Dresses in the wardrobe of every woman have a special place. It is this garment that can emphasize all the advantages of the figure and make the image as feminine, delicate, sophisticated as possible. The variety of styles allows each member of the fair sex to choose exactly the model in which all the bends of the female figure will be presented in a favorable light.
Squeak fashion - high waist
Pattern dresses with a shifted waist can be a real find for needlewomen, because these dresses today are at the peak of popularity. Such a thing is able to make the silhouette slimmer and hide the existing figure flaws in the hips and abdomen. A dress with a high waist is a lifesaver for fashionistas, since you can wear it for a walk, for a business meeting, or for a restaurant. And for those who can sew, this is a great option to practice, to create a stylish and fashionable outfit with your own hands.
Women's dress pattern
First, you need to develop a dress pattern with a high waist. To do this, you should immediately think over all the shaped lines, namely: what will be the skirt, neck and sleeve. It would be nice to draw a model of the future dress on a piece of paper, so that it would be easier to navigate when creating a pattern. Next, measure the volume of the chest, waist, hips and the distance between these horizontal lines, as well as the width of the shoulder, the height of the chest, the length of the front and back to the waist. After all measurements are made, you can begin to build a dress pattern with a high waist. This process consists of several stages:
- On a large sheet of paper draw a vertical line with a height equal to from the beginning of the base of the neck to the length of the finished product.
- On the vertical mark the point of the chest, waist and hips.
- A quarter of the taken measurements are laid off from them and connected by a vertical smooth line.
- About 10 cm recede from the waist line and draw a horizontal line. As a result, the lower part of the dress will come out.
- Details are cut and proceed to the formation of the top. To begin with, from the upper point of the main vertical, lay 4 part of the neck girth measure and draw the neck.
- From the point laid on the line of the neck, the shoulder width is laid aside and lower it by about 1.5 cm.
- Down from the edge of the shoulder line mark the depth of the armhole. Round it off.
- From the middle of the shoulder line, the height of the chest is measured and a triangle with a base of 1.5 cm is cut from the lateral section to this point. This will be a tuck for the chest.
To design the back, tucks are not made, but the back is shortened by 1.5 cm. The neckline is not cut as deep as the front.
Modeling a sleeve
A dress pattern with a high waist and sleeves will not be a problem even for beginners. In order to build a short half-sleeve, it is necessary to extend the shoulder line by 5-7 cm. Next, from the side cut line at the depth of the armhole, form the second line of the sleeve. In the same way, you can make a long sleeve, or ¾.
Children's dress pattern
A high-waist children's dress pattern is even easier to build than for a woman. Here you do not need to make tucks for the chest and draw a line of bending of the hips. For a child, the lower part of the dress can be made in the form of a trapeze, or even take a rectangular piece of fabric of the required length and collect it with bow or simple folds. Here it is only important to calculate the cutting width of the material. To do this, measure the volume along the sewing line of the top of the dress and skirt, multiply this measure by two and add a couple more centimeters for free fitting. The top of the dress is also built quite simply. For those who are not very friendly with mathematical calculations and measurements, you can take a suitable children's t-shirt, turn it inside out and circle the shoulders, side seams, neck and armholes around the contour. Many craftswomen resort to this method in order to create a basis by which a variety of styles can be modeled, including a dress pattern with a high waist.
It is worth noting that if a knitted fabric is taken for sewing the upper part, then you can not make increases for free fitting. But if the fabric does not stretch, you should add a centimeter from each section so that the thing does not constrain movements.
We sew
Sewing such a product is also carried out in several stages. First, the dress pattern with a high waist is transferred to the fabric, add allowances for the seams and cut out all the details. Next, proceed to assembly. To do this, connect the details of the top face inward. Suture the shoulder seams. Tucks are fixed and side sections are connected. After proceeding to the bottom of the dress. Connect the side sections. Next, stitch together both parts.
Decorative elements
To give the product an original look, it should be decorated. There are several basic techniques that will allow you to create an interesting thing:
- The combination of contrasting fabrics. For example, the classic version: black bottom and white top. Different tones of the same color or bright combinations of individual colors look good, as well as contrasting transverse stripes, side inserts.
- Rhinestones, appliques and fabric flowers will be an excellent decoration for a plain dress.