Another wonderful video, thank you, Anika. I'm an instructor and I've been training online and off for almost two decades. I feel your videos are the most professional sewing videos on the web today. I don't think most people realize the amount of work that goes into recording training videos. Your speech tone, cadence, speed, and enunciation are impeccable. Your instructions are unbelievably clear, and the quality of the audio and video recording is perfect. There's no echo, no background noise, and the lighting is bright and consistent. The editing is excellent, in that the cuts are almost imperceptible, and therefore not at all distracting. Your detailed, yet concise explanations are perfect. We get exactly what we need, no more and no less. Obviously, when people are sharing their knowledge for free, I'm not going to fret about the little things or expect everyone to be videography experts and have the most expensive recording equipment. But I do appreciate your style and professionalism, and can't thank you enough for giving me the confidence to start sewing clothing. Also, thank you for the free pattern, I can't wait to try my hand at princess seams!

This was so clear and easy to understand. I feel like crying with relief. Thank you for this!!

I'm over the moon seeing you uploading more often. Very clear and detailed. All my sewing projects were a success because of you, really can't thank you enough, I owe you a lot xxxxxx.

Aneka, this is an excellent tutorial for drafting princess seams. Your teaching methods are clear and your explanations are very thorough. Thank you!

I believe that Princess seams have been used to create the most beautiful garments in the world ~ For anyone that sews, they’re Absolutely one of the best tools in your “drafting/styling library”. Thank you for this fabulous tutorial!

I love the way how you explain, very clear and understandable

The 1st time in years I have understood this, thank you.

love this teaching. I always wanted to draft my own patterns. With your lovely teaching, I'm starting to get it.

Very good explanation, wow sewing made easy for real. Thank you. I always found princess Sean’s intimidating, but darts and princess Sean’s are my favourite and make pattern drafting so easy because I enjoy making them. 👌🏾

I am only 2mins in to the tutorial and I am so enthralled to say, the lady is so fluent and very concise!! I am very impressed! Keep it up mommy!🙂🙂

You are a sewing savior, just searching of info on princess cut and here you are

Hi I really enjoyed your tutorial. I have made 3 copen dresses already and I am looking forward to make some more using different princess line patterns. BIG BIG THANK YOU. Looking forward to your weekly vlogs.

So clear and easy to understand. Thank you very much.

This is an amazing tutorial with so many options, it's really given me confidence to draft my own princess dart!

Thank you so much for including the process of extending the princess dart up to the shoulder. I have a book on pattern drafting but couldn't make neither heads nor tails of the explanation given in there. You are an amazing teacher ❤

You are such an amazing teacher. Thank you for being so comprehensive and clear. You are the Julia Child of pattern making and sewing.

You are so clear and descriptive this was so helpful! I will be checking all your videos out. Thank you!

Very good instructions thank you, I am now going to change my basic block to a princess seam😀😀

Thanks for being so simple in your explanation:)

Thank goodness I saved this in my library! So useful and clearly explained. Thank you for sharing your skills

Aneka, thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us. Great tutorial!

This was very easy to follow and well explained. Thank you

An excellent presentation! I needed a refresher and this was perfect. Thanks.

Thank you, this is a very clear demonstration!

thank you so much for this tutorial! i have a nice coat pattern with darts that looks way too boxy on me, so i want to change it to a princess seam. didn't know how to do that, but now i do :)

you are simply the best!

Aneka, I made a coat dress with princess seams. It looked amazing and the fit was perfect. Thank you

I’m about to attempt to make my own wedding dress (with princess seams) and this video makes it feel so much more manageable!

Great ! Easy to follow, clear explanation and very easy method. Thanks...

Fabulously helpful tutorial!Thank you for sharing your endless talents with us'

Would love to spend a week with you to learn all these techniques.

Fabulous information and so very clear thank you 👍

This is my dream dress form!

Brilliant, thank you so much.

thanks for this tutorial it helps a lot!

Thanks, the tutorial clear and concise to the point. This video is very useful for me.

Wow.pretty and precisely done.Thanks

Very very important video... As explained very easily, i want to know the previous draft on which u explained us ...or there is any video

I love your video, so easy to understand ❤️

Dear made to sew your princess cut tutorial is v. Good and clear to understand except 2 points. I will watch 2 nd time to understand, if there after not clear then I will ask u. It is v. Much scientific.

