April 09, 2012

T-shirt pattern quest pt. 5 : Evaluating the fit of the armhole



I sewed up two more samples of my t-shirt pattern. I was still not satisfied with the fit. There were wrinkles around the armhole and elsewhere. I spent a bit of time studying the pictures below to try understand the fitting problem and how to solve it.

The back armhole is too short and pulling the t-shirt toward the back

It finally occurred to me why the armhole was giving me so many problems. The back armhole was too short. You can actually see in the picture that the front of the t-shirt is being pulled toward the back at the shoulder seam and underarm. The fix was rather simple - make the back armhole longer.

The back armhole has been lengthened
What a difference, don't you think? There are some other fit problems. I'm still debating the amount that I scooped out on the front armhole. I think I may need some extra width across the front. And then there is the sleeve that wants to twist. But overall, this is pretty good and those complaints are minor. Will there be a version 5.0? Probably.
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2 comments:

  1. LisaB7:22 PM

    That's a great improvement!

    I'm curious which method you used to add length to the back armhole. Did you redraw the curve to make it longer, split the back to add length all across, or some other method?

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  2. E Melander6:07 AM

    I slashed and spread across the back. Both armholes were redrawn so that the curves resembled my blouse armholes.

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