Dart-Sewing Techniques

Dart-Sewing Techniques

Dart-Sewing Techniques

Most sewers don’t realize that there are special techniques required when sewing garment darts. In this lesson you will learn these techniques and a few tricks on how to sew curved darts, straight darts and even shaped or fitted darts.

Module Description Step
1 Sewing a Straight Dart 1-9
2 Sewing a Shaped or Fitted Dart 1-10
3 Pressing the Darts 1-23
4 Cutting & Pressing Darts Open 1-6
5 Sewing, Cutting & Pressing Open a French Dart 1-17
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MODULE 1 • Sewing a Straight Dart

Step Description
1 In this lesson we are going to learn to sew a straight dart and a shaped or fitted dart.
2 The first dart I am going to sew is the straight dart, and, notice that I pinned on the line and through to the other chalk line.
3 When you are sewing a straight dart, start at the wide end. You will want to back tack at the wide end and then continue sewing along the line.

 

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