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Teach Yourself to Sew: How to Sew a Dart

comments (8) April 25th, 2010 in sewing, tips & tricks, videos, fundamentals

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Produced by: Victoria North and Judith Neukam

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Learn how to sew different types of darts in this new episode of our beginner sewing series. Also learn how to mark darts, three different ways in our earlier episode. Threads Senior Technical Editor Judith Neukam demonstrates her favorite method for marking a dart.

Teach Yourself to Sew is for beginning sewers or anyone who wants to brush up on their skills. Throughout the year we will demonstrate basic sewing techniques, share tips, and give step-by-step instruction for beginner sewing projects.

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4H_SewTeacher 4H_SewTeacher writes: Hello, I teach young sewers (10 - 15 year olds) and wondering if you recommend tailor tacks or tracing paper for dart markings? I use Tailor tacks, but thinking tracing paper might be easier for my sewers.
Posted: 5:17 pm on November 16th

Camille_Leon Camille_Leon writes: After some years sewing, it's great to hone and shape up my basics to a higher degree, with your videos.
And although I favour your magazine as the best of it's kind (the one's here in the UK have only just started to try to keep up now- a smaller market I suppose), it's very useful for me to see something, as I react better to visuals than to technical language which slips over my brain like a waterfall of virtual non understanding. So thanks.

Also, any chance of videos in the future with more couture/unusual stuff?
Posted: 6:23 am on September 9th

TnSewingNewbie TnSewingNewbie writes: Thank you so much for this video and all the other videos!!!! I love that i can follow along besides my computer and follow along and then I can enjoy the result. You made it all so easy!!

Thank you again and again and again!
Posted: 2:45 pm on September 3rd

smdr smdr writes: I love these videos, I am a beginner and find them very helpful. Unstaba hippie should make her own videos for her own class, because if there is one thing I have learned from all the advise I have from all my sewing friends, it is that every one has there own way of doing things, and you just need to learn which way works best for you.
Posted: 1:44 pm on June 25th

ustabahippie ustabahippie writes: Good lesson for sewing a dart, as far as it went. I'd have liked to have seen the instructor using a pressing ham to finish the dart. And the pinning was done with the fold to the left on a few of the examples, while the sewing was done with the fold to the right. This can be confusing for beginners. I would also not teach beginners to lift the presser foot with the needle up when grabbing the thread end to use as a guide. I want to use this link to enhance my beginning sewing classes, but I don't want to have my students re-do the darts in class.
Posted: 1:06 pm on May 27th

bribjo bribjo writes: Thank you. Very useful tips!
Posted: 5:23 pm on April 30th

cvillecraftgirl cvillecraftgirl writes: i loved the tips!! i especially liked the idea of the making the thread long when you start, stitch a couple of stitches then use that long piece to keep you straight down to the end. thank you!!
Posted: 9:01 pm on April 28th

HeyLita HeyLita writes: Fleece is all the rage for winter wear so...how do you sew darts in fleece tops? They add a lot of bulk unless trimmed very close to the dart leg seams. Also, how do you mark the darts on heavier fleece?
Posted: 6:41 pm on April 26th

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