How to Make a Back Contour Adjustment on a T-Shirt Pattern

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4 жыл бұрын

Last week we talked about bust adjustments on a t-shirt pattern, this week I'd like to address how to handle back contour shaping. Age and posture can take a toll on the body and sometimes can result in more rounded shoulders and back. In order to achieve a good and comfortable fit in your garments you'll likely need to make a pattern adjustment to accommodate this body shape so today we'll cover the upper-back and mid-back contour shape adjustments.
If you'd like to learn about stretch fabric pattern making, I invite you to look into my online course The Custom Stretch Knit Bodice. www.inhousepatternsstudio.com...
You'll learn how to draft a basic T-shirt using your own body measurements.
If you're not interested in drafting your own T-Shirt I have a pattern you can use. It's called the Jenny Tee and you can find it at inhousepatterns.com/products/.... For more information about how the Jenny pattern fits take a look at this video: • Fitting Knits: How to ...
I hope you enjoyed this fitting knits video series. If you have comments and questions use the comment section below to share them.
Get all the resources mentioned in this video here: www.inhousepatternsstudio.com...
All My Best,
Alexandra

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@deanalovessewn6117 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alexandra!! Wonderful vlog.. U don’t have to use this but it’s totally helpful for me so I can do a friends tops now.... 💜💜💜🧵🧵🧵

@sosmom2227 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@peggyr9623 4 жыл бұрын

I like the slashing method for the rounded back, which I have from 20 years of leaning over a desk and handwriting reports! I am wondering though why a slash couldn't be made to close the dart that appeared in the shoulder line to keep the measurement from the neck to the shoulder the same? I don't think the length of my shoulder changes due to a round back. Not sure though. Thanks so much!

@shirleykuhn4509 3 жыл бұрын

Hi ya. Great video. I’ve only started watching your series and found them very useful and easy to understand. How do I apply this to raglan tee shirt? Shirley

@cussot 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you. But you might want to correct the spelling in the surtitle at 15:00 for your pattern webshop.

@kathiethompson6719 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video. I need to add 4 inches in my back waist length now for a high round and a mid-round back problem. There was a Stretch & Sew teacher I knew who has since passed away, but she used to make her husband's knit polo shirts without a back seam and had to add A LOT to the back pattern piece. How do I add 4 inches without putting in a CB seam? thank you.

@DeeDee-mo6tn 10 ай бұрын

Hi Katie, I would like to know this too. Did you find anything? I have been searching to no avail. However this one is the closest and am about to try it for the first time. My elderly Mother now has a lot of fit issue with ready to wear so I am looking into making her some tops x x

@kathiethompson6719 10 ай бұрын

@@DeeDee-mo6tn Hi Dee Dee, I haven't found out anything definite yet, so I am just going to go for it, too. My thoughts are to fold a piece of large paper and trace off a t-shirt pattern half, then open it out to a full back and do some adjustments to add increases across the back that way. Add the total in small increments from the top bone at the neck (for a high round) down through the curvature and below that to above the waist area. Do the first increase right at the seam line. The most important places to add are where the worst curvature is. Use an inexpensive t-shirt knit material to do the first one (a muslin) then make any adjustments to the paper pattern that you might find after making that first one. Wrinkles always point to where the problem is. Having sewn with Stretch&Sew patterns for many years, I'm almost certain that's how my friend did her husband's shirts. I buy rolls of examining table paper from a medical supply for my pattern tracing. Swedish tracing paper is a sewable tracing material, but I haven't used it for that yet.