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 |
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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 |
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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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