I appreciate that you took the time to produce a final draft with the adjusted areas colored, that really brought it all together visually. It helped me step back from my pattern and compare. Thank you for concise, well demonstrated video.
I just made a blouse using this method and it saved me so much time and hassle with fitting and looks better than most blouses I’ve done before. Thank you for sharing this!
I have returned to dress making after at least 30 years and in that time put on weight and yes a larger bust. I have a very simple pattern with just two pieces and no notches, suitable for a beginner, and made it minus any alterations in a naff old fabric I have, to see how it looks and work out where I need adjustment. I have padded out a dummy to my size and I popped the blouse on that and just as you say the front rides up exactly as you say, something I wouldn't have noticed on me! You demonstration is simply superb and I'm now about to cut up my pattern as you show. I'm so impressed with your video. Many thanks. Julie
Love this, you didn’t mention it but it’s important to remember to take the seam allowance of your pattern into account when plotting your measurements. In a looser fitting garment it wouldn’t necessarily be an issue but in a more fitted one it could make a difference
I saw Michelle from Michelle Sews Again demostrate this. I can't wait to try it as I hate darts but I do know darts are important in some fabrics. Thank you for this video.
Excellent video on full bust adjustment without a dart. A rather tricky adjustment, but you made this easy to understand. Love, love the color contrast. Makes this much easier to understand. Enjoyed several of your classes in Indianapolis uuhhh some decades ago.
You are correct. There are times when I do not want a bust dart in a garment. I will try this. Is there a particular guide as to when to use 3/4 of an inch versus, say 1/2 inch?
What do you do if you are larger than an E-cup? My bra size is a 40G. I measure 40 inches across my bra band and almost 48 inches (47 3/4") across the largest part of my busts. My upper bust measurment is 43." I wear a size 16 dress. So what pattern size(s) would I use and how can I adjust the pattern without distorting it.
Pattern cup sizes have their own system. A B cup would be 2" larger than the upper bust measurement. For the measurements you listed, you could use a 44" bust pattern and adjust for an E cup or use a 46" bust pattern and adjust for a D cup. If you found a 45" bust pattern, it would take a DD cup adjustment.
I've seen several people do a full bust adjustment..yours makes the more sense to me! I've never done one yet but I think I'll try your way! Do you have to change the arm pattern?
good illustration, i'm about to do a dress pattern that look like it need so much adjustment on bust, biceps I don't know why i'm bothering with it maybe I see it all as a challenge!
Excellent video thank you. But how do yo true the back pattern piece with the full bust adjusted front pattern piece? Can someone, anyone help please? Thank you xx
Thank you for this very clear video. I have two questions. The first is the same as another viewer: do you have any advice for the unfortunates with the bigger cup sizes? I am a 5ft tall older woman who wears a 36H. The second question is about how we should choose our pattern size. Obviously we are not choosing by bust sizes here. Most patterns I have seen don't list upper bust sizes. I think that women's patterns should list shoulder widths, but they never do. I find I not only have to expand the bust area but cut the shoulder width as well. I started sewing less than two years ago, so I am still figuring things out. Thank you.
If you are working with a misses pattern from one of the big pattern companies, measure your upper bust and add 2" to find the pattern bust size. For womens patterns, add 3" to your upper bust. They're usually based on a C cup rather than a B as with misses.
There does not seem to be any guidance as to how far to move the lower half of the armscye laterally? A maximum of 3/4 of an inch, but… Is there a precise amount. Per cup size? otherwise I found this a great tutorial.
So for those of us who need a larger adjustment, does this method not work for us? I have a 10 inch difference between my upper bust and full bust, so if I’m understanding correctly, I can’t use this method?
The truing up of the front is so that it will still match up to the back piece. Depending on how much more than 2" you need, the ease in the pattern might give you enough leeway. It's worth trying in a test fabric.
5:17 do you have to adjust the back armhole to meet, bigger? Front armhole. All makes perfect sense, will attempt this for myself. Can this adjustment work on a princess seam? So easy to follow thank you
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2:25 I was told pattern cups are not the same as bra cups. Is this table for bra cups or pattern cups? I have a 4.5" difference between over bust and bust. 3:49 how do we figure how much to add here?
Hi, I have done the full bust adjustment to the front of my pattern using your technique, my question is do I need to alter the length of the back pattern to match the front? Thank you
I noticed that there aren’t any answers to the questions on here so I will take a stab at your question. You don’t need extra length in the back because you have trued up your front to meet at the original side seam, you need extra length in the front to go over your bust, you do not need extra length in the back.
@@chrisboyd3626 many thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I am making a dress using this method rather than a top. The top of the dress is separate from the bottom and is sewn to the bottom of the dress afterwards. The back of the top has a waist dart so I also need to lower that and add length to it as I am low busted too. The front top also has gathering under the bust. So that's why I thought I needed to lengthen the back top. I'll do a toile first and see what it looks like. Thanks again.
