Improving Armholes

[Robin]

Attached are two files, one being a picture of my instruction book and one being the subsequent result in Seamly. My creation looks quite jagged and unprofessional I’d say. I was quite unsure on how to go about connecting the points listed in the instruction manual to each other. My method which involved connecting individuals points to each other using curves led to said jagged pattern. Is there anyone who has had to draw in an armhole like this and been able to do it in a better way that they’d like to share? Maybe I’m overcomplicating things and should just draw in these curves but there are instructions in the book about the curve, at its widest, being e.g. 2.5 cm away from a certain point so I can’t exactly just eyeball it.

I am quite new to the software so I might have overlooked a tool or two.

Thanks in advance.

[Grace]

Hello, @Robin

I don’t recognise the software that you are using, however, I’ll try to help you as if you’re using Seamly2D (perhaps you have some items hidden in groups).

You need the armhole “scaffolding” as i1n the image from Adrich’s book - points 15, 16, 14, 22 & 31 besides point 32 which you have. Then you need to draw lines from 14 & 22, at 45° angles, for the length specified in the book, according to the size that you are drafting.

Once you have all of these points, then you may use one of the curve tools to draw the curves that need to touch on these points. You may use the tutorial in this topic.