Craft · 6 pages · 12 min

How darts shape cloth

A dart sews out a wedge of cloth so a flat piece cups into a curve.

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From the opening

A dart shapes cloth by stitching a wedge closed, wide at one end and nothing at the point, so a flat piece becomes a shallow cone. The cloth removed from the circumference is what lets the panel cup over a bust, a shoulder blade, or a hip instead of lying as a sheet. The opening covers a wedge is stitched closed, the point releases the fullness, and the base loses circumference.

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Inside

A wedge is stitched closed
The point releases the fullness
The base loses circumference
A princess seam shapes in the open
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Dart as a sewn wedge in cloth
Shaping a flat panel over a curve

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How darts shape cloth

From the opening

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