Hi guys,

Me and a fellow troupe member wanted a certain wrap top for a certain show that we will be doing. Only, our problem was that the vendor from whom we could get the top didn't have it in our size and color and it would have taken 3-4 weeks before getting the size and color that we needed and the show was sooner than that.

Said troupe member (Khalidah on tribe here) asked a friend who is a professional seamstress or designer (I forget which) about some ideas. She said to use pattern #2632 from Kwik Sew and modify it as follows (did it and it works beautifully; will post pictures as soon as I get any, which will be in a few weeks):

You want view B. Here are the changes you will need to make.
1. You will have to extend the ties so that they are long enough to go around and tie in the back if you want them that way. I would suggest you extend from the middle rather than the ends of the ties. What you will need to do is mark a line in the middle of the tie portion, extend the amount you need and then add in the end of the tie. Like you would on the tissue paper patterns with the line that says "lengthen or shorten here."

2. You will have to draft the flutter at the end of the sleeve. That's easy. What you will do is draw a triangle......uh....what's the kind called that the side of a pyramid looks like?? That kind. Now you will lop off the top of the triangle so it's the same width as the sleeve at the forearm. That way you will end up with a shape that the top and bottom lines are parallel
and the two sides are convergent....but you will cut them off before they converge at the top. Make sense? Ok. Then you will turn that upside down. The top of the triangle (where you cut it off) will become the part that attaches to the "real" sleeve pattern. Now, you can do that 2 ways. You can cut it as a separate piece and have a seam on the forearm of the sleeve. Or
you can draft it as one piece. If you do that, your underarm seam will run from the bottom of the armscye to the beginning of the flounce.