Add Waist Darts to a Dress Pattern | Improve the Fit of Your Garments

Learn how to add waist darts to a dress pattern using professional pattern drafting techniques. In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to add waist darts to a bodice block or existing sewing pattern to improve the fit through the waist, bust and hips. In this class, I explain how to determine the correct dart size and placement based on your individual figure, and how to draft waist darts on both the front and back pattern pieces. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Determining Dart Size 01:28 Side Seam Shaping vs Waist Darts 02:43 Adding the Front Waist Dart 04:25 Adding the Back Waist Dart 05:52 Adding Waist Darts to an Existing Pattern RELATED TUTORIALS How to Sew Waist Darts – https://youtu.be/DD-VTR9JGMA