Has anyone created a ladies jacket for a full-busted person? Did you change the chest canvas coverage at all? My ladies jacket has a princess seam for bust shaping, but I’m not sure what to do with the canvas. Should I stop the canvas along the princess seam, or should I cut a dart shape out of the armhole (along the princess seam placement) and align the cut edges together and sew the edges with a strip of Silesia behind it? Or something else entirely?
If I canvas only up to the princess seam, what should I do about the hair cloth (that would normally reach to the side seam/AH area? Would I shorten that also?
I’ve made up the jacket in muslin (multiple times!) for fitting purposes, so I’m confident of the fit through the bust. I’m just stuck on the canvas shaping and construction.
Thanks for any insight on how to tackle this issue.
Jenny
You would need to wedge the canvas to create shape for the bust. It would be pointless to stop the canvas at the princess seam.