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DRESS MAKING - CITS

Pivotal-Transfer Technique
Fig 4
• Place the pattern on paper and a pushpin at bust point.
• Mark mid-shoulder and 1 inch out from each side of the mark. Label 1, 2, 3 and dart legs A, B.
• Divide waist dart into thirds. Label 4, 5, and 6.

• Trace from A to shoulder mark #1 and cross mark.
Fig 5
• Pivot dart leg B, covering space 4.
• Trace pattern from shoulder mark 1 to 2.

(Bold line indicates traced section.)
Fig 6
• Pivot dart leg B, covering space 5.
• Trace pattern from shoulder mark 2 to 3 and cross mark.
Fig 7a
• Pivot dart leg B, covering space 6 (dart closes).
• Trace pattern from shoulder mark 3 to dart leg B.
Fig 7b

• Blend shoulder line

Fig 4 Fig 5 Fig 6

Fig 7b
Fig 7a

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