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DRESS MAKING - CITS

Two-Dart Series –(Slash & Spread Technique)
Waist and Side Dart (Waist dart shares excess with the side dart)
• Trace basic bodice front side pattern
• Cross mark side dart location.
• Draw slash line to bust point that is level with center front bust section.
• Label dart legs A and B and side waist X.
• Cut slash line to, not through, bust point (hinge)
• Draw a square line on paper.
• Place center front on square line, with center front waist touching corner, as shown. Secure.

• Close waist dart until point X touches the square line. (Broken line is original pattern.)
• Trace and mark bust point.
• Center the point of the waist dart 3/4 inch from bust and 3/4 inch to 1 1/4 inches from bust point of the side
dart.

• Redraw dart legs to dart points.
Two-Dart Series Pivotal-Transfer Technique
Mid-Neck and Waist Dart
• Place pattern on paper with push pin through the bust point. Mark mid-neck. Label C.
• Mark B and trace to point C (shaded area)

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