Designing with darts

1. Designing with darts
tuck darts, pleats, flare and gathers

2. Dart- is one of the most flexible and creative parts of
the pattern.
Dart excess used as design is referred to as dart equivalent.
Dart equivalents are illustrated as tuck darts, pleats, flare
and gathers.
Dart- is stitched end to end
Tuck darts- partially stitched
Pleats- fold
Fullness is spread and gather along the stitch line or
flare when not stitch.

6. Dart cluster and dart equivalent
The dart excess can be divided among multiple openings and
treated as a single design unit.

13. Graduated and Radiating darts
Graduated dart- are darts of varying length within a group.

15. RADIATING DART
Radiating dart spread out (radiate) from a focal
point in a balance arrangement and maybe of the same
or graduated length.

20. A B

24. Intersecting darts resemble asymmetric darts and
equivalent. The dart cross center front and
intersect with each other.