What and how?

This video tutorial for beginners on the cutting technique was filmed at the numerous requests of visitors to the Couturier website.

Dresses with a skirt "sun" this season they are especially popular, but manufacturers and sellers of women's clothing refuse them because of the high consumption of fabric and, as a result, the high cost of the product.

Therefore, fashionistas have no choice but to sew these outfits themselves, using dress patterns for beginners, which you can download almost for free ...

Every novice couturier dreams not to depend on the patterns made by others, especially since free patterns, as they say, "happy with fire ..." ...

This video tutorial on cutting technique shows cutting the front half of women's trousers - PP.

This is one of the simplest models of trousers - ladies' trousers with a one-piece belt. Beginning couturiers can easily sew them.

The beginning of cutting a women's coat without a collar and a pattern, see. here.

There are two options for cutting the lining used by tailors: according to patterns and according to the product.

Let's start with the first method (Fig. 6, 7).

We start by “subtracting” the width of the facing and selection from the middle patterns of the back and front, and then adding a double allowance in the places of “subtraction” (Fig. 6).

Of course, if your patterns were cut at the waistline, they should be combined.

So, we glue the waist end-to-end with adhesive tape and simply cut off the facing and edge from the patterns of the middle parts of the shelf and back.

Please also note that the sleeve can be cut out by combining the pattern of the lower and upper halves, and add a double hem allowance of 6-7 cm along the bottom of the product.

The remaining allowances are the same as for the details of the "top".

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An economical lifestyle, one of the old trends in Europe, is starting to take root in our country. Of course, the "mysterious Slavic soul" resists this to the best of its ability, in particular, when it cuts fashionable dresses.

So how do you save fabric when cutting expensive dresses like New Look and Lolita dresses?

Or what to do if the fabric is not enough?

These questions are never asked, although novice couturiers buy these patterns more readily than others.

By the way, dress patterns in style "new bow" и "Lolita". You can download it almost for free and without registration on Vera Olkhovskaya's website. Size gradation from 42nd to 62nd. Another trend: puffies wear the same as their skinny ones ...

Contrary to the pessimistic expectations of novice couturiers, it is much easier to tuck in a sleeve with an assembly than a regular sleeve with a fit.

Consider in this video tutorial the details of this operation in two versions.

Option one is traditional, option two is trendy - when the sleeve is put on the armhole and secured with stitches.

In the description that is given after the video of the master class, only those aspects that are not included in this sewing lesson are considered ...

Connecting a sleeve to a cuff is not a difficult operation if you approach it wisely.

First of all, each previous operation should be carried out carefully and in a certain sequence.

First we perform on the sleeve spline и assemblyThen we make cuffs.

This video master class on sewing a blouse from Vera Olkhovskaya tells about all the stages of connecting a sleeve with a cuff: basting, sewing one side, sewing the other side and laying the finishing line...

This beginner sewing tutorial video shows a simple cuff suitable for women's blouses, men's shirts and children's clothing.

Please note that for very thin chiffon, the seam allowances are duplicated.

For fabrics that are denser and denser dubbing, it is undesirable to duplicate allowances ...

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When choosing the size of the pattern, you need to take into account not only the correspondence of your sizes with those used in the construction of the drawing, but also free-fit allowancesembedded in this pattern drawing.

If everything is simple with sizes - you can compare your measurements with values ​​from tables , according to which the patterns were made, it is very easy to get confused with the additions ...

The slot is only one of the elements that stands between the novice couturier and his success.

In this video tutorial on sewing, we will consider only one type of slots, which is suitable for such thin fabrics as chiffon...

A good question, given that the prices for patterns in the store of Vera Olkhovskaya's website start at 75 cents, which is cheaper thanm on other sites ...

But it's not even about the price! When buying a pattern that the seller positions as "cheap", you buy a pattern of only ONE size. Who can guarantee that this is exactly your size? ..

Here you have taken measurements... those same 20 measurements that make the drawing individual...

Let's say you have enough experience to take ALL of these measurements correctly and let's say these measurements match those taken by the pattern designer. But what increases he put into this single size is an equally important question.

Buying a pattern Vera Olkhovskaya, you buy a set of patterns in several sizes at once, and often several models, and you can choose the size you need after the purchase.

You can see how these clothing patterns look in the pictures (below) and in a short video

Now let me give you a simple example...