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 . [...]

In order to draft the basic jacket sloper, the following measurements are needed: 1/2 = chest circumference + 3-1/2” for ease, center front to center back 1/2 = front chest. 1/2 shoulder blade SEE SIZE CHART 1= back neck point 1 to 2 = back waist length (center back) 2 = waist 3 = 1/2 [...]

The following diagrams show how to take the necessary measurements on the figure and how to draft the pattern. The dotted lines in the drafting diagrams represent the construction lines; the solid heavy lines are the outlines of the pattern. 1. CENTER BACK LENGTH A to B – From neck to waist. Draw this line [...]