#i thinkkkk most the ripples are simply because my bones are loose in the channel. hopefully will go with the final thing

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ive finally made a mockup that isnt too big!!!!!!! its too small

stays mock up 4: i think we are getting somewhere

so this is the one with the changed panels, but not the first first mock up of it- the first i did was once again, too big, and also i really didnt like the boning channels on that panel, i felt like they needed to wrap around the body more. i took some radical chunks out of my pattern & a bunch of other little changes from mock up 3, and this is what i ended up with!!

despite the size issues, and the fact that my lacing strips refused to play ball this time for some reason, i feel like im getting somewhere! the main body is giving a good shape throughout now, the lines of the pattern feel better, it just feels like we are slowly progressing in the right direction.

im definitely feeling like somethings not quite with the tabs, though im not sure what yet... more research needed i think. (if you know anything and have any suggestions please let me know!)

ive marked out some changes to boning channels im going to make (mostly in the tabs) and im gonna add i think... 3cm overall back in to the circumference (1cm to each side of the front, and 5mm to the centre back) which should fix the size issues (i worry its too much, but i keep seeing that itll shrink when i add layers, so im having faith)

i think the next thing i want to focus on is the length of it- im getting some wrinkles over the hips, and im not sure if i need to be pulling it up, or i need to split my tabs more? ill play around & find out. i also feel like its hitting preeeeeeeetty high at the top (for the undergarment, anyway) so. ill think on shortening (but again, im worried about going too far)

also! shift sneak peak! only one gusset so far, but i think it works pretty ok :) ive marked an initial cut for the neckline, but ill probably need to take off more yet