How to sew a straight dress with their own hands?

Each woman must sometimes make their own hands something beautiful and practical, because it improves mood and increases self-esteem. If your wardrobe yet not a single dress created by you personally for itself, we offer to fill this gap by stitching a new thing - a direct free dress silhouette.

The definition of the size of

In order to sew a dress by yourself, no matter is taken from the magazine finished pattern or build their own, need to make measurements of the figure.

To build a pattern of simple straight dress free silhouette for standard shapes, enough to know the length of the circumference of the chest or hip, depending on what is wider and long dresses. Since the self-produce on itself such measurements are not possible, the need for human assistance, familiar with the sewing business.

Waist should not be very tight tie an elastic band. Wear should be a linen and shoes, which are supposed to wear this thing, and record all measured values.

of tape should fit snugly to the body, do not pinch it. Length is measured on the back of the seventh cervical vertebra to the hem.

If the model Cut through the waist, then made four dimensions. On the back - from the seventh cervical vertebra to the waist and from the waist up, given the convexity of the buttocks, to the hem. Over the front - from the point of joining the shoulder with a neck through the most protruding part of the chest to the waist and from waist to hem. In these measurements should follow the vertical advancement of tape.

• The length of the chest circumference is measured at the most protruding part of it. It is necessary to stretch the tape measure across the armpits, trying to comply with in relation to the horizontal position of the floor. Half value is used to determine the size, and for the construction of the pattern - one fourth.
• The waist length is measured by an elastic band.
• hip circumference is measured at the outermost points of the buttocks. The line is carried out horizontal to the floor.
• Sleeve length measured from the outer side of the arm slightly bent at the elbow, from the point of joining the shoulder with the forearm to the wrist.
• The length of the arm circumference is measured at the widest part of the forearm.
• Shoulder length - from the junction with the neck to the junction with the forearm.

Construction of patterns for direct narrow sheath dresses may require up to fifty dimensions, but it is the power of tailor skilled enough, do not work with a dummy and not having the ability to do the fitting.

First, with the help of a scale bar is pattern dress base with all the darts, shoulder length, deep armholes, which are accepted in vogue at the moment. Based on this pattern the desired model is constructed. Then, drawing is transferred to the heavy paper in physical size, cut, and expanded on tissue outlines the contours. Inexperienced seamstress to do half of patterns and solid.

Sew straight dresses free silhouette enough width desired things, its length and sleeve length. Everything else is specified in the fitting.

Construction of a pattern

Building pattern on paper - this is a very convenient method of creating clothes. It is widely used in Soviet schools of the labor class. It is usually used in the studio and clothing manufacture. Factories make universal pattern of simple models in several sizes for absolutely symmetrical shapes. In a small studio in the first place, saving on fitting, secondly, take into account that a person for 2-3 months until sew his clothes, may get better or lose weight. Recorded on paper protected cutter figures on customer complaints. Despite the obvious inconvenience, many insist that it is - the only and the best options for work on the clothing. Now often modeled on a computer using special software.

Dressers, working in theater and film, used very different methods. The dress is very convenient to simulate on a mannequin with adjustable sections. It prick calico, and with the help of pins, chalk and scissors necessary changes are made. Created in this manner a cloth pattern can be used repeatedly for sewing various garments.

If no dummy, we can take ready-made clothes patterns, find your size, move the selected patterns on a large sheet of paper, make changes according to your figure and growth, cut and transferred to the segment of tissue from which it is planned to sew a dress.

Modern styles quite economical

Modern fashion - these are styles that are often only need a single length of fabric width of 1, 5 m to sew a dress straight cut sleeveless a standard figure, it is only one or two meters of cloth.. Of course, if the material has a complicated pattern, involving a certain symmetry, or lint, requiring compliance direction, and there is no intention to perform a drape.

Calculation of the amount of tissue

A simple straight dress with sleeve requires one length plus the fabric sleeve length. For hem allowances for joints and adds more material of 15-20 cm, prone to shrinkage during the heat treatment, -. 5% is more to the length of the cut. Collar, pockets and belt are also taken into account and added to the length of the dress. Experimental dressmaker can make elegant small direct dress-cut case of size 1, 5x1, 5 m. This number fit and reduce tissue resulting desizing and seam allowances and minor finishing elements.

Free or adjacent?

No such figures on which it would be impossible to pick up a complimentary dress straight cut. Freelance model decorate a thin woman, visually adding the required volume in those places where it is needed. Corpulent figure in a spacious dress will look slimmer and sleeker.

