Pivoting a Back-Shoulder Dart to a Back-Neckline Dart

Learn how to pivot a back-shoulder dart into a back neck dart. Our technique is quick and easy. We will teach you how to true the dart once it has been repositioned, so that you can transfer this back bodice into oaktag and then add it to your sloper library.

The back bodice sloper needed for this lesson can be found and drafted in our Pattern making lesson: Drafting a Shoulder Dart Bodice Sloper from Measurements.

Or you can download and print our free Women’s Bodice Slopers (U.S. sizes 2-16) included in this lesson. Use our Color Map download to help guide you with the cutting process. The UoF Global Size Chart will assist you in locating your size and size equivalent for the UK, Europe and Asia.

For additional lessons on how to pivot darts view: Pivot Front Shoulder Dart To Side Seam, Pivoting A Front Shoulder Dart To One Waist Dart, Pivoting A Front Shoulder Dart To An Armhole Dart, Pivot 2 Dart Bodice Variation – Neck & French Dart, Pivoting A Torso Shoulder Dart To A Waist Dart and Pivoting A Torso Shoulder Dart To The Side Seam.

Table of Contents
Transcript

Module	Description	Step
1	Tracing the Back Bodice	1-7
2	Marking the Darts	1-3
3	Trueing the Back Bodice	1-4

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MODULE 1 • Tracing the Back Bodice

Step	Description
1	For this lesson, you will need your Back Bodice Sloper with a shoulder and waist dart.
2	You will also need one piece of unlined white pattern paper that measures 3” (7.6cm) larger than your back sloper on all four sides.
3	We will be moving the back shoulder dart to the neckline. Begin, by placing a mark on the back neckline of the oaktag sloper, 1” (2.5cm) away from the center back/neck intersection. This will be the back neck dart’s new position.

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