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Rotating bust dart into neckline Wherexactly do I rotate it?
TalyQ   Intermediate YUGOSLAVIA Member since 6/17/04 Posts: 381	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/25/09 1:51 AM I would like to make a t-shirt like this: I do not have the pattern for a shirt like that. But I have a TNT t-shirt pattern with a bust dart that I would like to rotate into the neckline to achieve this effect and not loose the bust room. Where exactly do I rotate it to? Do I slash from bust point toward center of neckline? Somehow I can't figure this out. I searched the net and PR, but couldn't find what I am looking for. THank you. ------ Natalija from Serbia (mom to 6 daughters and 1 son)
ladybegood   Intermediate Member since 5/19/03 Posts: 1142	Login to reply to this post In reply to TalyQ Like this post Date: 2/25/09 2:26 AM That's where I would put it, at the center front neck point. The only thing is that it doesn't look like a lot of gathering, so I would probably try to minimize the dart as much as possible, so I might try to rotate some of it to the waist or side seam, too. ------ "Creativity is the residue of time wasted." Albert Einstein. No wonder I just keep getting more and more creative!
KiwiWendy Advanced AUSTRALIA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 2229	Login to reply to this post In reply to TalyQ Like this post Date: 2/25/09 2:27 AM Hi TalyQ, the picture's too small to see if that's gathering at the centre front or tie attached there. Assuming it's gathers, rotate the dart to the centre of the neckline, and yes you've guessed it, rotate from bustpoint to neckline. I know I've seen a review of it somewhere, but I can't find it easily either. Hopefully someone else will find it quickly (although I'll still keep looking for you). ------ Sydney, Australia
TalyQ   Intermediate YUGOSLAVIA Member since 6/17/04 Posts: 381	Login to reply to this post In reply to KiwiWendy Like this post Date: 2/25/09 5:19 AM Yes, it's gathers, it's the Ottobre tee that has been reviewed lots of times. ------ Natalija from Serbia (mom to 6 daughters and 1 son)
ryan's mom PA USA Member since 11/30/04 Posts: 4370	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/25/09 6:40 AM The alteration/dart transfer will also depend on your bust dart. If the dart is big (C cup or bigger), I would make 2 or 3 slashes, one being very close to the CF, one or two others 3/4" away from that first slash. This will increase the area being gathered a bit, but it might give the top an overall better look without so much being gathered right at the CF is you have a full bust. Another option would be to keep the bust dart and add gathering as a design detail at the CF. This way you could control exactly how much gathering to add. When you line the CF of the pattern up on the fold of the fabric, anchor the CF at the hemline, and pivot the neck edge back into the fabric (not out over the foldline). This way you can add just a bit of gathering, exactly how much you want. In summary, if you rotate the dart, depending on the dart size, you may have more gathering at the CF than you want. You do have options. Just pick the one which think will give you the best design detail that you want. ------ Big 4 Pattern size 12, RTW bottom: 6, RTW jacket 8, RTW top (no size fits me well!) Measurements: 34 HB/36 FB (34C bra)/27.5/36 (and working hard to keep it that way.) Machines: Sewing (Janome Memory Craft 3000 and Kenmore 158 Series machine), Serger (Babylock Imagine), Embroidery (Janome 300E) If you think your sewing is better than everyone else's around here, get out of my way b****. I hate sewing snobs. My blog: www.phatchickdesigns.blogspot.com
TalyQ   Intermediate YUGOSLAVIA Member since 6/17/04 Posts: 381	Login to reply to this post In reply to ryan's mom Like this post Date: 2/25/09 6:51 AM Thank you. I think my questions are answered. Now I'll have to experiment with the amount and method. I think I might go with a bit wider gathering then just the center. I'll let you know. ------ Natalija from Serbia (mom to 6 daughters and 1 son)
Nancy K Advanced NY USA Member since 12/28/04 Posts: 7578	Login to reply to this post In reply to TalyQ Like this post Date: 2/25/09 7:45 AM Debbie Cook has a similar tutorial for a shirred front top. To create the top you want change the rotation point to the neckline to the left of cf. here But I agree that a large bust dart will give you to much gathering. The Ottobre t has a very small amount of gathering. Slashing at the neckline might work better. I have found that too much gather at cf is not all that flattering if you have a large bust. It forms a fold that falls between the breasts that is not attractive! The slashing and spreading has to go almost to the hem so that the pattern will lie flat. -- Edited on 2/25/09 7:49 AM -- ------ www.nancyksews.blogspot.com
Speech girl Intermediate GA USA Member since 5/11/03 Posts: 1655	Login to reply to this post In reply to TalyQ Like this post Date: 2/25/09 8:45 AM I will have to agree that you may get more gathering than you want by rotating the entire dart. I did rotate a bust dart to the neckline in a t-shirt once and did gathers along nearly the entire front neckline (I was copying a vintage jersey top I saw a picure of); the gathers would have been very deep if I had done them just at the center front. Perhaps if you rotated part of the dart and then eased the rest at the side seams if you don't want to sew the remainder of the bust dart as a dart? ------ Kim formerly mikkim http://girlwithatimemachine.wordpress.com/
TalyQ   Intermediate YUGOSLAVIA Member since 6/17/04 Posts: 381	Login to reply to this post In reply to Speech girl Like this post Date: 2/25/09 10:11 AM Quote: mikkim Perhaps if you rotated part of the dart and then eased the rest at the side seams if you don't want to sew the remainder of the bust dart as a dart? Actually I was thinking about this very same thing this afternoon. I think I'm going ot do that. ------ Natalija from Serbia (mom to 6 daughters and 1 son)
SheilaAnn Intermediate MD USA Member since 3/28/08 Posts: 393	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/25/09 10:43 AM I just wanted to ask a question since I've always been curious about what you all mean when you say "rotate" the dart. Is that just closing the existing dart, and making it in another area, as in Debbi Cook's example above? "Rotate" meaning that the point of the dart stays in the same place, but the fullness is moved? Can it be moved anywhere? ------ Sheila God's love is infinite!

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