How to Fix Bad Armholes and Loose Neckline On Women's Ice Skating Leotard
Channel: Sew Like A Pro
Date: 27/11/2019

WHAT DOES MELISSA NOT LIKE ABOUT HER ICE SKATING COSTUME? 

1) It is too loose in the bust area and offers no support.
    There are no princess seams or bust darts to make the leotard hug the breast curves.  Therefore, there is no bust support and the area looks saggy instead of tailored.  Many women’s ice skating leotards are made using children’s patterns that don’t allow for curves.  As a dressmaker and a woman, this greatly annoys me. 
       Check out my interview with an ice dancer who makes her own properly fitting skate dress with princess seams. https://youtu.be/ID8WY3EdvPU

2) The shoulders need to be taken in so there is more support through the vertical length of the leotard. 
        Melissa is average female height, maybe even a little taller.  Yet the length of the bodice is cut for someone 2”-3” or 5-7 cm taller.  That’s a big difference.
    
3)  The sleeves were made using a street pattern.  They are not cut properly to work on a woman’s ice skating leotard.
        When Melissa raises her arm, the entire leotard wants to pull up.  This also contributes to how badly the armpit and bust area fit.
     
4)  She doesn’t like that the skirt curls up where it is stitched to the body suit.
        The skirt was attached at a bad angle for Melissa’s body.  My personal opinion is that few women look good with the slightly-rounded V skirt attachment that is so common in women’s leotard pattern.  As a general rule, it makes most women’s belly curves look rounder and larger. Check out the written blog DRESSMAKER TIPS not in this video. 
 https://seamssensational.com/neckline-sleeve-alterations-womens-ice-skating-leotard/
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