The first and most obvious fit issue I noticed is that the apexes of the bust of the shirt are lower and further apart than my actual bust is. I've marked the location with a marker. There seems to be enough fabric to make an adjustment here.
I've gone to a bit of effort to verify that my marked apexes are actually the same distance from the center line of the shirt, and are at the same level horizontally.
I'm going to try pinning up the extra fabric between the princess seam and the apex, and see how that looks.
So, I don't think you can actually tell how much better this looks from this picture, because I've only sort of pinned the sides back, but I've taken in the center a bit with pins, fitting to my actual bust line, and I've started adjustments to correct for the shirt being tight around my waist, back and hips.
After pinning here, and adding there, and folding every which way, I actually ended up with a good fit. Here are some pictures:
It looks better in person ... oh well. Anyway, after all that fitting, the side seam was no longer where I expected it to be. With my daughter's help, we found and marked the place the side seam should be.
This has gone very smoothly. I'm excited about the progress. Next, I'll make a pattern from this fitting, make a muslin, and fit it one more time.
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