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How To Sew And Press Darts A step-by-step video tutorial

You can achieve professional looking darts by making sure you end your darts with a stitch length of 1.5 and stitch right up the edge of the dart catching  just a few strands of the fabric at the end of  the dart – If you sew a dart with 2 points You  will start to sew  in the the middle of the dart sewing down to the point, and then repeat for the other half of the dart. Always start you stitching on top of your previous stitches – this guarantee  no bubble in the middle of your dart.

The second step in creating a professional dart is by pressing it. Make sure to set you iron to the right setting for your fabric – if you don’t know if your fabric will shine if you iron on the right side of  it – use a press cloth – rather be  save than sorry.

Remember: you could always move the darts on the pattern – sometimes we don’t have our curves exactly where the pattern company thought we should have them – so you just move it to where it will look most flattering for your body type – sometimes you could eliminate the front darts all together especially in front – I have notice that in some ladies with a more mature figure – you could eliminate the front darts in a skirt or pant all together – you will simply ease the extra fabric for the dart into the waist band – giving you the “room” you would need over the tummy area.