Thanks you love this video !! I really help me

Totally blown away, thank you so much for this!!! xx

If you are not using the waist dart shown on the video at 12:51 to 16:23 to create a princess seam , does it make a big difference on the fitting to have that extra 1'' not being used that was allotted for the dart when the bodice was made.Thank you for the very educational videos and your time making it.

BRAVO BRAVO

Ps thank you for all your wonderful teaching

Great tutorials, thank u

Would it make a difference if you removed the side dart first and then draw the princess seam and cut the pattern?

Thanks for the explanation

Such. A. Great. Tutorial. one question: for the first princess line example, what shall we do about the waist dart when do the sewing since the pricess line didn't go through the dart so the dart is still there M shall we still sew it on the centre front piece and then join the side front piece ? a little confused here. thank in advance. appreciate your detail and clear tutorial so much. million thanks

Excellent tutorial, easy to understand. Thank you very much and look forward to you next video.

Amazing! I can't tell you how clear and enjoyable your tutorials are. I have one question about the princess seam in the back. What do we do with the back dart? Thank you

Very clear explanation. Can you also please show how to place this on a fabric and cut it . I am a beginner. Is their any rule how it have to match the design of the fabric for the two pieces

Thanks

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I am learning a lot with your great videos. I would like to make a dress with two princess darts. One from the middle of the shoulder to the bottom and another from the armhole to the bottom. So, I should divide the waist into three parts to make the two darts? The waist outline is 70 centimeters. Thanks for your great help.

Very helpful video, thanks a lot. One question please, if my pattern doesn't show how do I find the apex?

Very clear instruction, thanks! There is however one thing I don 't understand about the second dress. The seam of the front side part, from bust to hip, will always be longer than the seam of the front part, because it has all the curve from the dart. You can not just shorten it, it would ruin not only the pattern of the fabric, but the lengths of both parts, measured along the grainlines, would not be the same. How do you deal with that? I divide the dart over both parts, but of course you don't have a straight front part anymore. Thanks again!

nice

Totally useful

good

Thank you for a very well presented tutorial, I have learned so much. I have a question regarding the width of my waist dart. I have a D-E cup size, and short in the body, and want to draw the princess line from the shoulder, but it makes the angle very acute on the front side panel. I am making a jacket and want to have it fairly fitted. Please could you suggest how I smooth this without loosing the shaping, or is it not possible? Many thanks.

when doing princess seams is it safe to say that if the bust is bigger to use an armhole princess seam and if the bust is smaller use a shoulder princess seam? or does that not matter?

This is amazing! I'm totally new to this world (still have to buy a sewing machine!), but I have a question: I have basically no chest, should I just change the darts to make them slimmer/less wide?

This is most helpful. I have a question though, is it advisable to put the princess Line from the shoulder to pass through the middle of the waist dart and shape accordingly?

I like your video

When I walk the seams together they match but when I measure them the curved part is shorter than the straight part....please help I'm using a pdf pattern and it's just not lookin good... I did make a mock up and it went together well. But I was using a lighter weight fabric... im lost should both lines measure the exact same ?

thankyou

Hi Aneka! You're gorgeous! Love it! But please put the free pattern back on your website. it's not found anymore!

Thanks a lot. But I still didn't get how to remove waist darts in first option, where seam starts at armhole. I read your answers to others but still didn't get. It w

Thanks! I have one question though. When one has cut and closed the side part, the princess seem curve gets a bit pointy at the pivot point. Shouldn't one smooth that out in some way? Rounding it and then truing? Or? On the first example that point got quite sharp.

thankyou madam

This is so easy and clear to understand, thank you Aneka. However I love a drop waist dress and have made Simplicity 8415. Apart from 2 bust darts these are the only darts it has and therefore doesn't have much shape to the bodice. Has I like dresses to have a bit of shape and fit a bit more closely - but not tight, would you choose the first method from the armhole or the second method from the shoulder. There are no waist darts by the way :)

Hi there can u remove a bust dart in the same way as the side dart? Thanks

What if my bodice pattern only has one dart? how do I add the second one? and which dart would be more important? the one at the side or the one at the waist?

I would like to know how to move darts around also how to make them princess line darts

Merciiiii

Hi made to sew. I have a question for you, I have drawn my pattern and my fundamental dart is on the highest point of my shoulder to the centre of my shoulder unlike yours is placed on the side. And I also have a waist dart following exactly under the end of my fundamental that. The question is now how do I eradicate the fundamental dart into a princess seam. I have read other comments to see if someone has asked but no one has. Please do reply I would appreciate it. Thanks!

