Curved Shoulder Darts

This top was drafted to incorporate curved shoulder darts.  Initially, I was planning on a fitted blouse, but halfway through drafting I changed my mind...and instead I have ended up with this lovely, cool linen top.

This close up shows the darts.  Each of the shoulder darts is about 1/2 inch wide (I am following imperial instructions).  In the example draft, the remaining bust dart was transferred to the waist dart.  Seeing as I was making a top rather than a bodice, I decided to distribute my darts differently.  I had already decided on a V neck, to echo the shape of the shoulder darts.  I ignored the waist darts.  Then I set about transferring the remaining bust darts to the armhole, to reflect the shoulder darts and V-neck.  This dart looked a little on the wide side, so I thought about splitting it up, but then decided to convert half the dart to flare instead.  I can't get away from those flared shapes!

 

I did a little bit of tone-on-tone embroidery on the CF seam.  The CF seam has no shaping.  I put it in to make binding the V neckline a little easier.

The centre back has a slit opening.  You can see that I used the same subtle embroidery from the front down the centre back seam, which has some shaping.

Other details include a back hem a little longer than the front.  The hems are squared off, with short splits at the side seams.
 
Here is a modeled shot.  The  top is a loose, boxy top, but I feel it is much more interesting than just a box.

The linen was purchased from The Fabric Store, several years ago.