Is this the apex that would be on the pattern or is there some kind of transfer that i should have made after I find my own apex measurement and put THAT number on the pattern. I cant find that part of the instructions. Is there another video is missed? thanks
There should not be too much adjustment to the sleeve. The only place you are making the armscye larger is at the underarm, so you would make the same adjustment at the underarm of the sleeve, and taper it as she does for the side seam of the garment.
No she didn’t. She moved the armscye back. The chest would be between the bust point and the middle and above the bust point. Fuller busts move the armscye forward, and she put the space there right where it needed to be. Sandra Betzina recommends taking out a quarter inch at the neckline to compensate if that helps.
I was wondering about that too. I often get gapping above the bust and along neckline and have to adjust that. She added 3/4 inches in that area.? Is that going to be a problem I wonder.
Thank you so much. Excellent video, no waffle or silliness. Just absolute clarity.
I appreciate that you took the time to produce a final draft with the adjusted areas colored, that really brought it all together visually. It helped me step back from my pattern and compare. Thank you for concise, well demonstrated video.
This is the first FBA tutorial that I feel like I could actually attempt. Thank you for making it so much less daunting.
I just made a blouse using this method and it saved me so much time and hassle with fitting and looks better than most blouses I’ve done before. Thank you for sharing this!
So helpful. Thank you. You marked the extra fabric in blue and that helped me so much. I really appreciate your tutorial. TY.
Best tutorial I’ve found! Thank you so very much!
I have returned to dress making after at least 30 years and in that time put on weight and yes a larger bust. I have a very simple pattern with just two pieces and no notches, suitable for a beginner, and made it minus any alterations in a naff old fabric I have, to see how it looks and work out where I need adjustment. I have padded out a dummy to my size and I popped the blouse on that and just as you say the front rides up exactly as you say, something I wouldn't have noticed on me! You demonstration is simply superb and I'm now about to cut up my pattern as you show. I'm so impressed with your video. Many thanks. Julie
This is this best FULL BUST( in the true sense of those words) adjustment I have seen on UA-cam. Thank you from me and the girls!
My sentiments exactly. Easy understand and duplicate!
Love this, you didn’t mention it but it’s important to remember to take the seam allowance of your pattern into account when plotting your measurements. In a looser fitting garment it wouldn’t necessarily be an issue but in a more fitted one it could make a difference
In a more fitted garment, we would want to use darts.
I saw Michelle from Michelle Sews Again demostrate this. I can't wait to try it as I hate darts but I do know darts are important in some fabrics. Thank you for this video.
Excellent video on full bust adjustment without a dart. A rather tricky adjustment, but you made this easy to understand. Love, love the color contrast. Makes this much easier to understand. Enjoyed several of your classes in Indianapolis uuhhh some decades ago.
What lovely jewelry, especially the bracelet! Great directions.
The best and simplest one I have seen! Thank you
Thank you, this beats adding material in and then gathering it to take puckers out
Great tutorial, makes far more sense than the dart manipulations.
Sweet watch! Good for you.
You are correct. There are times when I do not want a bust dart in a garment. I will try this.
Is there a particular guide as to when to use 3/4 of an inch versus, say 1/2 inch?
Fantastic. Great job as usual. Nice to see you Louise. 💕💕
This method is so much more understandable. Thank you!
THANK YOU for this video, this is so easy to understand and it will help me so much. Thanks!
What do you do if you are larger than an E-cup? My bra size is a 40G. I measure 40 inches across my bra band and almost 48 inches (47 3/4") across the largest part of my busts. My upper bust measurment is 43." I wear a size 16 dress. So what pattern size(s) would I use and how can I adjust the pattern without distorting it.
Pattern cup sizes have their own system. A B cup would be 2" larger than the upper bust measurement. For the measurements you listed, you could use a 44" bust pattern and adjust for an E cup or use a 46" bust pattern and adjust for a D cup. If you found a 45" bust pattern, it would take a DD cup adjustment.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Another hidden gem 💎! Thanks!👍🏾
Fabulous!! Thank you for sharing!
I've seen several people do a full bust adjustment..yours makes the more sense to me! I've never done one yet but I think I'll try your way! Do you have to change the arm pattern?
This such good information, so helpful. Thanks for sharing it. I’m saving this video to refer back to again and again.
This is something I have needed for so long. 😍
Thank you! If you have a sleeve, would you have to make adjustments to your sleeve pattern?
Great Info, thanks very much. Cheers Mary
good illustration, i'm about to do a dress pattern that look like it need so much adjustment on bust, biceps I don't know why i'm bothering with it maybe I see it all as a challenge!
Brilliant!! Thanks a million from México
Just what I needed. Thank you x
Excellent video thank you. But how do yo true the back pattern piece with the full bust adjusted front pattern piece? Can someone, anyone help please? Thank you xx
Thank you for this very clear video.
I have two questions. The first is the same as another viewer: do you have any advice for the unfortunates with the bigger cup sizes? I am a 5ft tall older woman who wears a 36H.
The second question is about how we should choose our pattern size. Obviously we are not choosing by bust sizes here. Most patterns I have seen don't list upper bust sizes. I think that women's patterns should list shoulder widths, but they never do. I find I not only have to expand the bust area but cut the shoulder width as well.
