I have had problems with Vogue patterns before with the upper sleeve being much too tight. I've got a nearly finished item from this summer which is sitting around because I'd forgotten learning this before. Sigh.
I'm not sure why I have this issue -- my arms are neither especially fat nor muscular. Go figure.
I've got an ambitious yen to make a business suit - I'm finding nothing I can stand in the stores lately. Enter pattern V2853.
I'm making the jacket a combination of size 14 and 16 - 14 at the chest and shoulders, blended to 16 at the waist and hips.
I could the sleeve for 16, but this will leave me with a lot of adjustment to make the armscye come together. I could blend the size - take the 16 line on the width and the 14 line on the sleeve cap.
Or, I could slash and spread the sleeve - but it has an upper and lower piece, with a large 4 button placket at the lower edge, and the slash line would cut right through it.
Oh, and there is a separate pattern piece for the upper sleeve lining, so any changes will have to be copied to it.
Any sage advice, oh fitting gurus?
-Liz