This morning I woke up knowing what to do (after thinking about those fitting blog posts all day.) The important thing is that the waist be exactly at the underbust line and no lower/higher, so that’s what I need to make sure of. My helper pinned the back of the bodice closed for me, and I was able to determine that it was an inch too long, which I have trimmed. I did that by marking my underbust line right on the fabric with a sharpie, and then comparing it to the pattern and adding 5/8ths of an inch for seam allowance.
Goals: put sleeves on the muslin to make sure they fit too.
Alter the skirt pieces to make the waist measurement match the bodice measurement (necessary because the original pattern doesn’t go up to my size, but I have the supplemental PDF file that explains how to alter the pattern.)
Marvelous Pigs in Satin 
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