Adding darts to shirt

Alterations to readywear garments can be challenging, but adding a fisheye, or princess line, dart to a shirt or dress is easy. Nicki LaFoille shows you how. If a shirt...

Sewing Tutorial on how to sew darts on the back of a dress or shirt. Contour or fish eye darts add shaping to shirts and dresses.

Sewing level: IntermediateA skill you will want to master if you are interested in altering your own clothing is pinning and sewing darts. I like to have my…

I made this cute shirt-for-that-meeting-with-HR-I-have-next-week… …from this big old man’s shirt… Here’s how I did it! First I removed the sleeves and unpicked the side seams, leaving the shoulder seams intact. Then I put it inside-out on the dressform and pinned like crazy. I had to add bust darts to the side and front and back darts too to make it fit the form. I also pinned the sides to make sure the darts were in the right position. I then sewed the darts in place and pressed them flat…

This past week was ridiculously hectic at work, and The Dude and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary this weekend. So you guys get a small-change-big-impact refashion today. This blouse came from the clothes swap I attended last month. It was baggy and unflattering. It wasn't labelled as a maternity shirt, but it certainly could have been. But cobalt blue AND polka dots? Sign me up! It fit my shoulders just fine, but it desperately needed some shaping! I flipped it inside out and…

Surprisingly, this was one of the easiest sewing projects I've ever attempted! Supplies: - Sewing machine - Black thread - Scissors - Sewing chalk First, figure out how much you need to take in. I ended up taking in half an inch from both sides. Turn you shirt inside out and mark along the edges how much needs to be taken in. Sew along the lines. Lastly, cut off any excess material and serge the raw edges (or if you're like me and don't have a fancy serger, use a zig-zag stitch). You're…

Step to step guide on dart installation.

How to put darts in tank top

Patterns by PatternCos on Instagram: "Let's continue explaining some pattern problems for people with large bust cup using the Geller blouse pattern as example 🤗 A very common thing in loose-fitting or semi-fitted blouses is that the pattern has omitted the bust darts. This is very good to simplify the tailoring and actually in small bust cups it doesn't really affect the fit of the garment but in larger sizes there can be a problem and it seems that the front of the garment is too…