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| The gathering in the dart area-- well-hidden by the print. |
As I mentioned in a
previous post, I was working on creating a mock-wrap dress using New Look 6150 as the basis for the bodice. I performed the full bust adjustment required, but because the knit was a trifle too springy for a dart, especially the "Big Honking Dart", to borrow a phrase, I opted to gather the entire dart base area, trusting to the pattern of the print to disguise the adjustment.
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| Hard to see, but the pleat replacing gathering in the shoulder area. |
Aside from cutting the top front and back pieces at the waistline, that was the only adjustment I performed on the pattern pieces. In sewing, I replaced the gathering on the front shoulder seam with a single pleat double-needle hems with machine blind stitching, and I stabilized the waist seam with elastic.
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| The finished product, ready for a long day of marketing workshop and serving as a dresser at a fashion show. |
