Reply To: pivot and slide question

[the_professors_assistantKeymaster]

Well, the issue is that by using the pivot method you are altering the armhole. In other words, by increasing the bust by 5″, your armhole may be increased enough that your sleeve cap will be too small to fit. If I were you, I would make a muslin with your desired changes and just see if it still works, basically just cut your pieces in muslin and baste them together to test the fit. It may be ok because you’re increasing the armhole on each side by 2 1/2″ so that’s a 1/2″ difference, if you also add 2″ to the sleeve. Also, sleeve caps usually have a little bit of playing room but I guess that depends on the sleeve. I hope it works for you! 🙂