Bodice Block Pattern

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Thu, 04/25/2013 - 16:16
KT1408
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   In preparation for making the button down long sleeve shirt I  completed the front and back bodice pattern making but am having a couple of difficulties:

 1) I got a bit confused at the end of the bodice pattern video when you were talking about shoulder darts. Since I'm not having shoulder pads, do I still need that last set of measurements at the very end of the video? I already have the shoulder darts marked from earlier in the video.

 2) When I went to the button-down shirt video it already seems to have the grainline marked on the pattern.  At what stage did you mention the grainline? I entirely missed it! 

Many thanks.  Kate

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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 11:57
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Nehzat
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Re: Shirt sewing shoulder dart and grain lines

 Dear Kate,

Since the shirt we are sewing does not have shoulder pads, we will draft our pattern with the shoulder darts. Because our shirt has a shoulder yoke, we will transfer the shoulder dart into the bottom seam line of the shoulder yoke.

To draw the grain line on the front pattern, we need to draw a line parallel to the center front line, between the center front line and the waist dart. The grain line should be closer to the waist dart. The grain line can start from about the armpit line and end about the upper hipline. For the back block pattern the line should be parallel to the center back line, closer to the waist dart. 

Hope this helps,

Nehzat 

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