{"id":3702,"date":"2018-03-13T17:55:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailysew.com\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2018-03-13T17:55:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T21:55:08","slug":"how-to-true-a-pattern-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/how-to-true-a-pattern-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To True A Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What if the seams on your pattern are not true? What if the side seam of the back bodice is longer than the side seam of the\u00a0front bodice? Or if the shoulder seam is way off?<\/p>\n

Or how do you fix a seamline that becomes wonky after you added length or another alteration to the pattern?<\/p>\n

If you’re uncertain how to correctly check if the seams are true or not watch this Daily Sew video<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How do you\u00a0true seams and seamlines?<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Do you take the extra length off of the longer piece?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Do you add length on to the shorter piece?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. If adding or subtracting where do you add or subtract? Which edge of the seam gets the change?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n