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Help Please! Can I Move this Dart There?
Susan C   Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 600	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/3/12 2:59 PM On the very good advice from other PR members, I've added an FBA to the pattern. I don't want to leave it as a horizontal dart but also don't have a real lapel to hide it under. There is a small vertical dart in the front of the jacket but it doesn't go all the way to the hem. Is it ok add my new dart to that existing vertical dart (now it will go all the way to the hem)? Will it work or is it too much fabric and that's why the dart didn't go to the hem in the first place? Thanks for any help. Susan -- Edited on 11/3/12 3:01 PM -- -- Edited on 11/3/12 3:02 PM --
Courtney Ostaff   Intermediate WV USA Member since 11/23/10 Posts: 624	Login to reply to this post In reply to Susan C << Like this post Date: 11/3/12 10:42 PM Oh, this is too complex for me! I hope someone "gets" your question! Also---that pic is really small. Do you have a link to a larger one?
GlButterfly Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/28/08 Posts: 2391	Login to reply to this post In reply to Susan C << Like this post Date: 11/3/12 11:53 PM Not all darts go to the hem. Once you add to it, I think it will have to go to the hem. I'm no expert, but this is how I would do it. Extend both darts to the bust point, cut, leaving a tiny bit for a hinge. You have created a designer's dart. Close the bust dart, which will be automatically added to the vertical dart. Now draw the vertical dart point to its original position (a dressmaker's dart). You have now manipulated the darts. Do this on paper, not fabric! Make a trial garment. Depending on how much of an FBA you made, it might make the vertical dart quite large. ------ I have not yet begun to procrastinate
Susan C   Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 600	Login to reply to this post In reply to Courtney Ostaff << Like this post Date: 11/4/12 11:14 PM I'm not sure how to link to a larger picture. I'm kind of new to this linking stuff. I thought it might be too large Thanks for responding and see below for the continuing saga of the added bust dart. Thanks Susan
Susan C   Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 600	Login to reply to this post In reply to GlButterfly << Like this post Date: 11/4/12 11:27 PM Thanks so much for trying to help. And this would have worked too if I only need a 1/2"in dart instead of a 1 1/4" dart! I added the 1/2" dart and was going to slash the pattern to rotate the dart but something just didn't look right to me. I decided to take it up to where I take sewing classes although I haven't taken a class in a couple of years. Luckily, my teacher happened to be there. She took one look at the muslin and explained I needed a much larger dart than I thought I did. It's been awhile since I've sewn a woven anything! Anyway, she made something called a "Y cut" or something like that. It's the same principal as the usual FBA but the lines are drawn in different places. Once we got the dart done, we evaluated and she told me that the horizontal dart wasn't going to show on my fabric and i was going to cause grain problems if I tried to rotate it into the existing dart. So, I ended up with the horizontal dart anyway but the jacket is going to fit a lot better!!! Thanks for the help Susan
GlButterfly Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/28/08 Posts: 2391	Login to reply to this post In reply to Susan C << Like this post Date: 11/4/12 11:36 PM As I said, I'm no expert, but so glad you found one. Now you know what to do in the future. :) ------ I have not yet begun to procrastinate
Susan C   Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 600	Login to reply to this post In reply to GlButterfly << Like this post Date: 11/5/12 0:52 AM No, you gave the right answer given the info I gave you. It's just that I needed a much larger dart. I don't know what I was thinking except that 1/2" in is what I put in my t-shirts so it didn't strike me as odd. It's been so long since I fitted anything woven that I forgot its the distance needed to make the garment get to center front that dictates the size of the dart. I swear I'm going to make at least two of these jackets to make all this effort worth it! But I'm learning new things and being reminded of things I already new so I that's good, right? Thanks again. Susan
Courtney Ostaff   Intermediate WV USA Member since 11/23/10 Posts: 624	Login to reply to this post In reply to Susan C << Like this post Date: 11/5/12 10:44 AM You might like this Wordless Workshop I did
Susan C   Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 600	Login to reply to this post In reply to Courtney Ostaff << 1 member likes this. Date: 11/5/12 9:27 PM Thank you

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