Whether you’re sewing for yourself or for others, one of the most exasperating problems with darts on sewing patterns is to finally get the dress or blouse to fit right, but the dart ends up above the bustline or below the bustline. We know it looks funny, with the dart not pointing TO the bustline, […]
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Do Your Blouses and Dresses Bunch or Wrinkle In The Bodice Area?
Misses size patterns are made with a standard “B” cup and half sizes are made with a standard “C” cup. If you use a Misses size pattern and wear an “A”, “C” or “D” cup bra, your bodice will be baggy (A cup) or tight with wrinkles (C or D cup). The same thing applies […]
Shape-A-Dart — For A Fit That Flatters
Do your blouses, dresses and jackets bunch or wrinkle in the bodice area? Simply adjust the dart on the pattern with the revolutionary Shape-A-Dart tool, following the easy instructions that are included, and you will have a perfect fitting garment and a “fit that flatters”! Fits patterns to YOUR cup size – “for a fit […]
How To Sew Darts In Garments
Darts are one of the most basic structural elements in dressmaking. They are used to build, into a flat piece of fabric, a definite shape that will allow the fabric to conform to a particular body contour or curve. Darts occur most often at the bust, back, waist and hips. It is very important […]
How to Make Every Blouse Pattern Fit Perfectly
At SewWithSarah.com we’ve had an outpouring of comments from our visitors and they’ve made it abundantly clear – there are a lot of people out there that are awfully unhappy about how store bought clothes fit, or who are incredibly frustrated with making clothes that fit from conventional “off the shelf” patterns. You would think […]