Hi there !
It might be just me… But when generating the Hannah hoodie with raglan sleeves, I got a front that’s shorter than the back. When putting the paper pattern on my mannequin (to see the fit), the front was sitting way to low in the shoulder area to ever meet the sleeve.
Anyone having tips and tricks ? Maybe I need to change the settings in the pattern ?
Thank you !
Can you share the pattern? (If you make the pattern public, you can share the link, but it will include your measurements. You could also share a screenshot.)
When I generate for one of the curated sets, I do see the front being a bit lower than the back, due to the neck cutout being lower. The side seams appear to be the same length, though.
Yeah, please share the pattern link or at least a screenshot.
Hello guy,
Sorry for the delayed response, I was offline in the past couple days.
Here is the link of the public pattern (I don’t mind sharing my measurements) : Pattern | FreeSewing
The side seams do look roughly the same… That’s why I thought it would probably work and printed the pattern.
Oh ! And I double checked to make sure the sleeve was put the right way : back to the back and front to the front ! 
Maybe I did something in the settings that messes with the length of the front… Because I used those measurements before for other patterns and they worked perfectly.
Thank you for taking the time to help me out ! 
I don’t see an obvious issue with the pattern. Looks pretty normal. Can you post a picture of the pattern on your mannequin or something?
I suspect that you’re either aligning stuff incorrectly, or that the issue is that paper is less flexible than fabric.
Note that the front will not go to the top of the shoulder. The sleeve covers a large part of the front shoulder area. The upper “grainline” on the sleeve will roughly match with the top of the shoulder.
Thank you so much for looking into it !
Your answer made me think of something.
I pinned it again on my mannequin, but only after pinning the front, back and “collar part” of the sleeve together and it fits a lot better.
Maybe a little high underneath the arm ? And I can’t pin the bottom back without tearing the pattern but it might be because it’s paper and not fabric.
Thanks again for your help.
**Photos : As a new user, I can only put one media per post… So here’s photo 1.
I think the main problem here is that the paper is a bit rigid. You also pinned the front a bit high. The neck corner of the front part should be a few centimetres below the shoulder line.
You may need to shift the armhole down a bit, but maybe moving the front part down is enough.
You may also need to check the print scaling and incretase the ease a bit, but this is hard to say, I’d recommend doing a prototype from cheap fabric with the pattern as it is and then going from there.
That helps a lot. Thank you !
I see how it can work now.
For sure, I’ll sew a test garment before going any further, but i’m already a lot closer to a what I am looking for.
Again, thank you very much for this help.
