This outfit is timeless and fashion. It is suitable for office, walk, evening out, friendly meeting. It can be sewn from fabric of any color, texture, density. This truly universal thing is a sheath dress.
If you make it from cotton or light linen, the outfit will be ideal for summer sunny days. Pastel or floral shades are the prerogative of a romantic dress. In strict gray variations, you can turn into a business lady, and black wool or flowing expensive silk is a great choice for an evening outfit. Although almost the same pattern is used for all models, the sheath dress may vary in color, texture, and accessories. One thing remains unchanged: it will provide its owner with a very feminine, elegant and seductive look. Therefore, there is almost no such clothing store in which this outfit does not hang. However, the pattern of the sheath dress is not so complicated that it could not be sewn independently, taking into account the individual characteristics of the figure.
Modeling patterns
All variations of such a dress have several general rules: a perfect fit along the figure and a length just above the knee (or to the knees). As the pattern of the sheath dress shows, the first criterion is ensured by the proper arrangement of the grooves and the zipper on the back or in the side seam. Of course, all measurements must be taken with maximum accuracy. Only then will you achieve a soft-fitting effect that emphasizes all the bends of the body.
Sheath dress can be sleeveless or with a small sleeve. As a rule, he does not have a collar, and the neckline has a semicircular shape. The outfit may be detachable at the waist, but in some models this seam is missing.
So, how is the pattern of a sheath dress constructed ? Based on the basic pattern of any dress that is remade due to the unique features of the desired model. That is, a more adjacent silhouette is modeled, sleeves are removed, recesses on the back and chest are drawn. In principle, for any, even a beginner, dressmaker, this will not be difficult.
The order and features of sewing
When the pattern of the sheath dress is ready, you can start sewing. First, the undercuts are swept away, after they need to be stitched and ironed towards the middle. Side seams are stitching. If the dress is not cut off at the waist, zipper is sewn into the corresponding seam on the back. It can be secret, which will give the clasp more aesthetics.
If the outfit has sleeves, it is time to sew them into the armholes. Then the neckline is cut out (for a sleeveless dress, the dressing of the armhole is also needed). It is a strip of fabric with a width of 3 or 4 cm, which is drawn exactly according to the neckline of the front and back. It remains to tuck and hem the bottom, iron all the seams, try on - and you can fully be proud of having sewed a beautiful sheath dress with your own hands .
The pattern can be taken from anywhere, even from a grandmother's chest. The main thing is to refine it, make the necessary changes, taking into account the features of your own figure. And then no friend can guess in what boutique you bought such a seductive, perfectly fitting, eye-catching sheath dress!