How to sew several dresses in one pattern

Vera Olkhovskaya

As a basis, we take a bodice with one tuck.

The finished bodice pattern can be downloaded here almost free complete with a flared skirt pattern and two patterns of puffed sleeves.

Variations of cutting skirts we have already considered in the description article to the original model.

Now let's talk about the variations of the bodice "proposed and approved" by visitors to the "Couturier" website and members of the "Cut, sew and free patterns" groups.

The style shown in the photo 1. We only model the shelf pattern.

In this case, it is not necessary to download the finished pattern, you can use your personal base bodice (see Fig. 1 in the article "Old ideas of modeling the bodice").

As you can see, two incisions should be made (Fig. 1a): under the breast and above the breast.

It is very important, not only the position of both cuts and the distance between them.

The latter should be 2 - 4 cm larger than the width of your bra cup.

Focusing on underwear is one of the main features of women's patterns used for sewing dresses of tight and tight silhouettes.

From this statementThe advice is to get bras of the same shape, as you should take measurements, try on and wear a dress in the same bra.

If there is any doubt about where the modeling lines will go, measure their position on the figure.

When the position of the cut lines is clarified, we cut the shelf pattern and close the waist tuck, and transfer the rest of the breast tuck down (Fig. 1 b, c).

We expand the sprout and at the same time it can not even be deepened. Although, the sprout correction can be left for fitting.

On the finished bodice (Fig. 2), only one arcuate incision under the breast can be made, and change the neckline on the fitting.

In any case, do not forget that the waist allowance should be at least 3 cm (Fig. 3).

Like I'm already somewhereI wrote that such a wide allowance has a dual purpose.

First, if the dress shrinks after washing, the bodice can be lengthened.

Second: by tying the bodice with a narrow elastic band, you can very accurately outline the line for attaching the skirt.

It is important to understand that the position of the waist line of the product greatly affects the visual characteristics of the figure.

All ladies and girls want to be long-legged and here is one trick that I hasten to share.

For figures with a visually long torso and low waist, it is better to shorten the bodice by 2-3 cm.

And for figures with a visually short torso and long limbs, respectively, lengthen.

Now let's move on to photo 2 - a dress with a lowered shoulder and a skirt "sun".

Skirt pattern "sun" - flared You can build according to the description. It's very simple.

Give me one moreanother tip: make a template for the lunge of this skirt and it will be easy for you to cut any "suns" - circled the lunge and added length!

A lowered shoulder pattern can be made on any basis (Fig. 4).

To do this, you only need to extend the shoulder by 5 cm and lower it by 2 cm.

If you want to complement your off-the-shoulder dress with a “lantern” sleeve, you can unmodel it on the basis of a straight short sleeve, after cutting off the same 5 cm along the rim.

Do not confuse a dropped shoulder with a mini-sleeve (photo 3).

Such a sleeve reaches approximately the level of the lower rim (Fig. 5) and is cut out from the pattern of the base of the sleeve.