Creatures Encounters

Creatures Encounters are creating a website that will allow parents to access personalised messages from elves and other workers in Santa's Factory for their children. As part of the new module Embellishment, I will be designing and creating a costume for one of the characters. The company will then choose whether they want to use my costume. The costumes are based around Scandinavian, Siberian and Sami clothing, people from the Artic circle. The colour scheme is based around Frozen.
The character I have been given is Laali who is a medicine woman and healer, her costume will have some influences from Siberian Shamans.
Visit their website at:
http://creature-encounter.com/

Darts

They are different darts that are used for different garments, the main ones are known as: the Tuck Dart, Contour Darts and Plain Darts.

-Tuck darts are commonly seen on dresses and resemble more of a rectangle fold instead of the triangle shaped fold seen on normal Plain Darts.

Tuck Dart Front

Tuck Dart Back

-Contour Darts are also known as double darts and are seen on bodices, blouses, tops and dresses.

Contour Dart Front

Contour Dart Back

-Plain Darts are seen on a range of different garments in various places on the bodices.

Plain Dart Front

Plain Dart Back

Chalk and tailor's tacking can be used in order to mark the darts out on the fabric

Tips

When sewing a plain dart start at the top of the dart (widest part)and sew to the bottom but do not back stitch instead tie the ends off with a knot. this is because back stitch can ruin the point on the dart and make it pucker.

On contour darts start in the middle of the dart and sew outwards at each side.