Direct Dress (photos demonstrate it) may have a simple template and model look "haute couture". Of course, the thing is modeled exactly on the figure, it is equipped with buckles and pockets, consisting of numerous podkroynyh parts, having a kind of a straight silhouette and evoke the feeling that the figure of the ideal woman - is the work of the high-class masters.

A beautiful soul and a beautiful dress - it is right

Straight dress (photos you can see in this article) can be both free and adjacent or semiadherent silhouette. It is important to choose one that will present a specific figure in the most advantageous light. I do not think that the protruding stomach, stooped shoulders, full arm, short legs, broad neck, and so on - it is the nature of the sentence and must come to terms with it. These things are quite easily corrected with properly selected clothing style.

The fashionable, convenient and beautiful straight dress with their own hands can make any woman ready to give this process a few days. You only need to make some effort. If a woman knows how to handle a needle and thread and scissors, the handle and sewing dresses.

Every woman can become a fashion designer for itself

What distinguishes the professional from the amateur tailor? The first is able to assess any shape and build the perfect recipes for all shapes and sizes. A lover, as a rule, is focused only on a very limited spectrum: on yourself, your child, a friend. For work, he takes the ready pattern of good magazines and uses already invented by someone cuts. It's not bad. After the fabric and decoration lover chooses independently. His product is always unique and definitely better than bought in a store that sells mass-produced clothing.

The first questions that should answer

At the ladies wish to acquire a new office or a festive garb, among the first question arises: "How to sew a straight dress and where to start?" Straight dress with his hands begin to do with the analysis of the situation in which it is to be worn: it is planned a thing for once or every day?

Next, select a style, view logs, studied manner of dress of his colleagues, friends and just people around them.

The next stage - a shopping trip tissues. The material should be sufficiently easy to process and have as good quality, otherwise why sew?

Good fabric - half of success

High-quality fabrics are expensive, but the clothes sewn by yourself, always cheaper than ordered in the shop or bought in the store.

For the first things better choose ramming material made of natural cotton. Silhouette - free, straight. Dress pattern which is in front of you, is a model, not burdened by any darts or seams or decorative elements.

The classic pattern - a win-win

Not very skilled seamstress will do no wrong, opt for fabrics with a classic pattern such as crow's feet or fine Pepita cells. First, in such a figure is not noticeable slight unevenness lines. Secondly, calm, classic pattern will allow supplement the outfit with different accessories, changing the mood of the entire set. Thirdly, such a print never goes out of fashion.

A detailed analysis of style

Our dress is a direct model with several elongated low shoulder line and armhole. It is enough to free the sleeve does not require complicated calculation patterns. Most importantly, the armhole length sleeves and a head was the same. In this model, the excess fabric can be easily removed in the side or bottom seams of the sleeves. Silhouette, proposed by us as versatile and suitable for many women - not quite straight. Dress pattern that matched us for aspiring seamstress, has the form of "bull" or "oversayz". This is one of the options considered direct. Cutout-boat emphasizes the beauty of the long and thin neck, but not suitable for short and full. Shape cutout is always necessary to verify on their appearance. If the neck is not long, it can be visually elongated triangular or oval neckline.

This dress has no back seam - side only. If desired, you can make the seam on the back and insert the zipper or perform button down closure.

The initial treatment of fabric against shrinkage

Having defined the style, and in our case - this is a direct dress in the style of "oversayz" and bought the fabric for it, an experienced dressmaker always makes dekatirovku. This simple procedure takes just half an hour, but for materials of natural fibers is essential. She is steaming. In other words, the fabric should be ironed with a hot iron through a damp proutyuzhilnik. Material will shrink, and the thing does not sit after washing.

sewing sequence

After dekatirovki can be cut. Direction common thread must match the verticals - the body axis at a lowered hands. Seam sides, armholes and sleeves - 2 cm neckline -. 1 cm and bottom hem sleeves -.. 4 cm They must draw around chalk paper and cut a pattern thereon.

First stitched shoulder seams. Check balances. Then sewed the sleeves armholes. Then single stitch performed side seams and the seams of sleeves. Pockets should not do. This is a fairly laborious operation. Specifies the shape and depth of the throat. It should be very carefully handle podkroynoy detail. All seams after the connection is necessary to iron and obmotyvat against fraying. Latest filed sleeves and hem.

Indulge in new clothes and Staple simple but fashionable and elegant straight dress, you can be on the same the pattern to create a coat without a collar or blouse. To coat should be added in front of 1, 5 cm for fastener buttons. You can sew a blouse with a collar-collar, a cut on the bias, and the bottom draw bar.