Sewing Pattern Hack: How to Turn Darts Into Princess Seams
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Patternmaking can seem like this really intimidating skill set. But you don’t need to be a patternmaker to hack a pattern. If you aren’t a fan of darts, princess seams add gentle shaping to a garment, so your fabric drapes along your curves. They make fitting easier and look great on bodices, jackets, and skirts. Turning darts on a bodice into princess seams is actually quite easy! Watch this step-by-step pattern hack.
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Brilliantly explained and demonstrated
Yay! I’ve been wanting to know how to do this for eeeeeeeeeeeeeever Hayley! Thankyouuuuuuuuuuu✨
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
No problem 😊
Another really great how-to video. Because of your Seamwork videos I'm becoming a better sewist. Thank you for all your work in making these videos and putting them for us to view.
Thank you!!! I just drafted my first princess seam bodice and made a mock up and it seems to have worked perfectly ✨
Great tutorial! Thank you! 😀👍🏻
Perfect demo, thank you so much!!
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
Very cool! Who doesn't love a good princess seam. ♥️ I love my seamwork patterns but I always have to do a FBA or I look like a sack of potatoes. I wish I loved tinkering and cutting as much as I love sewing 🤪
Great video! I feel confident to try this!
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
Go for it!
Great info!!! I want to do this now!
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
Go for it!
Hi, I would love a video on how to do a armhole Princess seam!
So Clearly Explained! Thank you!😀
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
This is great! I’m wanting to make a Princess seam dress where the seams go all the way through the skirt. I’m having trouble finding a good tutorial for that… any tips?
@SeamworkVideo
7 ай бұрын
You'll apply the same principles covered for the bodice hack. In general, if the skirt has waist darts, you'll slash through those from hem to waist, closing the darts and transferring the fullness to the bottom hem. Hope that helps!
Thank you for this clear explanation. Could you please add some information about the grainline? Should a line parallel to the pattern’s gram line be drawn on each side piece before cutting apart, or does this process mean the grainline rotates slightly?
@suzanneevans1771
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you autocorrect for ‘gram line’ instead of grainline
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
The grainlines should run parallel to each other! So yes, it would be a good idea to draw a second grainline before cutting.
@suzanneevans1771
2 жыл бұрын
Since the side piece is being bent, a parallel line would also be bent; is it more important to have the top or bottom of the side piece with the grainline matching the centre piece, please?
@SeamworkVideo
2 жыл бұрын
@@suzanneevans1771 Draw the grainline parallel to the original on the lower section. You can extend it up once all of the steps are complete.
@jayneneequaye7335
Жыл бұрын
Very well understood. But please want a little favour. Could you please link the video of how you drafted the front bodice and back bodices so I continue from there. Thank you very much!
What if you don’t have a back bodice that means you can’t do it 😢
@SeamworkVideo
Жыл бұрын
You could do an armhole princess seam on the front bodice!