The Sarah Veblen 'Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting' calls for horizontal balance lines (HBLs) and other landmarks to use as fitting references. I've already established the HBLs for the waist and hips, but for the center back, I'm a little stuck.
Since I've decided to fold out the center back seam from my last muslin, I realized that I'm now left with a center back seam that is not straight. After my original muslin, I took out a 'closed wedge' as Veblen describes it to deal with the sway back. It worked, and I transferred the alteration to the back pattern. But it meant that the back pattern does not line up completely at the back. It did not matter when I had a center back seam, but now that I folded the seam allowance out, I'm not sure how to easily establish the center back.
I guess at a pinch I could make a dart at the center back and then copy out the new back as a full pattern.
Before I do that I should try tracing out the section which is superfluous and seeing whether I could take it out of the side seams. However, I'm not entirely sure if that's a great idea since I'll have to check if the side seams are even between the front and the back of the tunic.
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