Integrating Draping, Drafting, & Drawing - Fairchild Books

Integrating Draping, Drafting, and Drawing
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Draping the Bodice
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Form the Waist Dart
5 From the side seam at the waist, pin
along the waist toward the princess
line. Slash the muslin towards the pins.
Allow for 1 ⁄4 ease along the waist.
6 Smooth and pin from the center back
waist toward the princess line.
7 Pinch up the excess muslin to form
a dart. Pin the fullness at the waist
and pin the dart along the princess
line to 1 above the bust level line.
8 9 10
Form the Shoulder Dart
1 Smooth the muslin from the shoulder
neck point to the princess line on the
shoulder and pin. Muslin should lay
flat across the chest and shoulder
with no stretching or pulling at the
neckline.
2 Smooth the excess muslin from the
shoulder blade line at armhole up
over the shoulder towards the
princess line and pin.
3 Pinch up the excess muslin to form a
small dart along the princess line.
4 Measure 3 down from the shoulder
and mark the vanishing point of the
dart with a pin.
Mark the Draped Muslin
8 Dot along the bottom of the twill
tape along the waist and side seam.
9 Cross mark on either side of the
dart at the waist and the intersection
of the side seam at the waist
and arm plate. Cross mark at the
end of the shoulder, on each side
of the shoulder dart and at the
shoulder neck point.
10 Dot along the shoulder and neckline.