Try, Try Again

Here comes the first test of the Yui pattern. I traced off a copy of the Misato shoulder and marked the shoulder seam line.

Do I remember those waza names?

For this first pass, I just went straight on with the forward shoulder section to the jacket front. Putting the corners together and then the point of the other end on the jacket front line, the two sewing lines matched up almost exactly. Which is to be expected, since it really wasn't for shaping on the Misato.

Flip the shoulder piece over and hit the other side and this is what you get. When making up the muslin pieces, I just traced one half and then shifted the pattern over and traced the other half.

For the back, I moved up the dividing line. While I was looking at it, I thought the top half would end up with such long, thin points, that they would be difficult to handle. By moving the line up, I get shorter points, with less acute angles.

The pieces are cut so hopefully they'll go together tomorrow.

This latest bolt of muslin got really bunched up on the bolt and I'm pressing the hell out of it as I tear sections off, but it's putting up a good fight. Well, it's laying flat enough while I trace and cut out, but not very photogenic.