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4 Pinning
Pinning is a process which pulls the folds of the fabric together to create the draping design. Pinning will give you
a good visualization of how the garment will look after completion.
5 Basting the Fabric:
After pinning, the next step is to baste the fabric. In this step, either sew the fabric to the foundation piece or sew
the fabric itself to complete the draping process.
6 Trimming:
The last step is common across various designing techniques. Here, trim off any excess fabrics that may remain
after it is finished with draping. The raw edges of the draping should always be hidden neatly in the seams, so
that it looks perfect and clean.
Dart manipulation

At the end of this lesson, you shall be able to
• state about Dart manipulation
• about Single and Double pointed dart.

Introduction
Darts are folds and sewn into fabric to take in ease and provide shape to a garment, especially for a woman’s
bust and other curved parts. Darts help in shaping the fabric to fit the body and thus provide comfort to the wearer.
They provide fullness to natural body curves. Darts are very rarely used for decorative purposes like providing a
design line. The fitting, marking, stitching and pressing of darts should be done accurately.
Dart Manipulation: The slash and spread technique is a method of manipulating patterns to form new shapes.
To utilize this technique, a traced copy of the original pattern is used and the original is never altered. The pattern
is slashed, cut, and manipulated to achieve the desired new shape. Darts are used for dressmaker’s point marks.
It is a technique which used to give proper shape to the garments by curving straight fabric to the body. Darts are
producing by stitching a long, thin confine to a point, which is then pressed down to one side. Dart manipulation
is a technique for moving darts around a block or sloper to create good fit or create new design.(Fig 1)

Fig 1

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CITS : Apparel - Fashion Design & Technology - Lesson 13-24