Sewing Tutorial: Marking darts on fabric, 3 methods

Tutorial: Marking darts on fabric, 3 methods

Darts add shaping to garments. They’re fold or tucks, typically wedge shaped, taken from the fabric. In order to sew a dart accurately, you’ll need to mark the points and the seam line. Beth from Sunnygal Studio shares a tutorial at Craftsy showing three ways to mark a dart, including tailor’s tacks, transfer or tracing paper, and pin and pencil methods.

Darts are like little pinches of fabric

Click the link below for the tutorial:

3 Ways to Mark Darts on Fabric, by Sunnygal Studio

[photo from Sunnygal Studio on Craftsy]

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