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Triple Darted Tee Shirt

I found the idea for this shirt in a issue of Australian Stitches magazine. This style has three darts radiating out from the right sideseam. This project can be completed in any PatternMaster program. The fabric shown is a lightweight stable polyester knit. This style can be created with an armscye dart and most any neckline. The darts can also be stitched on the outside of the fabric for a different look. I have adapted the pattern making instructions for our PatternMaster Pattern Editor or Cameo Pattern Design.

Draft the Patterns

To make this style, launch PatternMaster and go to the Blouses, Tops, Shirts, or Activewear screen depending upon the program you are using. Make the following style options and settings.

Triple Darted Tee

Save the Style

  1. Save the style as Triple Darted Tee Shirt. Your patterns should look something like the patterns in Figure 1.
  2. Open the patterns in the Pattern Editor.

Figure 1. Make and save the patterns

Create the Darts

  1. Select and delete all of the patterns except the front.
  2. Choose Save As from the File menu and enter Triple Darted Tee Shirt Front for the file name and save it.
  3. Select the Front and choose Ungroup (Ctrl U).
  4. Select and delete the seam allowances (Fig. 2).

    Figure 2. Select and delete seam allowances

  5. Select the front pattern and mirror (MI) on the center front line (Fig 3).

    Figure 3. Mirror the front

  6. Press the Save (FS) button.
  7. Locate the following points using the Locate Points (LP) tool (Fig. 4).

    Left Sideseam

    Right Sideseam

    Figure 4. Locate points on sideseams

  8. Connect the points placed with lines as shown Figure 5.

    Figure 5. Connect the points on the sideseams

  9. Use the Scissors tool to break the sideseam exactly at each point placed.
  10. Press the Save (FS) button.
  11. Select the objects as shown in Figure 6 and choose the Rotate by Units tool.

    Figure 6. Select objects to rotate

  12. Snap to the top point placed on the right sideseam. Snap to the top point placed on the left sideseam. Enter 2 for the distance, choose counter clockwise and press the Apply button (Fig. 7).

    Figure 7. Rotate by Units

  13. Select the objects as shown in Figure 8 and choose the Rotate by Units tool. Snap to the middle point placed on the right sideseam. Snap to the middle point placed on the left sideseam. Enter 2 for the distance, choose counter clockwise and press the Apply button.

    Figure 8. Rotate by Units

  14. Select the objects as shown in Figure 9 and choose the Rotate by Units tool. Snap to the bottom point placed on the right sideseam. Snap to the bottom point placed on the left sideseam. Enter 2 for the distance, choose counter clockwise and press the Apply button.

    Figure 9. Rotate by Units

  15. Draw lines to connect the new openings on the left sideseam with points on the right sideseam (Fig. 10).

    Figure 10. Connect the points a shown

  16. Press the Save (FS) button.
  17. Choose the True Dart tool to true each opening (Fig. 11).

    Figure 11. True the darts

  18. Use the Offset and Intersect tools to add seam allowances (Fig. 12).
  19. Draw an exactly horizontal line down the center of the pattern for a grainline (Fig. 12).

    Figure 12. The finished front pattern

  20. Merge the original patterns and select and delete the original front pattern, group each pattern, if needed, and print.
  21. Press the Save (FS) button.