Correcting the Pattern

 After the fitting, I marked where I'd pinned the hips and the side seams to correct the fit.  Once marked, I took the pins out, and cut along the drawn princess seams.  As you can see from the picture, each piece has a counterpart on the other side.  The next move is to create a new pattern with the new pieces, including the drop waist and the addition of the five inches.  To create the pattern pieces, I pinned one piece to my brown pattern paper, and drew around it with a pen.

 Once done on one side, I take the opposite side, turn it over, and re-pin the second piece.  I am lining up the waist line because that was consistent throughout the garment.  Once I draw around the second piece, I unpin it.  There will be variations between the two, and so I will have to make a compromise.

 As you can see here, I have two lines.  The line I end up going with will be halfway between.  When I make the second muslin, I will be making sure the waist line matches up.  If the tops and/or bottom of the garment doesn't line up (likely) I can easily make corrections then.

These are the completed 2nd version of the bodice pattern.  As you can see they are a very different shape from the first one.  I've also placed a picture of the originals below so that you can compare.  I've added the extra length on the bottom, and combined the basic body block and drop waist piece into one.  I've also eliminated the darts by using princess seams. The next step will be to cut a new muslin, and try it on Gina again!