How to Sew a Dress with Your Hands, Without Having a Special Experience

How to sew the dress itself? Let's be honest, this is not an easy task. We are talking about setting this task for those who do not often take up the thread with a needle, but possesses certain skills. That is, we are talking about lovers making clothes with their own hands on relatively simple patterns, but suitable for the process with imagination.

However, to sew a dress - not so difficult, as it may seem at first glance. The main thing is a desire that can largely replace the experience. And also you need to be patient, in order to perform the task correctly and in stages.  

If you decide to sew a dress yourself, then, as far as you can guess, your goal is to get something unusual, something that is not in the store. The choice in stores today, of course, is endless, but there are times when you need to get a style that suits you, but at the moment it is not in a trend. Or, perhaps, you want a dress of exactly the color of ultramarines with black ornaments. Well, where can you buy this right now? Therefore, you have to create yourself.

The most important thing in a dress is, strangely enough, not a style, no size and no material. In the dress that we want to sew ourselves, the main thing is the pattern. How to sew a dress without a pattern? No way. It's impossible. The pattern must be flawless, professionally designed and understandable. It must be found at all costs. In magazines, on the Internet or at girlfriends - it does not matter. Without a pattern, do not even try to try to cut the fabric - just spoil it.

In this season in a fashion dresses-transformers. They look original, allow you to make permanent changes to your appearance and are quite comfortable to wear. In addition, out of all possible models, they are the simplest in the technology of tailoring. Especially for non-professionals.

How to sew a dress- transformer?

This dress is really quite simple to sew yourself. The main difficulty in this process is not in making patterns, cutting the material and sewing as such. The main point here is the correct drapery.

The fabric for such a dress should be carefully selected. It should not just be beautiful. It should be able to serve the purposes of functionality. That is, as already mentioned, the fabric should be able to lay out soft waves and turn into beautiful draperies.

The dress will need about 3 meters of fabric. A good option is a two-sided, very elastic jersey. Pattern can be found in any fashion magazine, which quite successfully can tell how to sew a dress, and are supplied with the corresponding drawings.

It is important in the process of "building" the dress to pay special attention to the processing of seams. This should be done as carefully as possible. Because even with all the sophistication and originality of the resulting model, untidy seams can give away the artisanal origin of our "exclusives". It is best to over tighten the seams professionally.

It is easy to sew such a dress. But before starting work, carefully consider a similar model, which, for sure, will be found in the wardrobe of a sister or neighbor.

Start the work with the removal of measurements. There are several basic measures. Merka A - chest girth, B - height of the belt, measurement C - distance from the bottom edge of the belt to the knee, and also from the knee to the collarbone.

Dress-transformer is assembled from three main parts: the main part, belt and ties.

Ties are made from the main fabric of the dress. The width of the ties should be about 1.5 cm, length - 3 meters.

Belt along the length should be equal to the girth of the chest and thread on the ring.

To make the main part, you need to take a rectangle of fabric along the pattern, fold it in half and make a notch over the bend for stitching the belt.

Next is just to choose the length of the dress.

The sewn dress should be tried on in front of the mirror and begin to train in the aesthetic draping of the novelty.