Does anyone know, offhand, what are the outer limits for using a pivot and slide type pattern alteration?
I want to make a t-shirt type knit top to go with a particular outfit. I have a pattern which used to fit nicely, before I had to take all these wretched steroids which have put about four inches on my bustline (and my hipline, and...) Problem is, the newer, larger pattern sized to fit my new measurement assumes that I have also developed a bull neck, football shoulders and arms like hams - none of which is so. To use the old pattern, I would need to increase the front bodice by about 1.5" at each side, and the back bodice by about 1" each side. Does this sound feasible? My fallback option, which I have used before, is to make a simple lateral increase in the pattern then take a sizeable tuck in the shoulder seam.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans