A Lazy Bodice Block Pattern Hack // Cheat Method to Making a Bodice Block

Well today we may not have the block pattern from scratch video, but we do have this very detailed explanation of why you may secretly already have a bodice block pattern hiding in your pattern stash! And yes, this could have been a very short video of me saying "modify a similar dress pattern from your stash, k bye" but instead I wanted to be super detailed for the beginners in the crowd. As usual, feel free to ask me additional questions you may have and I'll do my best to answer them if I can! My blog post on this same subject : http://theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-to-make-bodice-block-pattern-from.html My blog post about fitting issues I struggled with when fixing my own block: http://theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/02/solving-bodice-fit-issues-with-help.html Fitting Shell/ block patterns: Butterick B5627 : https://butterick.mccall.com/b5627 Mccalls M2718 : https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m2718 Vogue V1004 : https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v1004 Other patterns good for doing this kind of thing with: (check your stash, do you already have one of these?) Butterick B6163 : https://butterick.mccall.com/b6163 Burda Style 6520 : https://www.simplicity.com/simplicity-storefront-catalog/patterns/women/dresses/burda-style-pattern-b6520-misses-dress-blouse-and-skirt/ Burda Style 6267 : https://www.simplicity.com/simplicity-storefront-catalog/our-brands/burda-style/burda-style-pattern-6267-misses-sheath-dress-waisted-with-length-and-sleeve-variation