Burda Style For people who sew

How to change a pattern with darts to princess seams (or virtually anything you like really!) running either from the shoulder or from the sleeve-opening of the pattern.

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Paper, ruler, scissors, sticky tape

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5 Comments

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  Apr 14, 2011, 05.54 PMby woman

  thanks so much for this! can’t wait to try this out :D
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  Nov 18, 2010, 07.33 PMby samayyoub

  Thank you it’s very usefull .
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  Feb 18, 2009, 06.29 PMby anek

  wonderful! Thanks a lot. I wanted to know this for a while now but I thought it would be too difficult. You made it very clear and easy to understand.
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  Feb 4, 2009, 10.55 AMby hooley

  Thanks for such an easy, well explained how to!
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  Feb 3, 2009, 02.17 PMby redoubt

  This is awesome! I’ve always has trouble drafting princess seams but now I’ll try this.