Reply To: McCalls 6697 increase bust size

[the_professors_assistantKeymaster]

This one is a little tricky because the front and back are made up of pieces so there are no pattern pieces that have both the full armhole and waistline. If I were you, I would choose the pattern size based on the bustline. Its not meant to be a tight fitting dress so if your waist and hip measurements can fit in that size, I would go for it and see if you can skip alterations. Or at least baste a test and see if the fit is going to work. If you want to still make changes to the patterns, you’ll probably have to pin pieces together just to get pieces you can work with such as pinning 3 and 4 together or 1 and 2. Don’t forget to overlap the seam allowances. The other tough part is that there is no marking for where the waistline is on the pattern. The only way to really figure that out is to pin the pattern to your body and mark where your waistline is. Like I said, I’d just go with your bust measurement and pick your size with that. The dress is super cute though so I hope you make it 🙂