On Apr 16, 9:42=A0pm, Kay Lancaster <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:20:12 -0700 (PDT), hesira <chris_tr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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> > looked at the pattern example, my actual fabric didn't look like the
> > example. =A0The example looked curved in the middle, where mine looked
> > flat along the fold line. =A0I've tried to figure this out, but I
can't
>
> That sort of dart is called a "fisheye dart". =A0The drawing of the back
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f the
> dress does look like the dart is curved, but that's because they're
trying=
> to show that it makes the back of the dress pull in at the waist a bit.
>
> Yes, you were supposed to sew a pair of straight lines that nipped out
> a kite-shaped piece of fabric.
>
> Why not take some scrap fabric and play with darts a bit...
> Trace three copies of your fisheye dart on your scrap fabric. =A0
>
> About midway down the legs of one dart (midway between the end point and
t=
he
> widest point in the middle) make a pencil dot about 1/8" outside the
dart
> legs, and then draw a curved line from the end to the new dot to the
cente=
r
> point. =A0Sew along that curved line.
>
> Do the same thing again, but make the dot 1/8" inside the legs this
time.
> Sew it up along the curved line.
>
> Sew up the last sample with straight lines.
>
> Then compare the shapes you get from the three darts... they'll be
subtly
> different... =A0You can substitute either curved shape for the straight-
> line one given in the pattern, if it's appropriate for the shaping
you're
> trying to give.
Thank you so much for explaining this. I'm a total novice and just
trying to figure things out for myself.
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