Learn how to add back darts to dress for a better fit! This alteration is great to make your dresses fit better and add shaping in the back. www.heatherhandmade.com/how-t...
Thank you for the helpful video. This is the first that I’m watching in how to add darts. I wish that once you pressed and then snipped the center of the dart, that you would have turned the dress regular side out again and showed the end result. I am visual and literal, so hard to imagine how it looks in the end (and if it’s worth the effort to drag my sewing machine out). Thanks!
This tutorial is very good! With my body shape, I have excess fabric at the back with most dresses. If I can learn to apply this darting technique, it will be a game changer! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️
Thanks for the instruction! I'm expanding into garment sewing and the muslin for my first dress was in need of a fix. It was left on its own for a few weeks until I found your video. Excited to cut into the actual fabric today!
Question: Do you do any backstitches when you start your sewing from the middle of the dart? In other words, does your comment on no backstitching apply only to the end (pointy) of the dart, or both the end and the middle of the dart?
Great video! What was the name of the little ruler that you were using to measure and mark the dress? It looked like a specific dressmaker tool. Thanks!
You can sew regular darts down which are half the length of these fisheye darts, but I don't think you can sew down fisheye darts. I've never tried it and never had anyone ask, but my initial thought process is that sewing down a fisheye dart would create pulling? or weight and heaviness on lightweight fabric? Actually, I think I've seen it done on denim shirts in the back. I think you can only do it if the style of the garment has a lot of topstitching and the fabric is medium to heavy weight.
I’ve lost a lot of weight through an illness and have various garments to alter. The garments aren’t expensive so don’t warrant a professional adjustment. I was top of my class in sewing many years ago 😅 Enlisted a friend to help me as its hard seeing your own back 😅 The garments are nice linen fabric and just can’t replace the quality, SOoooo practice makes perfect:)
I didn't cut through the stitching at the end. I cut through the center of the dart and stopped before the stitching. This opens the dart so that it lies flat since you are changing the shape of the area. The fold side of the dart is shorter than the stitch side of the dart so it creates pulling on the dress. When you cut through the fold side of the dart it opens it so it can be the same length as the stitch side of the dart.
Also, how do you sew a dart in a cotton dress with a lining? The lining is completely separate from the dress (just joined at the top of the bodice. I’m assuming I add darts to both the dress and the liner? Thanks!
I depends on your shape. The depth of the dart is how much needs to be taking in (divided by 2) and the height of the dart is the amount needed to make the dart disappear smoothly against your body.
A friend did this on my denim dress but the point of the darts are pulling, so you see the thread and it looks like they might tear. What would you recommend? Thanks.
Without looking at it I'm going to guess it is one of three things: 1. The darts are too tight and need to be released slightly. 2. The darts have to sharp of an angle in the middle so they can be lengthened at each end. 3. Clip the middle of the dart almost to the stitches where it's taken in the most to release the pulling. (Since this one is irreversible I would do this as a last resort.) If you want you can email me or send a message to my facebook page with a picture then I can help a little more!
I actually don't know as much about hand stitching but if it's a woven I would do a running backstitch (I think that's what it's called) and if it's a knit I would do some sort of zigzag or stretch stitch.
The darts on the green and navy striped dress are too deep causing dimples at tge points. I would take some if it out in the side seam or make 2 smaller darts on each side. I would also use a ham to press the contours.
