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Posted on: 10/7/08 3:45 PM ET
I like this top in October Burda. But, it really looks like it will be a rather lot of exposure for the girls. There are a lot of BWOF tops that most of us find too low, but outside of a modesty panel, how would you modify this one?here
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Posted on: 10/7/08 4:40 PM ET
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Personally I would just stitch the two fronts together in the center. I think that if you try to move the knot placement up you will change the look. Even if you make the knot looking center piece extend up higher it will change the look.

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Posted on: 10/7/08 5:00 PM ET
I agree with Becki, I think I would just do a few slipstitches by hand so they wouldn't show. If your fabric is as drapey as what they used, I don't think it would show.
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Posted on: 10/7/08 5:13 PM ET
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Me...I would be daring enough TO change the cut line of the lower bodice. Then again, I'm a rule breaker

I would start out on the original cutting line at the side seam, and then taper up to where the lower bodice will end up like a ^ shape...similar to the lower bodice on this Kwiksew pattern
  
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Posted on: 10/7/08 5:27 PM ET
I think I might try to just make the center gathered area from the shoulder to the hem just a little bit wider/fuller so the top sections will lie a little closer together. You can also add hand stitches if they are needed. Have you found a really drapey fabric?
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Posted on: 10/7/08 5:59 PM ET
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I think I might try to just make the center gathered area from the shoulder to the hem just a little bit wider/fuller so the top sections will lie a little closer together. You can also add hand stitches if they are needed. Have you found a really drapey fabric?

I think altering it as suggested, could cause major gaping should the person wearing it need to bend down to pick up an object...regardless of stitching the middle.
  
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Posted on: 10/7/08 6:19 PM ET
"I think altering it as suggested, could cause major gaping should the person wearing it need to bend down to pick up an object...regardless of stitching the middle."

I don't think so, because there won't be any extra length and the extra width is tightly gathered into the under bust point. We're only talking an extra 1/2 inch or so on each side. Just enough to put a slight bit of extra fabric between the girls just above the gathering point. And there's no change to the width of the tab that holds the gathers in place.

You might even be able to combine this with a FBA (rotate that dart to the base of the shoulder at the neck and gather it a bit there or toward the center of the shoulder seam if needed.) The more I look at the pattern the more I think that a FBA rotated to the shoulder would take care of most of the extra you need.

The main problem would come in fitting the space between the girls. If yours are widely spaced, then you might need extra fabric as I described above. If yours are close together, then shortening that tab just a hair might pull the gathering close enough to remove (or at least reduce) any gap between the sides of the shirt. And I guess it depends somewhat on how the tab is constructed; is it totally loose and above the gathered center area? That's how it looks. If that's the case, then the gathered area should drape between the girls and you could easily tack the edges together to get some extra modesty...


What were you planning, Nancy? Do you also need to shorten the top through the 'armhole' depth?

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Posted on: 10/7/08 6:53 PM ET
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Nancy, the top is rather gathered so my suggestion is to overlap the neckline at the empire seam (like a mini crossover) to the edges of the little rectangle, making it a bit less gathered and giving you some coverage. HTH

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Posted on: 10/7/08 7:56 PM ET
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I was thinking about adding at the center too. Look at this dress at myshape.com. It doesn't look nearly as low as the BWOF pattern and it looks to me like there is band along the neckline....that might remedy any gaping.
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Posted on: 10/7/08 8:18 PM ET
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That's a great idea! I think that that might work the best. I read the directions and it does have you stitch the cf together, so I was thinking that I could change draft to make the cf have a longer straight section. But, this looks to be a very low top and your suggestion might just work better. As to drapey fabric, I think that I have enough silver and black rayon lycra jersey left form a project in the spring from EOS. If not I have several rayon jerseys that would do the trick.
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