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I think I actually understand flat felled seams for the first time ever.

Before stitching darts, baste along the foldline of each dart through both fabrics, beginning 2 to 3 inches beyond the point of the dart. fold and sew the dart and remove the basting that extends beyond the dart point.

Denier is a term from Roman times when the weight of the denier coin was used as a measurement standard for the silk trade. Now it means the weight of the yarn per unit length. Which is why we use it to describe fancy nylons, the replacement for silk stockings.