How to Shift The Skirt Dart

1.Trace the skirt-front sloper.

2. Cut out the tracing and the dart. (Cut a batch of these slopers for future exercises so you won’t have to stop each time.)

3. Locate the position of the new dart at the waistline either at center front or at the side . Mark the point A. 4. Draw a slash line from A to the dart point.

S. Slash the dart line to the dart point. Start the slashing at the waistline.

6. Close the original waistline dart, shifting the control to the new position (Figs. 14b and 14d). Fasten with Scotch tape.

HOW TO SHIFT THE SLEEVE DART

1.Trace the sleeve sloper.

2. Cut out the tracing and the dart. (Cut a batch of these slopers for future exercises.)

3. Locate the position of the new dart at the wrist (either one¬third or one-fourth of th~ way up from the back underarm seam).1ark the point A.

4.Draw a slash line from A to the dart point

5. Slash the dart line to the dart point. Start the slashing from me wrist.

6. Close the elbow dart, shifting the control to the new position. Fasten with Scotch tape.