Shirt alteration

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Sat, 05/23/2015 - 11:52
KT1408
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Hi Nehzat,

I bought a shirt that needs some alteration.  The front fits fine but the back is too loose.  What is the best way to fix it so that it is more form fitting? Could I put in two wide dart from tail hemline to shoulder? Then trim back the width of the dart of maybe do some topstitching?  Thank you. Kate

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Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:52
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Nehzat
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Re: Shirt Alteration

 Dear Kate,

Yes you can add darts to the back as you mensioned. However if there is a lot of intake for two waist darts, the ends of the darts will stick outwards. To prevent this from happening, you can have two waist darts on either side of the back of the shirt. The distance between each two set of darts can be about 4 to 5 cm along the waistline.

To make the darts simetrical to each other, you can fold the back of the shirt along the center back line. Pin the fold, then draw the darts using a ruler and tailor's chalk, then loose baste to make the darts exacatly the same on both sides.

Happy sewing,

Nehzat

 

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