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Buy the Step-by-Step instruction booklet: Drafting the Custom Bodice Block, available in both Imperial and Metric versions.

 

Finishing Darts - Bodice Front Shoulder

These are instructions for finishing off the shoulder dart if you have pivoted the side seam dart into the mid-shoulder of the Bodice Front. Finishing off these darts is usually done by folding the paper, but there is another method of shaping the dart edge.

This is just one of a few examples of finishing off a dart that has been moved.  In this menu are just a few examples that should give you the idea and you can apply this to any dart.

Finishing off Shoulder Dart, Bodice Front - Figure 01

This is the starting point: we have the block and the placement of the shoulder dart.

Figure 1
Figure 1

Finishing off Shoulder Dart, Bodice Front - Figure 02

  • Measure the dart value (width) from A to B
  • Mark the mid-point
  • Draw a line from the Bust Point through the mid-dart point and extend it upwards some distance
Figure 2
Figure 2

Finishing off Shoulder Dart, Bodice Front - Figure 03

  • Extend the line that runs from the shoulder tip (point C on the image) to A until it touches the mid-shoulder line.
Figure 3
Figure 3

Finishing off Shoulder Dart, Bodice Front - Figure 04

  • Finish off the dart by drawing a line from where the C~A line touched the mid-dart line (Point D) to the other dart leg (point B).
Figure 4
Figure 4

Finishing off Shoulder Dart, Bodice Front - Figure 05

Don't forget the Dart Point ends some distance before the Bust Point.

  • Redraw the dart legs to the Dart Point
Figure 5
Figure 5

Finishing off Shoulder Dart, Bodice Front - Figure 06

You are finished.  If this is a pattern (rather than an exercise to practice moving darts), don't forget to add seam allowance. 

Figure 6
Figure 6

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