Whitney, your dress turned out beautifully. I was told I needed to lower a dart on a top. I was working on and I did not know how to do it, but you did it at the end so that helped me a lot. Thank you.
Thanks for the tutorial, Whitney! You explained it so well! Very clear and not at all intimidating. Great work. And you look super cute in your new dress.😀
A full vid on your method of moving a dart up or down would be amazing. And, as a beginner, I would love to hear more about dart placement. I know you can move a dart anywhere on the bust and get the same shaping but other than 'fashion' why would you do that? How do you reduce fabric below the bust? So many questions.
These are all great questions! You are correct that you can rotate a dart completely around a pattern and get the same shaping. You can also turn a dart into gathers, pleats, tucks or even other seam lines and get the same shaping. Really, the only reason to do this would be to give yourself new style lines or looks - so fashion. If you're doing a full bust adjustment, but don't need the excess fabric that it creates at the waist, you can just shave that excess width off at the side seam. For instance, if you've done a 1" FBA on the front of the bodice, you can shave that added 1" off the side seam at the waist. This will leave the waist the originally intended width for the size you chose. Does that help?
Could you elaborate on why you moved the apex 1 inch to the right of your fitted apex. Is it always 1 inch or is there a link to actual bust size and distance moved?
I moved dart point 1" to the right of the apex. You don't want a dart ending right on your apex as it will draw attention to the center of the bust (aka nipple).
Im so glad you did this video, I have the same problem with the pattern of this dress. Made one last year and the dress ended up to small in the bust and very big all around. I will make a new one since I love the pattern and should fit me bette. Thanks so much!
I can see why you love this dress so much! What an easy, breezy summer dress that looks absolutely amazing on you! However, adding a bust dart where there is none seems to bring the front hem up even though you added additional inches to go over the full bust. Was this a design choice, a pattern design, or just something that occurs when you create the bust dart?
It's more of an issue of my bust taking up more room in the front. Adding the FBA added some length to the front, but not enough to create an even hem. To fix this, I will go and add extra length at center front and take it to nothing at the side seam since the back is fine.
@@TomKatStitchery Same issue with me! I always find that in addition to an fba AND an added dart I need something done to even up that hem! But, isn't that why we sew? We can fix that little issue where ready-to-wear garments fall short!
Interesting, I’ve never done it this way. I’ve always used my apex as the line and then after the adjustment reset the apex to the mark, and redrawn the dart legs. Both Palmer and Pletsch and Glenda Sparling instruct that method. Now that totally explains my confusion when Jenny and you have said doing an FBA lowers the apex.
I would like to know more about gussets, when can we use them, which garments can we use them on and do they replace the FBA. Living this large bust life.
Lovely tutorial! Does this also add width? I am trying to add a dart to an otherwise shapeless woven tank pattern, but don’t necessarily need to add width. (I am only a B cup but the pattern as is gapes around the bust.)
Thanks for the tutorial. Very well done. I have a question. I am making a dress that has no darts and I need a FBA. I now feel I know how to do the FBA but I need to rotate that fullness to the neck where the collar attaches. Will that be too much? My pattern is V1544. My high bust is 39. FB is 44.
Whitney, I am so impressed that you are knowledged enough to adjust your clothes to fit you perfectly however you lost me at the math portion for the front and back 🤣🤣🤣 How is it that I can even sew garments myself that fit? I’m unsure because I don’t do it this way, haha! Thanks for the lesson though 😛
@@TomKatStitchery oh, it’s not you by any means!!! You did a complete job of it! I just am not good at math! I truly struggle to read a tape measure- AS A SEWIST! Haha
Love the video! My brain was just about broken trying to figure out my best course of action for doing this on my own. Thank you! I have a very specific question: I am making a McCalls m7325 and combining it with a similar dress pattern for the bottom half. My high bust is 39-1/2 and my bust is 43-1/2. I’ve chosen the large based on my high bust. Part of the bodice will be made by large sleeves attached to the full side seams of the front and back bodices, giving more inches. Looks like it will be 44 total. I’d like to add 1-1/2 to 2” ease. With the billowy sleeves and more tapered bodice, would the FBA work? The fabric is a rayon batik, and will be all one color (no color blocks). I’m feeling like a short dart on each side of the bodice and some added front length would be smart. But would it be a)goofy-looking and or b) unnecessary? Thanks for your patience!
This is a bit trickier as it appears the front yoke and sleeves are more of a princess seam. I think you might be right to do an FBA on the yoke piece and add a short/small dart onto the yoke. That will also lengthened the front yoke at center front where you'll need that extra length to travel over the bust.
