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   rekha | Feb 22, 2005 10:56am | #1

   >>the neck line is at my throat

   From what I have read in Sandra Betzina's book is that you, like me, have a forward-thrusting neck. Her advice is to drop the front neckline ¼ to ½". Hope this helps. 

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   ElonaM | Feb 22, 2005 11:21am | #2

   When you wear the garments in question, if you look at your side view and find that the shoulder seam is resting more towards your back than centered on your actual shoulders, then, yes, you should move the shoulder seams forward, because you have relatively forward-thrust shoulders.

   A common way to do this is just to cut 1/4" to 1/2" off the front pattern piece at the shoulder and tape it to the back pattern piece at the shoulder. One seamstress I know of makes a full 7/8" alteration this way! This will probably work fine for casual clothes, although it is not the classic alteration, which involves pivoting the shoulder seam forward only out at the shoulder point, leaving it in place at the neck.

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   bcool | Mar 04, 2005 07:08am | #5

   Oh, thank you all for replying!!  Sounds like you all have basically the same technique.  And I'll gladly give it a try. 

   when I move the shoulder seam foreward, do I match the sleeve dot at the original place or move it foreward also? Seems like I'll be short on fabric on the back of the sleeve if I move it foreward too....    thanks soooo much.    Brenda   

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   SewNancy | Mar 15, 2005 05:44pm | #6

   I just match the existing dot on sleeve to new seam line. 

   Nancy

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   mem1 | Feb 23, 2005 01:56am | #3

   I agree with Elona . There is actually and article in the Threads online articles which talks about the alterartions needed to make well fitting T shirts it is very useful and I have found cutting some off the front shoulder seam and adding the same amount onto the back seam works very well for me .

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   msm | Feb 24, 2005 08:55pm | #4

   when this happens to me it's usually because there's a snugness somewhere caused by raising my arms. sometimes the top wants to creep over my bust where i narrow again. the above suggestions sound good but if they don't work, also consider adding a little width in the back around the shoulder blades (which is the same as the suggestion to add to the back armhole edge), add a little width to the maximum area of your bustliine, or check the sleeves. even as far down as the elbows may need more room to keep from tugging the fabric up over your bust.

   
   

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   Edited 2/24/2005 12:58 pm ET by MSM