Cutting and sewing technique

Vera Olkhovskaya

The biggest difficulty for beginner couturiers is the processing of pockets.

The embossed pocket is one of the simplest and is suitable for those who want to sew a coat at home.

Only one rule should be observed: both pockets are performed in parallel. Details are cut out for both pockets, two flaps are made ... etc.

We will again talk about sleeves of the “flashlight” type, which are very easy to cut and very easy to tuck in and stitch.

At the heart of the sleeve pattern is a circle or part of a circle.

These "lanterns" are suitable for almost any ladies' or children's dress and can be only part of the sleeve.

So, we celebrate the New Year in the costume of the Snake.

By popular demand of visitors to the site "Couturier" I publish free pattern headgear "Cobra", which is very easy to sew with your own hands, even for beginner tailors (photo 1, fig. 1).

When patterns of traditional costumes for Snow Maidens и Santa Claus were ready, I decided to offer regular customers clothing patterns american snow maiden dress.

A photo of a support group was chosen as the basis.

This dress is very easy to make by yourself.

In this article, rasshow to cut and sew such a costume for an “adult girl”.

Let's start in order.

Little Red Riding Hood costume for adults consists of a cape with a hood, a blouse, a corset and a skirt.

A feathered skirt is another great model suitable for a children's New Year's costume.

As you can see in the examples, this skirt is also suitable for dance costumes (photo 1),

for costumes of Moths, Elves and Forest Fairies (photo 2), for traditional Snowflakes, and even for a Bee costume (photo 3).

To make such a skirt, a pattern is not required.

What’s more, you don’t even need a sewing machine.

Putting on a Snow Maiden costume for a girl is like winning a local beauty contest.

Therefore, the role of the Snow Maiden on New Year's holidays is the most desired.

In this article, we will look at how to cut a Snow Maiden's fur coat according to a finished pattern.

With this article, I continue a series of publications on how to cut and how to sew New Year's costumes for adults and children at home.

The fur coat of Santa Claus is a complex product, even for sewing according to a ready-made pattern made in full size.

One of the easiest ways to make adjustments to the styles sewn from ready-made patterns of dresses and skirts is to add simple pockets.

This type of pocket is also suitable for any jackets and vests.

Parsley - the hero of numerous Slavic fairy tales and one of the main characters in children's matinees (Fig. 1).

Consider how to sew a traditional Petrushka costume for a children's party based on free patterns by Vera Olkhovskaya.

As a basis, you can take an illustration from a fairy tale.