A straight-front seam fitting method for a bust-supportive dress - La cotte simple

This photo-essay is intended to give you an overview of one way to drape fabric on a body to achieve a tight fit. Meet Sheree. My patient model who also happens to get two finished cottes out of this experiment. For this fitting, I decided to try something new. Rather than starting with 4 separate … A straight-front seam fitting method for a bust-supportive dress Read More »

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The dress I am making at the moment, Butterick 2669, has one of each of the main dart types – so time for more tricks of the …