I only had to make one adjustment to the Willamette shirt from Hey June Handmade, and that was a forward shoulder alteration, an extremely common alteration. I thought it would be helpful to provide a tutorial on how to do that since the Willamette shirt does not have a standard set-in sleeve.
SHOULDER WIDTH
I was not certain what my shoulder width should be for this pattern, so I quickly sewed up a test version. I just sewed the back yoke to the back piece and then attached the two front pieces to the back. I excluded the collar and anything else. I just wanted to be able to measure the width of my shoulders.
So how do you find your shoulder width? On the top of your shoulder, you should be able to find a bony protrusion, acromion process. The bump can be seen in red above.
From the neckline of the shirt along the shoulder seam, I measured to the
outside edge of the acromion process. My measurement was 5-inches. I transferred that measurement to my pattern, so I knew where the edge of my shoulder was.
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