That is a great idea! The whole wider at the hem then at the shoulders is what I have been doing, but it had not occurred to me to make the front bigger/wider then back. DUH to me!
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Alexandria Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the things I've done is make the main panel wider at the hem > and narrower at the shoulders (maybe only in the front panel) for the > guys with the gut. I liken it to dealing with a pregnant women's > belly. You don't necessarily need a wider back, just room in the > front. that keeps the gores on the sides the same size and the flow is > better. I took this from looking at the diagrams of existent clothing > on Marc Carlson's site. > > alex > > On 6/19/08, J A Urbik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > question 1) Hubby has grown quite a beer belly, which is a bit of a > fitting > > challenge. I have some methods, and i base the basic construction on > > http://www.virtue.to/articles/tunic_worksheet.html, but i am always > having > > trouble dealing with how to adjust the fit so that the shoulders are not > too > > big, yet the belly drapes ok, and the gores do have to start directly > under > > the arms. if anyone has pointers on how to gracefully manage t-tunics so > > that they look nice and fit all parts of the body, i would be most > grateful. > > I end up not making the main tunic a rectangle, but a more of a > trapazoid, > > and if i need to i can making a drawing and post it, but I assume that > > ya'all have better methods then i do, so what would be the point, but if > you > > want me to, I can post. > > > > > -- > "I'm buying this fabric/book now in case I have an emergency...you > know, having to suddenly make presents for everyone, sickness,flood, > injury, mosquito infestations, not enough silk in the house, it's > Friday..." ;) > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
