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Shop Talk Interior
Photo 4: Create dart
Once the fabric has been smoothly
positioned on the windshield, pull fabric
rearward and mark the top edge of the
windshield once again, onto the fabric
using a water-soluble pencil. You have
now created two dart lines. The excess
fabric between the two lines will be removed
and sewn into a dart a little later.
Photo 5: Pin dart
Photo 4
The next step is to pin the dart across
the top of the windshield. At some
point along the curve, you'll determine
the best position to turn the horizontal
dart into one of only two vertical darts.
Every boat is different. Therefore, use
your discretion as to where this transition
is placed. Once the pinning is
complete, make reference marks across
the dart for sewing alignment purposes.
Photo 5
Photo 6: Sew darts
While in layout stage, remove the pins
and cut away excess fabric portions
between the two dart lines. If needed,
reinforce the areas that may be prone
to wear along the top of the windshield
and other areas throughout the cover.
Sew all darts. Finish with reinforcement
and binding around the edges. Once
the sewing is finished, check if your dart
alignment marks are still aligned. If they
are, you've done everything correctly.
On my small example cover, I estimate
that I was able to eliminate four vertical
darts. Eliminating these darts is not only
attractive, it reduces fabrication time.
Photo 6
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Photo 7: Expand on
this technique
Now, let's take the above technique even
farther. You don't see any vertical darts in
this full-size travel cover. On this project,
we have two horizontal darts on the port
side and two on the starboard side. Can
you see where the horizontal darts are?
By using the same methods as our
miniature cockpit cover, we marked a

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