Every girl wants to look great, but the prices of fashionable clothes have been biting lately. Modern fashionistas master sewing skills. With the help of imagination and a sewing machine, they create real masterpieces. You can, of course, find and print ready-made patterns, but it will be much better to sit individually sewn clothes. Recently, various collars have come into fashion, they are present on any clothing and look very stylish.
The difficulty of making patterns
Girls are taught to sew dresses and make patterns for them in almost every school, so any needlewoman can remember how to create a dress, pants or a skirt. But here with the pattern of the collar there may be problems. There are too many types of this product, and all of them simply could not meet the school curriculum. Needleworkers, long passionate about sewing, of course, know how to cut out any element of clothing, but there are not many such girls. Do not be afraid to try to sew complex elements. Each girl is able to independently carve out a beautiful collar, you just have to make a little effort on this.
Necessary tools
It all starts with the selection of tools for the pattern of the collar. In this case you will need:
- The paper from which the collar pattern will be cut. If you plan to use it further as the basis for creativity, it is best to choose durable material, for example, a small piece of whatman paper or cardboard.
- Pencil.
- Eraser.
- Ruler.
- Pattern.
- Centimeter tape for taking measurements or finished sizes.
After all the tools are ready, you can begin to work.
Stand collar
The pattern is necessary when sewing men's shirts, women's blouses or dresses. It is built with a fold, since it is calculated only on half the volume.
Progress in drawing up the pattern:
- First, a rectangle OVV3V2 is constructed, where the line OV is a fold. The height of the collar depends on the design decision of the future product.
- Next, postpone one centimeter from the extreme points (B3, B2).
- Find the middle of the long segments and draw through the resulting points with the help of a line pattern to points B and O.
The pattern of the stand-up collar is ready. This is one of the simplest types of collars, any girl can cope with the construction of his drawing.
Collar
The most popular, interesting and easy-to-make collar. There are several ways to build a collar-collar pattern. For starters, you can consider the easiest way. The whole process comes down to one action. A rectangle is cut out, the length of which corresponds to the length of the neck of the product. Cutting without fail produce oblique.
There is a huge variety of such collars: some of them are stitched to the product, some are cut out with a blouse or dress. The possibilities of constructing patterns of the collar-collar are limited only by the imagination of the needlewoman. A classic collar will look great both with an evening dress and with a casual blouse.
Detachable collar
A removable collar is able to complement the image and add the missing “highlight” to the outfit. Its feature is the lack of the need to grind this accessory to the product. The collar can be worn over clothes or serve as an independent decoration, like a pendant.
In the manufacture of this model will have to be extremely accurate, because there is a very delicate work that does not tolerate errors. First you need to choose the fabric for the collar, the width of the seam allowances will depend on this. The pattern of the detachable collar does not require accuracy; it should not ideally fit a dress or blouse. Coming up with the shape of such a product, you can give vent to imagination or copy a ready-made idea and just make some changes.
Collars are often embroidered with beads. To do this, they should be cut out of felt, this material behaves well when sewing jewelry. If the idea involves only a partial decoration of the product, then the front side of the thin fabric should be strengthened with several layers of non-woven fabric, bead according to the idea with beads, and only then connect it to the inside of the collar.
How to stitch the collar?
All patterns of collars for dresses (except for the removable version) are cut out exactly for the finished product. The process of sharpening the collar is final in sewing and is able to spoil the painstaking work. To prevent this from happening, it is best to use basting stitches. This measure will allow you to control the movement of tissue while working on the machine.
First, the upper side of the collar is attached to the neck, the seams are carefully ironed and they begin to complete the final line. It runs exactly at the junction of the upper part of the collar and the wrong side of the product. Stitches should be made small, you will have to work slowly, constantly adjusting the fabric and spreading it with your hands.
Pattern coat without a collar
Fashion is rapidly advancing, and now no one can be surprised with a summer coat without a collar. This item of clothing will help to warm up on a cool day, and at the same time it will look very stylish even in the middle of summer, and not only in early autumn or late spring.
To build a pattern of a coat without a collar, use the basic basis for the dress. She should be in the arsenal of every girl keen on sewing. The modeling process itself is not very complicated:
- The convenience of shoulder seams should be monitored. If the pattern is tried and improved, then there will be no problems with it, but in the case of the first use of the basic framework, some corrections may be needed.
- Alignment of the shoulder lines. They should match on the front and back halves of the product.
- Will have to expand the armhole, as the fabric for the coat is thicker than the costume. For this, a new line is indicated under the armhole a couple of centimeters lower than the previous one.
- Expand the pattern. 1 cm shelf and back, 2 cm armhole.
- A decrease in the depth of the neckline by about a centimeter.
- The neck of the shelf is increased by 3 cm.
- The lateral lines of the coat should expand to the bottom by 10 cm, and not be straight.
- Modeling the sleeves of the future coat.
After that, you can start cutting and sewing a coat. In the process of sewing, the product must be tried on and eliminated all defects as soon as possible. The processing of the neck is most often done using a yoke. This treatment of edges allows you to avoid unnecessary seams, the neck becomes soft and does not cause irritation on the skin.
Sewing is much simpler than it seems, and you should not be afraid to try to create a small collar or a whole coat. A girl who knows how to sew will always be fashionably dressed. This motivates many ladies to master the sewing machine and model new items of clothing.