Sew the Eva Dart (2528 Views)

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  Step 1 of 10

  The instructions are taken from the pattern instructions, only I added the pictures. Please note I made one mistake: I cut too deep into the longer dart, I'll make note of this during the how to...

  A little tip before you begin: you can iron on a small square of fusible interfacing on the intersection of the darts. This way you do not have to worry about the fabric threads jumping out of the seam when you notch the allowances of the smaller dart.

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  Step 2 of 10

  At the front pieces, the darts in the center between the marked lines have to be cut in up to 1 inch (2 cm) before the pointy end. Notice that I did cut too deep and this gave me a little headache. Do not cut all the way!

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  Step 3 of 10

  Pin the upper cross edges of the darts on top of each other, the right sides facing,

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  Step 4 of 10

  View from one side when upper dart is pinned:

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  Step 5 of 10

  View from other side:

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  Step 6 of 10

  stitch from the corner to the pointy end.

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  Step 7 of 10

  Notch the allowances at the corner. My mistake: just that I cut too deep the first time into the long dart, I repeat: cut only up to 1 inch (2 cm) before the pointy end.

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  Step 8 of 10

  Pin the allowances from the edge downwards and stitch.

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  Step 9 of 10

  Press the allowances of the long seams towards to center; press the allowances of the short seams downward. Stitch the dart allowances using a zigzag stitch, 4 mm wide.

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  Step 10 of 10

  Here is the result for the first Eva jacket I did. Here I did not cut as deep into the dart:

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