Moving the dart

The first thing we learned in pattern making was how to move and combine darts for different styles. A basic and simple base of design.

To pivot the dart to the shoulder, follow these steps.

First, mark on the shoulder pattern or sloper where you want your shoulder dart and label your dart legs A, B, C, and D.

Then, draw around the sloper or pattern onto another sheet of paper starting at your marking on the shoulder to dart leg C.

From there, pivot the sloper so that dart leg D connects to where you stopped drating at C