How to determine waist dart width (for skirts & pants) with your body measurements.
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How big your waist dart should be? How to determine waist dart width when you draft basic skirts or pants patterns? You will learn what the drop is first, after that you can calculate the dart width by your dop. Dart width or length will be different depending on the body shape. You can adjust them when you do fitting. But here's a very simple way to calculate waist dart width when you draft skirt or pant patterns from scratch.
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