Bodice Front Style 26

Example: Outcome
Figure 1 shows the block being used on the left (2-Dart Block), and the pattern that will be created (Style 26) on the right.Note: The actual pattern would need seam allowance or cutting instructions added; this has not been done here we are just covering the theory of manipulating darts.

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 1
Note that in the instructions, color is used for emphasis, so you can see more easily what I am referring to. You will be using a hard (4H-6H) pencil.- Draw the new design line on your block; from the CF Neck (point A) to the Bust Point
- Draw a line from Bust Point to the waist side seam (point B).

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 2
- Mark the Bust Point by putting your pencil tip through the BP hole.
- Extend the dart leg line F (side seam) out past the block. To make sure the line true, use a ruler to line up the Bust Point and the dart leg on the edge of the block, and continue that line beyond the block onto the paper (drawn as a red arrow in the image).

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 3
- Trace the block from the style line point A to dart leg F.
- Trace the block from point B, the new waist design line, to dart leg C.

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 4
- Holding the block down at the Bust Point so it doesn’t slip or slide, pivot the block in a clockwise direction until the side seam dart is closed. (i.e. dart leg E meets the extended line shown in the image as a red arrow).
- Trace around the block from dart leg E in the side seam to dart leg D in the waist.
- You can lift up your block (you should have marked the Bust Point in a previous step) – see Figure 5.

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 5
- Draw lines from the Bust Point to the edges of the shape you traced from block to complete the pattern piece. This is pattern piece #1.

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 6
- Put the block down again, some distance away from the first pattern piece, so there will be enough room on the paper to add seam allowance to each pattern piece.
- Mark the Bust Point for this pattern piece by putting your pencil tip through the BP hole.
- Extend the dart leg line C out past the block. To make sure the line true, use a ruler to line up the Bust Point and the dart leg on the edge of the block, and continue that line beyond the block onto the paper (indicated by a red arrow in the image).
- Trace the block from the style-line point A to the dart leg C.

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 7
- Holding down the block at the Bust Point with your pencil, pivot the block in an anti-clockwise direction until the waist dart is closed. (i.e. dart leg D reaches the line at the waist, shown in the image as a red arrow).
- Trace the block from dart leg D to style line point B.
- You can lift up the block (see Figure 8).

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 8
- Complete the outline of this pattern piece by drawing lines from the Bust Point to the edges of the traced shape.

Instructions (Style-26) – Figure 9
- Of course, if this was a pattern, you would need to mark the grainline on each pattern piece, label them, give cutting instructions, add notches where necessary, and add seam allowance. (Not all shown in this image).
