jacket from them--a princess seam design--was much better (after a re-draft, that is. And I still had to raise the armscye on that one.)
My shirt pattern fit in the bust, but again, I had to raise the armscye. I also had to adjust for forward shoulders, extend the shoulders and shorten the sleeves by a full 2".
Unique's customer service will re-draft. I have to send them more measurements, though. Pul-eeze. I had my body scanned. They have my measurements. Can't they get the shoulder width right? Sleeve length? Center front? Come on!
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