This was a great post by Bob yesterday but it was buried in the "PrincessDdesigner" topic (had to go to second page for it).

I would like to see these types of posts to be put in the "Updates" forum with a subject line of something like "Patch 6.101 Pending" so anyone who does not subscribe to the email notifications could go to the list, take a look at the Updates forum and know immediately if they have the latest, need to download a patch, or have a "heads up" to wait a few days on certain silhouettes/garments for fixes currently in the works.

Gayle in Cincinnati

From DressShopBob in reply on 7/16/05:

Nicely summarized and I agree completely. And, the correction for this drafting error is in test now and should be released this coming week. We are releasing a clean-up update that includes nothing but corrections of one sort or another. No new features or patterns, just fixes. We try to do this every several updates and next week will have one.

Here is the list of items included. There are several others still in work that may or may not make this update....

1. The bodice sloper was not getting the default back shoulder dart that was intended.

2. Stretch Raglan patterns could be distorted whenever back armhole depth is more than an inch longer than front armhole depth. And, the sleeve could change shape slightly from all pieces view to single piece view.

3. The shoulder lines of the sloper reference pattern display were not being drafted.

4. It was unclear what the difference between the lariat neck (in Sew Quick) and a shoulderless top was. Mia art was modified and reference to the instructional article was added to the pattern. The instructional article in the Help Index has pictures of options for this neckline treatment as well as directions for making it.

5. Pants and skirt waist dart legs were not drawing properly next to the waist seam line. This produced extra waist ease in pants and skirts. This was corrected in this build. Since this will change the fit of all pants (including slopers), this change was made optional. When you first run Dress Shop after installing this build (only the first time), you will be prompted for whether or not you want this change. If you like the fit of your pants now, you may not wish to do this change (it will reduce waist ease). You may change your mind at any time later and turn this change on or off in the Settings dialog.

6. The "Slopers" pants (as opposed to the Pants Sloper in the Pants menu) was getting a flat waistline, regardless of actual waist tilt.

7. It was possible for some blouse yokes to run too high at center, breaking into the neckline.

8. Princess line patterns were slightly tight at chest / high bust area. This was loosened up slightly by adjusting the center depth of the armhole (one half inch looser) for those patterns. This change was related to the armhole adjustment (item #2 in the build 6.10 release). So, this should effect the change in fit of those patterns within the past week only.

9. The pattern for the top of the skating outfit and the swim dress was incomplete.

10. The fabric guide for Activewear II was missing.

11. The armhole change in build 6.10 did not work well with princess line patterns, panel patterns, tunics, and patterns that included back bust ease. All of those were adjusted to work better with this change.

12. In all princess line patterns with flared skirts, the outer panel piece was modified to split the flare there equally around the grain line. Note that this shaping begins at the hip level and any side seam shaping above that is for fit, not skirt flare.

I think that's a great idea, Gayle. [To put information relative to updates in a special folder in the "Update" section of the screen.] Would make it fast and easy to check the current info from Bob and, as a bonus, probably save a lot of extra posts asking the same thing scattered throughout the topics.

Linda in VA