Skirt Pattern drafting

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Mon, 10/29/2012 - 01:56
azeez
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 Hello, I am a  new member on club, i would first like to thank Nehzat for her very clear instructions.
I have a few questions Nehzat,,

is the skirt pattern drafted on the full figure or the other one??

wht is the the size of the straght skirt manikin?? 

should we always create 2 darts at the front block?? cant we use only 1 dart each side?


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Fri, 11/02/2012 - 14:31
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Nehzat
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Re: Few questions

Dear azeez,

Welcome to our site and thanks for the compliment.

The peach colored skirt was sewn using the standard skirt block pattern not the full figure one.

I used the size 12 dress form to draft the straight and tapered skirt block pattern. 

Yes, you can have one waist dart on either side of the front and back. If the dart intake is less than 2 cm the dart points will lay flat on the body, when we wear the garment. If the intake is 2 cm or more, I prefer to split the darts into two.
If you are sewing a dress, you draft your block pattern with one waist dart, later when styling your block pattern, you can decrease the dart intakes to add ease to the dress. This way you will have one waist dart on either side that lie flat on the body. In case you want the dress to be more fitted, you can always have two waist darts on either side of your dress.

Hope this helps.

Happy sewing,

Nehzat 

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