Making of the Blood Red Dress. Version 2.0. August, 2003 Index Step by Step Instructions by Lady Luke Skywalker V1.2 July, 2003 First of all please take note that these sketches are NOT to scale. If the BR dress is like the Requiem dress, in the original there will be an invisible zipper down the back. If any of these instructions don't make sense, please feel free to email me at ladylukeskywalker@excite.com. See more pictures in my scrapbook entry. This pattern is not "to scale"! Pattern Pieces Underdress 1 Front underdress. **Note** The underdress is not very full so it doesn't interfere with overdress drape.
Also, the 3" trim goes around the entire circumference of the underdress neckline and therefore overlaps the sleeves (if you are making the NON sleevecap version) otherwise, trim ends at the overdress line (look at it in the mock up stage **Note** for 60" or wider fabric, it is possible to do a full circle. Overdress 5 Overdress Front. Drafting and Cutting Instructions: **It is very important to do a mock up! 1. 2. 3. Wrap Dress Sweatshop | SEWN. I feel like a one-woman wrap dress sweatshop. I finished my fourth version of B5454 last night. Just in time to wear to the mommies’ class coffee this morning for Jack’s school. I love this version. The print is so me: it’s purple (natch!) And a little Japanese-y. I think I bought it Elliott Berman within the last two years. For this iteration, I changed the shoulder pleats into gathers. I love love love this dress. P.S. VintageSewing.info. Vintage Sewing Reference Library, Inc. offers free online access to public domain sewing books.
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The Modern Tailor, Outfitter and Clothier, A. Currently coding... Pattern Drafting & Grading, Women's and Misses' Garment Design, inluding junior's, sub-teens, teens, and half sizes by M. Design and create patterns for your 1957 wardrobe. Extreme Costuming. Yellow wool petticoat with bias tape trim (I did this one a while ago). It's now rather authentically moth-eaten, as it was stored in an attic for a while. This might be the first completely hand-sewn thing I ever made, I don't remember. I laid out the entire trim design and sewed it on before I cartridge-pleated the skirt, and originally it was open in front.
I didn't wear it much for years, since I'd miscalculated and made it too long, and it tripped me when I walked. It worked wonderfully, and now I have a nice wool skirt. Honestly, I am a big fan of wearing one's clothes out - a new outfit was a special thing for most Elizabethans, and even Queen Elizabeth had her clothes re-made from time to time to keep up with fashion. Recreating 16th and 17th Century Clothing: The Renaissance Tailor. Demonstrations>Pattern Development>Basic Pattern Drafting Does the thought of making your own patterns leave you in a cold sweat? Does the thought of making patterns for other people make your hands clammy? Are you working from a pattern that you've gotten to fit by changing it over a number of failed tries and mistakes in good fabric? This demonstration will show how to draft what is known as a "Basic Body Block" for the torso. What and Where to Measure - Get a fairly wide and long piece of paper.
To Start - On your body, find your natural waist and measure from there to where the clavicle bones meet at the hollow of your throat. Measure around your waist and divide this by four. Now measure from your natural waist to your arm pit or where ever you are most comfortable with your armseye landing. Measure your chest, making sure that the tape is around the widest part of your chest. As you can see in the example above, the addition of green line shows where your center side is. Creativity. Featured: Club Jacket by Sanmar In the fashion world, colour-blocking is in. You might fret that you look ridiculous wearing a burnt-orange shirt and navy-blue pants, but you will find that designers are actually creating single-piece garments in literal blocks of stark colour contrasts. For the daring fashionista, choosing contrasting colours from opposite ends of the colour wheel can result in surprisingly appealing combinations.
Here are the rules to the art of colour-blocking: Three is the magic numberKeep colours in the same familyBe loud and proudKeep it simple Discover analogous, triadic, and split-complementary colour combinations. You will need: * see Cutting Instructions to determine the yardage required as it is dependent upon the colour-block styling. ** zipper length = distance from top of collar to garment hem minus 1” [25mm]. Design Tip: Match colour of zipper to lightest fabric colour used in colour blocking Chest – measure around the upper torso just below the arms Body Grid.
Pattern-Making.