Final Toile

This is it - my final toile, in all it's glory:

What a kerfuffle!  Since my last post I did the following refinements:

• lowered front neckline
• moved bust point of french dart
• reduced shoulder length and reshaped armhole front and back
• raised back darts
• taken in side seams and french dart
• shortened, and hem band = 10cm
• fixed shoulder drag lines

To fix the drag line between my shoulder and bust point, I first clipped into the armhole to the drag line to release the tension.  The armhole edge opened up and the drag line disappeared - yay, cause of problem found:

However you can't exactly do this to your pattern, so on the opposite side I slashed to the neckline from that point, and here held together with red Christmas tape you can see the extra height I needed at the front shoulder, and this is essentially what I did to the pattern as well.

I cut it out this morning, and I just had enough fabric!

And the linen tells me my shears are very blunt!