Pattern Alterations: How to remove gaping (or excess fabric) from

Above: don't you hate this effect? So as I mentioned in the last post a lot of commercial patterns (including butterick 5032) gape on me. There always seems to be excess fabric near the neckline that is lose. So in case anyone else has this problem here is how to eliminate it on the pattern.…

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