Reply To: copying a dart in a shirt

[the_professors_assistantKeymaster]

The 2nd method is what worked. If the center fold of the dart is not at right angles to both sides of the shirt’s stitching line, measuring at the shirt’s stitching line creates 2 different angles on each side of the dart fold. Maybe this doesn’t matter all the time. But tracing the top half of the dart will match exactly. I used both methods and compared the differences. So what I did that worked accurately- your method 2 tracing the top half of the dart-

Create the top half of the dart, with dart lines of just the top half, exactly the way the dart looks on the shirt. Fold the paper under on the dart foldline, with the unmarked section under the marked top half of the dart. With a pin, punch along the marked half dart line through to the unmarked paper. Then unfold it and mark in the mirror image of the dart. When taping the dart down on the paper, the 2 sides folded together will be exactly matching.

I made a draft tee from my copy pattern. It came out too large, mainly at the neckline which I had trouble taking in, but it’s not bad overall. The darts came out perfect. Thank you!