I want to wear the Kristen dress from BurdaStyle to the Tessuti Awards in a a week and a half!! Yep, cutting it fine aren't i?! I won't be entering the competition of course, i can't since i work there :) Anyway, like a good little seamstress i decided to make a muslin before cutting into the good stuff and am i glad i did! I measured myself and according to the BurdaStyle measurements i should be a size 38?! WTF?! 38?! Most of the other patterns i have used from BurdaStyle i have cut a 34 so i decided to go inbetween and cut a 36.
As you can see the skirt part of the dress fits pretty well around the hips and waist although it is way too long (being a short arse will do that!), i will shorten it to knee length i think. The top however is WAY too big! Now my question is how do i fix this? I don't think just going down a size will fix the problem, it seems i also need to stretch my torso a few inches in length or shorten the pattern pieces ;)
What do you suggest?
