After cutting out your fabric you will need to transfer markings to the fabric. This particular pattern we will transfer darts, notches, pleat lines, stitch lines, and dots to mark tie placement.
Always transfer markings to the wrong (ugly) side of the fabric.
Notches are marked with a single snip down the center of each triangle. The others are traced onto the fabric directly. Make sure not to cut so far you cut through the seam line.
There are many options for marking fabric. I prefer Pilot Frixion pens but you can use tailors chalk, marking pens, chalk wheels, etc. Whatever method you choose be sure to test it to make sure it can be removed. Pilot Frixion pens iron out (and on delicate fabric you don't even have to touch it with the iron). When cutting on single side with the right side up I find wax paper and a tracing wheel the easiest to use.
This time we will be cutting on the fold with wrong sides out so we will use pens to mark the fabric.
To help mark the fabric its best to put pins at all the dots, end points, and pivot points. Make sure you mark both sides of the fabric and that you distinguish between larger and smaller dots.
To mark darts or stitch lines run pins lengthwise down the marked stitchlines then gently tug the pattern back and mark. Pins have the benefit of going through both sides so you don't have to flip the pattern repin and do it again.
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| Pin the circles straight through and the seam lines lengthwise |
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| Pull gently back to reveal the outline of the dart |
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| Flipping it will reveal the dart outline on the other side |
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| Once its roughed out use a ruler to finish it. |
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| Finished Dart. Not large and small circles are marked as are dart points. |
Note your fabric should be washed, folded, and ironed to prevent wrinkling.
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