How to cut economically New Look and Lolita dresses

Vera Olkhovskaya

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 ...

Patterns of dresses in the style of new bow and lolita for the lesson

Detailed cutting and tailoring of these models is discussed in the descriptions for them, so in we will focus only on various layouts.

The layout in fig. 1 - shows the wasteful cutting of the dress.

And in fig. 2, the opportunity has already been used to cut the facings of the armholes and the neck-sprout with additional stitches.

As has been said many times in my articles and videos on this topic, the facings are cut according to the same patterns as the dresses themselves, but from dublerin and without seam allowances.

So, in fig. 2 shows that the finished dubbing facings are placed on the lunges of the fabric left after cutting the back and front parts, but at the same time they are cut into fragments.

After that, seam allowances were added to them at the cutting points.

As you can see, the savings turned out to be insignificant.

You can read articles, as well as watch drawings and video tutorials on how to cut stitches with stitches in the section "Processing of necks, armholes, sides".

Rules for saving when cutting and patterns of fashionable dresses

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But, since I doubt that you will read and watch these materials, I will state the main rule: try to avoid additional stitches in the neck area, it is better to shift the cuts to the armhole and sprout area.

SymmetryThe exactness of the fragments will greatly facilitate your processing.

Now let's move on to Fig. 3 - and before laying out, cut the patterns of the side parts of the shelf and back along the waistline.

Of course, turnings will also have to be cut out with additional turnings, but the savings are already tangible - about 20%.

If necessary, the middle part of the backrest can be cut in the same way.

But in any case, it is highly undesirable that the cuts of the skirt coincide with the shared thread.

For those who want to save more than 20% of the fabric, in addition to the above, we can recommend narrowing the flare.

It is better to make a narrowing on the terrain in front.

This is the easiest and most effective way to save fabric, since the pattern does not even need to be cut, it is enough just to bend the “excess”.

Now, knowing all the secrets of an economical cut, I hope that you will lay out the patterns before buying fabric and this will allow you not to save on the quality of the material.

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