As if trying to get a woven blouse to fit me wasn’t enough of a challenge, I’ve decided to try a lined jacket. I’m starting with this basic corduroy jacket from the 2/2006 Women’s Ottobre:

I’m determined to work through the fitting challenges in a more orderly fashion than I did with that dratted shirt. So, for starters, I worked up a muslin with the only alteration being one for my sloped shoulders. Here’s how it came out.

I should probably make a narrow shoulder adjustment. Do you think I’ll also need a forward shoulder adjustment?

Swayback alert! Good thing there’s a CB seam. That should be easy to take care of.

I also think I’ll need to make the hip area wider, do a FBA and lengthen the sleeves a tad.

Any other thoughts?