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Member since 6/14/06
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Posted on: 5/29/07 10:37 PM ET
i can't figure out how to sew this dart! the pattern doesn't help me in the instructions...

in the front of an skirt...the dart looks like this ...

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one side is straight up and down--the other is angled. the width is 2 cm.

where do i sew? i am sooo confused--and i thought i would be done by now...still darting away...

the pattern is this one

neue modehttps://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/patterns/sewingpatterns.pl?patternid=9300#patternreviews
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Posted on: 5/29/07 10:56 PM ET
ok--so i can't draw the dart with the text...maybe you guys can help me anyways
  
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Posted on: 5/29/07 10:59 PM ET
Have you measured the length of the two lines?

If they are the same length, I think you would just put the two lines together. If not, the straight line might be the center of the dart.

Maybe someone whose sewn a Neue Mode pattern will chime in.
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Posted on: 5/29/07 11:00 PM ET
Forgot to say, cute skirt!!
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Posted on: 5/29/07 11:17 PM ET
In reply to krabbit01
OK, take this with a grain of salt because I don't know for sure. If the dart legs are uneven and angled, I imagine you would need to ease the longer side into the shorter side. Try hand basting it in that way before permanently sewing. There's a name for those darts, but it escapes me at the moment.

  
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Posted on: 5/29/07 11:20 PM ET
thanks for the cute skirt compliment...i am making the skirt without the godot (sp?)...everything is cut and waiting to be sewn (even the darn darts)

i thought the vertical line was the center of the dart at first...i sewed it and it looked so puckered i began to have doubts...

i am just used to a V for the dart shape. not a half of a V...
  
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Posted on: 6/1/07 9:00 AM ET
In reply to krabbit01
Hello krabbit01

Been trying to think of a solution to this "half of a V" dart problem, and I haven't a clue! I'm just posting to bump up your thread, hoping that will help it get read again, and then someone very wise will have the answer!
  
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Posted on: 6/1/07 11:12 AM ET
In reply to krabbit01
Seems to me the straight line would be where you fold the fabric in half and then sew along the angled line. I sometimes put tissue under my fabric (depending on fabric) to give it a pucker free seam. You could private message drsue or Linda to make sure since they did a review on this skirt. Good luck
  
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