Thank you so much! *whew* I can take a deep breath now. lol That’s exactly what I did to the pattern yesterday, step by step, with your video. SO helpful! It looks like it will work, fingers crossed. I’m nervous, as it’s a high-stakes project with a short deadline (guest at small destination wedding very soon). You are the best. Thanks for your confirmation.❤
Love your fabric. It looks lovely on you. I have made this in a top. I didn't need to do a fba. But if l wanted a dart for better shaping, can l still do one. I'm a size 10 high bust 34.5 and a size 12 full bust 36.5. A size 10 full bust is 33.5" to 35" and the size 12 is 35.5" to 37". So l think l would do a 1.5" divided by 2 is 3/4". Is that right? I didn't need to do one, but it might be nice for the shaping? Thanks
It does change the shape of the armhole. This doesn't affect the sleeve at all as the sewing line doesn't change (it just changes shape). The adjusted armhole is actually better for larger busts because it takes that fold of fabric out from under the arm that you get when you need an FBA.
so can I do this if I just like the shaping of a dart but don,t need extra bust room?? or will it make the top too big??? -if that makes any sense at all 😂
Whitney, your dress turned out beautifully. I was told I needed to lower a dart on a top. I was working on and I did not know how to do it, but you did it at the end so that helped me a lot. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the tutorial, Whitney! You explained it so well! Very clear and not at all intimidating. Great work. And you look super cute in your new dress.😀
Thank you so much!
Thank you for showing this! The dress is very pretty.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
What a very clear and helpful tutorial! Love, love, love it. The dress looks great on you. Thank you!!
Thank you so much!
You look adorable in that dress. Thanks for the tutorial, you make it look so easy. I'm big busted and need this.
I'm so glad this was helpful!
Perfect timing for this tutorial! I need to add a dart to a shirt pattern. Thank you!!!
Oh good!
Thank you so much for filming this detailed and clear tutorial which is going to be useful on so many patterns! 👌❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
I am new to your channel and your new subscriber! I am so impressed! Great tutorial! Thank you.!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Welcome to the channel!
Thank you! Beautiful dress.
Thank you so much!
Thank you! This was very helpful and easy to follow.
I'm so glad!
A full vid on your method of moving a dart up or down would be amazing. And, as a beginner, I would love to hear more about dart placement. I know you can move a dart anywhere on the bust and get the same shaping but other than 'fashion' why would you do that? How do you reduce fabric below the bust? So many questions.
These are all great questions! You are correct that you can rotate a dart completely around a pattern and get the same shaping. You can also turn a dart into gathers, pleats, tucks or even other seam lines and get the same shaping. Really, the only reason to do this would be to give yourself new style lines or looks - so fashion. If you're doing a full bust adjustment, but don't need the excess fabric that it creates at the waist, you can just shave that excess width off at the side seam. For instance, if you've done a 1" FBA on the front of the bodice, you can shave that added 1" off the side seam at the waist. This will leave the waist the originally intended width for the size you chose. Does that help?
GREAT! THANKS
My pleasure!
Very well explained! I think I have it now Whitney😀 That’s for the tutorial!
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THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for this! Been wanting to do this altho was so confused & intimidated but its actually simple!! YAY!! You're the best🥰
This makes me so happy! I'm so glad this was helpful!
Your new equipment is awesome. Great job.
Thank you so much!
I love the new tripod! So easy to see what you are doing! Excellent tutorial of course…
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Just what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
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Very helpful tutorial & dress is so pretty.
Thank you so much!
Thank you! This was very helpful and easy to follow.😇😇
I'm so glad to hear that!
Thank you!😀
My pleasure!
Nice tutorial. Thanks!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Could you elaborate on why you moved the apex 1 inch to the right of your fitted apex. Is it always 1 inch or is there a link to actual bust size and distance moved?
I moved dart point 1" to the right of the apex. You don't want a dart ending right on your apex as it will draw attention to the center of the bust (aka nipple).
Im so glad you did this video, I have the same problem with the pattern of this dress. Made one last year and the dress ended up to small in the bust and very big all around. I will make a new one since I love the pattern and should fit me bette. Thanks so much!
Oh good!
I can see why you love this dress so much! What an easy, breezy summer dress that looks absolutely amazing on you! However, adding a bust dart where there is none seems to bring the front hem up even though you added additional inches to go over the full bust. Was this a design choice, a pattern design, or just something that occurs when you create the bust dart?
It's more of an issue of my bust taking up more room in the front. Adding the FBA added some length to the front, but not enough to create an even hem. To fix this, I will go and add extra length at center front and take it to nothing at the side seam since the back is fine.
@@TomKatStitchery Same issue with me! I always find that in addition to an fba AND an added dart I need something done to even up that hem! But, isn't that why we sew? We can fix that little issue where ready-to-wear garments fall short!