I started sewing less than two years ago, so I am still figuring things out.
Thank you.
If you are working with a misses pattern from one of the big pattern companies, measure your upper bust and add 2" to find the pattern bust size. For womens patterns, add 3" to your upper bust. They're usually based on a C cup rather than a B as with misses.
Very Helpful!
There does not seem to be any guidance as to how far to move the lower half of the armscye laterally? A maximum of 3/4 of an inch, but… Is there a precise amount. Per cup size? otherwise I found this a great tutorial.
You need to use your measurements to determine the correct amount.
I think the hard and boring answer is that we have to guesstimate and then sew a sample :/ I too wish there was set increments to known cup sizes.
Thank you very much. I feel more confident in trying a FBA.
Brilliant, thank you. Can I ask, do I need to lengthen or make any adjustments to the back pattern piece? Many thanks
Teaching myself and it's difficult but I'll get there. Thank you for your advice 👌🌼🌼🌼
So for those of us who need a larger adjustment, does this method not work for us? I have a 10 inch difference between my upper bust and full bust, so if I’m understanding correctly, I can’t use this method?
Thank you so much! It is exactly what I needed ❤
So easy to understand-thank you
So what do you do if you need more than a 2" adjustment? And then what needs to happen to the back piece once the front is adjusted?
The truing up of the front is so that it will still match up to the back piece. Depending on how much more than 2" you need, the ease in the pattern might give you enough leeway. It's worth trying in a test fabric.
Very helpful. Do you also have to make adjustments to the arm piece? Thank you
That's what I'm wondering?
Clear and good
Thank you so much fot this great tutorial! ❤
Finally, I get it. Thank you.
Excellent explanation ❤️
This worked like magic!
Do you have a tutorial for a pattern WITH darts? Your tutorials are easy to follow
There is one here www.threadsmagazine.com/project-guides/fit-and-sew-tops/fitting-a-full-bust
but please note, it is an insider article.
With this method of ajustement, does the sleeve pattern stay the same or does it have to be adjusted as well?
Thank you for sharing.
5:17 do you have to adjust the back armhole to meet, bigger? Front armhole. All makes perfect sense, will attempt this for myself.
Can this adjustment work on a princess seam?
So easy to follow thank you
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Brilliant Thank You 🙏❤️
Excellent Video Thank You
Thank you!
2:25 I was told pattern cups are not the same as bra cups. Is this table for bra cups or pattern cups? I have a 4.5" difference between over bust and bust.
3:49 how do we figure how much to add here?
Pattern cups
You are probably between D and F
Thank you very much
Thank you.
Thank you very helpful. Now I see why my garments never fit in the bust.
Hi, I have done the full bust adjustment to the front of my pattern using your technique, my question is do I need to alter the length of the back pattern to match the front? Thank you
I noticed that there aren’t any answers to the questions on here so I will take a stab at your question. You don’t need extra length in the back because you have trued up your front to meet at the original side seam, you need extra length in the front to go over your bust, you do not need extra length in the back.
@@chrisboyd3626 many thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I am making a dress using this method rather than a top. The top of the dress is separate from the bottom and is sewn to the bottom of the dress afterwards. The back of the top has a waist dart so I also need to lower that and add length to it as I am low busted too. The front top also has gathering under the bust. So that's why I thought I needed to lengthen the back top. I'll do a toile first and see what it looks like. Thanks again.
Is this the apex that would be on the pattern or is there some kind of transfer that i should have made after I find my own apex measurement and put THAT number on the pattern. I cant find that part of the instructions. Is there another video is missed? thanks
You should transfer your personal apex location to the pattern.
Thank you. Is there an adjustment to the sleeve. I have small shoulder size 10 to 12 depending on the pattern . Then I go to a 40 d bra. Help!,
There should not be too much adjustment to the sleeve. The only place you are making the armscye larger is at the underarm, so you would make the same adjustment at the underarm of the sleeve, and taper it as she does for the side seam of the garment.
How do you know how much to add to the pattern vertically and horizontally based on your measurements? Is it just a matter of trial and error?
Louise has the amount you should add based on your cup size in the video, but it also can be trial and error.
How do my measurements determine whether to use 3/4" or less? What is the guide?
She showed the chart per cup size C, D, DD, E. (E was 2") C was 3/4
Thanks. However, I do not even recall asking this question. Maybe I should (re)watch the video...smile
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Okay here we go...
No.no.no. you made the above bust chest part larger. Most who need full bust adjustments have smaller front chest and neck.
No she didn’t. She moved the armscye back. The chest would be between the bust point and the middle and above the bust point. Fuller busts move the armscye forward, and she put the space there right where it needed to be. Sandra Betzina recommends taking out a quarter inch at the neckline to compensate if that helps.
I was wondering about that too. I often get gapping above the bust and along neckline and have to adjust that. She added 3/4 inches in that area.? Is that going to be a problem I wonder.
Thank you!