Adding Gathers to a Pattern

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This video is all about adding gathers to your pattern! Meg will show you how to calculate fullness needed, draw slash lines, and add fullness using the pivot method. You can apply these gather lines on any pattern, whether there is a dart or not.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to convert your dart intake into gathers
  • How to turn your dart into a princess seam and convert it to a gathered side panel
  • About gather ratios
  • How to add slash lines to your pattern and trace off the gathered sections
  • Add slash lines and gathers to a yoke seamline

Specs

Designer: N/A Difficulty: N/A Category: SKU: R6558

Description

Materials used in this video:

  • Basic Bodice Sloper pattern
  • Tracing paper
  • French curve
  • C-Thru ruler
  • Pen/Pencil

About the Expert:
Meg Healy began to sew at the age of 12, where she began experimenting with fabric and seams on her Brother little domestic sewing machine. Studying at both Fanshawe College and Parsons the New School for Design in NYC, Meg gained the technical skills in pattern making and advanced sewing that led to a number of awards for her design and construction skills. Before becoming the Online Editor of BurdaStyle.com Meg worked as a pattern making intern for Vera Wang. Meg also launched her own highly unique clothing line consisting of fashion-forward spandex leggings in 2010.

Additional information

Brand

BurdaStyle

Product Type

Streaming Video

Duration

14:00

Instructor

Meg Healy

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