Reply To: Question on pivoting for bust increase

[the_professors_assistantKeymaster]

You can definitely keep the dart in it’s original position, if you want. Put your pattern under the copy and just retrace to where it should be. You may have to reshape your side seam and dart though. If you want to see me do an example of shaping a dart, click here: http://youtu.be/tCEs0SMyzDc?t=13m4s The point is to have a smooth side seam once the dart is closed. Because you increased it by quite a bit, there couldn’t have been a little distorting as far as the dart is concerned so I definitely recommend making a muslin to make sure the dart placement will still work for you and it’ll also test your waistline area as well. There’s nothing wrong with eyeballing something. As long as you make your muslin, you can always tweak the pattern until it’s a perfect fit.