How do I know where I want to start my princess seam? What will be the difference in the dress?

I’m focused on the “centre front”, if I’m not mistaken it’s center front

ألف شكر لك على التوضيح لسحب البترون وأرجو من الله وثم منكي أن يكون مترجم للعربية وشكرا لك

How about drafting a peplum.

Am wondering why the bust date was folded in at the back.

Hi, Concerning the first princess seam you demonstrated. After you've removed the side dart, how to you deal eith the waist dart on the center front portion?

thank you for this tutorial...i generally dont wear shift dresses because they dont suit my figure but the princess seam mod is perfect...i just got the copen (i love the name) and am looking forward to trying it...i have a question about the back dart...do i just shift the whole thing over or draw the line right to it like you did in the front...and does it only work if you start from shoulder...tfs:)

If I’m altering a pattern w/o a side dart on the front- should I still cut a dart shape like that?

I have a question.. is it possible if i don't draft the princess seam to the hem of the garment. I mean, i will sew it start from the shoulder and stop at the waist.. is it still a princess seam or it is not the right way to do it

Hello Mam. I want to know can we cut the princess seam at the back same as we cut at the front ? I mean we fold the back bodice and front bodice together cut the princess seam. I know at back there is no bust apex but still can we cut like in front?

Blessed Good Afternoon Where did you purchase your dress form?

how can i remove the waist dart in the first option?

I'm indian Tailor so good

Where can we buy a dress form?

If I removed side darts then when we joint back part to front part then back part remain long because of side dart front part going to up what is solution for this?

What do notches and grain lines do?

nais nais nais vari vari vyari nais

How to download your pattern

السلام عليكم لو سمحت إذا ممكن ترجمة للعربية وشكرا لك

I mean dart not date.

Yar banda mar raha ho ye apni add hi dete rahte h

I'm always irked why 'professional' pattern cutters use 1.5 cm sa which I find too much.. You should never use 1 5 cm on curves like necklines or armholes. I use 0.5 cm SA which is easier to navigate and creates a cleaner less bulky look.. You should never ever put 1.5 cm on princess lines as you are asking for trouble on curved lines. 1 cm is adequate. On acute curves you should use 0.5 cms... I personally think your cutting princess lines is a little, long winded..it's technically correct An Easier method which I teach is make a block up which I teach using draping techniques. Once you check the balance and fit of hip block is perfect, then you can start designing your dress pattern.. I use a draped hip block always checked for balance and fit. , Darts are already stitched in place, on shoulder and waist to create a close fitted block (I use a unique method of just gluing my darts together on sample. No sewing machine required) on dummy. I add fabric to desired length by using masking tape. You can then draw you princess lines in any position, omitting the stitched darts. The shoulder dart and waist dart will now be obsolete.. As long as your new style lines go over or near your original darts so it can lie flat once cut out, you will be OK.. You can draw crazy acute curves or more traditional style lines.. Always notch at right angles before you cut out your new style lines.. Place cut out dress pattern onto fabric. Mark seam alllowances on the fabric , then cut out U should always retain your original discrepancy between the 2 lines of the princess line dress otherwise you will forgo your original fit of the block. You can shrink the excess side if they are natural fibres by basting the seams together and shrinking out fullness (just like a tailored sleeve on a jacket). It will work better if you use 0.5 to 1 cm maximum... I checked your sewing of the princess line and you never talked about convex and concave which I call the 'mountains' and :valleys '. The valleys(concave) should always be sewn on top of mountain (convex) to be stitched in easily and accurately.. Maybe you should talk about that more to your subscribers. My new instructional videos on :draping, pattern cutting a dress and Tailoring will be available from my website next month.. My new 2 part course :My new title for both videos is : "Developing and sewing a Sheath dress from a draped hip block" .. Draping and cutting a Sheath dress is over 20 hours long and goes into depth on the how's and why's of draping, combining flat pattern cutting pattern cutting, handling cloth hand sewing and machine sewing techniques My new ecommerce website will be launched shorty.. www.jojoremeny.com.. Im a Fashion designer and Tailor. Of course every designer and pattern cutter has their own way of cutting and assembling and yours is a very technical typical pattern cutters method. But as a professional pattern cutter you should know pattern cutting is an art form as well as a technical subject and should be taught in a more creative manner..

talking more than making, therefore must look for other source to learn as a quite beginner