In this course you will:
Darts are everywhere, always — even when we don’t see them.This single fitting instrument — the dart — is also a versatile, shape-shifting design opportunity, offering creative options and asking only for accuracy in return. Explore the language of darts, their function in our clothing and what we can tell by the size of a dart. Learn to measure and establish the position and size of darts (see exactly how you can do this by yourself!), and how to adjust them for the most flattering fit and style. When properly fitted, they allow your hemlines to hang straight, eliminate drag lines, gaps at the front button closure – in short, allow you to make garments which look and feel terrific while you’re wearing them.
You’ll explore how to make appropriate dart adjustments to improve fit, starting with a wonderful lesson about buying your pattern in the correct size! Then see how to raise and lower darts, increase their size, add a dart when there isn’t a visible dart in sight and more. All changes you’ll make that will affect the fit and hang of your clothing.
For creative design options and a more satisfying silhouette, see how to split a dart for a more flattering look, move a dart from one part of a garment to another, how to turn a dart into a princess seamline, how to release a dart into pleats and ruffles and more. Fit and fashion, all in one, little dart!
All Start Anytime courses, are self-paced, and you can begin the moment you register, viewing the course anytime that is convenient for you. Many students watch it through one time first, and then go back to work alongside the instructor with their own project activities.
The late Cynthia Guffey designed and constructed women's clothing for many years. What started as a custom workroom in Baton Rouge, LA, creating garments for high profile women and events, was transformed into a pattern business 25 years ago. From training workroom staff in couture techniques, her sewing methods also made the transition into a system of the most effective, practical and simple fitting and construction techniques, highly valued by the thousands of enthusiasts she shared them with at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo and in her lectures and workshops across the U.S.
Her fitting approach is derived from a mathematical background coupled with her constant search for the simple and the obvious. And although her precision sewing techniques are not short-cuts, she saves you time by helping you get it right the first time. Moreover, at each step in the process she shares how what you are doing affects subsequent steps, and “what you’re going for” in the result. Thus, confidence and satisfaction bloom for her students.
Cynthia’s design philosophy involves creating lines that multiply opportunities to fit and enhance a figure type, and using the grain of the fabric to enhance the look and feel of all garments.
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