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A long narrow triangle showing fabric to be folded out.
Also known as: Dart legs marking, Shaping wedge
A dart is drawn as a long narrow triangle whose legs are stitched together, removing width and shaping flat cloth to a curved body. The point must be stitched to nothing rather than back-tacked, or it makes a visible pucker.
Marks a wedge of fabric to be folded and stitched out, shaping flat cloth over a three-dimensional form.
Contexts: Laundry
Requires its point to be stitched out to nothing rather than reversed over, since back-tacking at the tip produces a visible pucker.
Contexts: Laundry
Two straight lines converging to a point from a pattern edge, with small dots along them.