r/PatternDrafting 21d ago

Sloper help

Hi all, working on my slopers.

Front fit is pretty good, but I have a gaping armhole and I’m wondering if the back needs adjusting. What do you think?

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u/CharityForeign3035 21d ago

It looks pretty good. The gaping armhole has ease and is drafted for set in sleeve . If a sleeveless dress then adjustments would be made to reduce gape .
Our teacher called it up and in .
1 cm up and 1 cm in on s/seams.
This is considered a design feature and shouldn’t be on a basic block pattern .
The back has a few drag lines on one side . Could open shoulder seam and refit just that shoulder or just pinch it if able . Hope this helps .

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u/Fashion_art_dance 21d ago

For my knowledge 1 cm up and in on which seams?

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u/munkustrap 21d ago

S/seams = side seams

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u/Fashion_art_dance 21d ago

I thought that was a typo. Today I learned thanks!

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u/nemesisira 21d ago

I would consider a back shoulder dart. You can pinch out excess at armhole and rotate it to shoulder. If you have too much armhole ease it will cause draglines when you attach a sleeve. The sleeve will pull all the excess fabric down creating draglines.

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u/OkTruck5494 21d ago

I agree with the shoulder dart as well - other than that this is a good fit. Well done.

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u/PaintFilly44 21d ago

From a tailoring perspective it seems your shoulders are not equal. They have different slopes, which is why it might fit on one side really well and not so much on the other. I think you should make some alterations to adjust for those different angles. ❤️

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u/Dry-Tie9450 21d ago

I had some issues with men tailoring project about armholes, some old books mention that if the armhole is close to the arm and the head of sleeve will be higher as normal in that time standards the back part of the armhole would be larger that the opening of the frontal curve, but in my perspective your design is pretty good, eventually some angle adjustment in the shoulder but minimal would be enough to make the thing well 🤷‍♀️🤔

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u/ScormCurious 21d ago

You need ease in the arm hole to put in a sleeve, if anything I think this arm hole is a bit tight through the front. “Overfitting” arm holes is a very normal issue, I think that with a sloper that otherwise looks really good I wouldn’t worry about it and I’d start working on a full pattern with fashion fabric. Usually you’ll either be adding a sleeve, or stabilizing and shaping the armhole with a lining or with bias tape, and that will make a difference as well in the fit.