The Art of Fitting ...

@Benjamin @Robbie Thanks guys! I'm having one of these "not too bright" moments here... (They seem to be increasing at the moment 🙄😂) Let me recap: 1) I can (and probably should!) change front balance by ONLY adjusting the shoulders - I will not touch the side seams (Well, not in a vertical direction, that is)

2) I have not yet adapted my shoulders to the slope I am having, I will probably drop 1/4 on the left and 1/2 on the right. A closer view in our bathroom (Mirror and horizontal and vertical lines behind me!) revealed at least a dropped right shoulder.

3) This should clean up the back. Further excess cloth at the back, below the scye, can then be reduced by taking in the side seam - and:

4) I will very probably need to take off material at the shoulders too, as they are too broad, I'm guessing 1/2" at both sides.

As this will involve whipping out my shears, I will do this as last step, if all other issues are (mostly) cleared.

Which is now my plan of attack:

1) fix front balance - 1/4 to 1/2 up in the back. 2) adapt shoulder slope 3) take in excess at the side seam between waist and scye

4) trim shoulders

Any massive errors in this plan?