Great tutorial!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting, I’ve never done it this way. I’ve always used my apex as the line and then after the adjustment reset the apex to the mark, and redrawn the dart legs. Both Palmer and Pletsch and Glenda Sparling instruct that method. Now that totally explains my confusion when Jenny and you have said doing an FBA lowers the apex.
You could definitely do it either way, but I'm so glad this helped to clear the confusion!
I would like to know more about gussets, when can we use them, which garments can we use them on and do they replace the FBA. Living this large bust life.
Ooh! That's a fun one!
Lovely tutorial! Does this also add width? I am trying to add a dart to an otherwise shapeless woven tank pattern, but don’t necessarily need to add width. (I am only a B cup but the pattern as is gapes around the bust.)
Yes, it does add width, however, you can take that width back off at the side seam from the waist down.
Thanks for the tutorial. Very well done. I have a question. I am making a dress that has no darts and I need a FBA. I now feel I know how to do the FBA but I need to rotate that fullness to the neck where the collar attaches. Will that be too much? My pattern is V1544. My high bust is 39. FB is 44.
You should be fine rotating the dart into the gathers at the neck!
Whitney, I am so impressed that you are knowledged enough to adjust your clothes to fit you perfectly however you lost me at the math portion for the front and back 🤣🤣🤣 How is it that I can even sew garments myself that fit? I’m unsure because I don’t do it this way, haha! Thanks for the lesson though 😛
I'm so sorry! I'll try and be clearer with the math next time!
@@TomKatStitchery oh, it’s not you by any means!!! You did a complete job of it! I just am not good at math! I truly struggle to read a tape measure- AS A SEWIST! Haha
@@thegirlwithdustonherface 😂
The dress is very beautiful! What kind of a fabric is this? Thank you so much!!❤
Thank you! This is a viscose challis from Minerva!
@@TomKatStitchery Thank you!! I appreciate it!❤️
Love the video! My brain was just about broken trying to figure out my best course of action for doing this on my own. Thank you! I have a very specific question: I am making a McCalls m7325 and combining it with a similar dress pattern for the bottom half. My high bust is 39-1/2 and my bust is 43-1/2. I’ve chosen the large based on my high bust. Part of the bodice will be made by large sleeves attached to the full side seams of the front and back bodices, giving more inches. Looks like it will be 44 total. I’d like to add 1-1/2 to 2” ease. With the billowy sleeves and more tapered bodice, would the FBA work? The fabric is a rayon batik, and will be all one color (no color blocks). I’m feeling like a short dart on each side of the bodice and some added front length would be smart. But would it be a)goofy-looking and or b) unnecessary? Thanks for your patience!
This is a bit trickier as it appears the front yoke and sleeves are more of a princess seam. I think you might be right to do an FBA on the yoke piece and add a short/small dart onto the yoke. That will also lengthened the front yoke at center front where you'll need that extra length to travel over the bust.
Thank you so much! *whew* I can take a deep breath now. lol That’s exactly what I did to the pattern yesterday, step by step, with your video. SO helpful! It looks like it will work, fingers crossed. I’m nervous, as it’s a high-stakes project with a short deadline (guest at small destination wedding very soon). You are the best. Thanks for your confirmation.❤
Love your fabric. It looks lovely on you.
I have made this in a top. I didn't need to do a fba. But if l wanted a dart for better shaping, can l still do one.
I'm a size 10 high bust 34.5 and a size 12 full bust 36.5. A size 10 full bust is 33.5" to 35" and the size 12 is 35.5" to 37". So l think l would do a 1.5" divided by 2 is 3/4". Is that right?
I didn't need to do one, but it might be nice for the shaping?
Thanks
You are correct. That should work great and give you more shaping!
I never understood how woven dress patterns could have no darts in the bodice. Do they expect everyone to be double a?
I understand if the "dart" has been moved into gathers or pleats or some other area, but I definitely need some shaping in my bodices!
Thank you for showing the FBA, but the armhole looks to be a different shape, Does that matter?
It does change the shape of the armhole. This doesn't affect the sleeve at all as the sewing line doesn't change (it just changes shape). The adjusted armhole is actually better for larger busts because it takes that fold of fabric out from under the arm that you get when you need an FBA.
This is a random question but how do much fabric do you buy when you don’t have a pattern in mind?
3 yards or meters is always a safe bet for me and is what I purchase most often.
so can I do this if I just like the shaping of a dart but don,t need extra bust room?? or will it make the top too big??? -if that makes any sense at all 😂
It will add width to the front, however, you could take that added width back out at the side seam and then you'd be good!
@@TomKatStitchery oh good-thanks for this. you are so amazing!!
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Too many lines on the cutting board and on the printed pattern piece all add to a migraine inducing tutorial
I'm so sorry!