#DRAWINGS AND FEELS, jebbybean: some random pages. need more? let me... Circle skirt calculator – for the drafting of full, half and 3/4 skirts. With bonus grading worksheet! Special Sunday greetings you naked molerats!
Since you’re so naked, I thought you might want to make yourselves some nice little circle skirts. And perhaps, like me, you find yourself with little mole rat patterns just a touch on the small side. But the grading of a circle skirt isn’t so easy, is it you naked rodents? Oh no, not so easy at all… OK. Recently I’ve been plotting about two separate circle-skirt related issues in my head. For molerats who are unfamiliar with circle skirts, here’s the difference between the three styles. For a much more interesting comparison, here’s a full circle skirt. {image Whirling Turban} Here’s the oh, so lovely three-quarter circle skirt. And a slightly pixelated half circle skirt… {image Get Go Retro} The other circle-skirt related problem I’ve been mulling over has to do with grading up circle skirts.
OK, I admit I usually grade up my circle skirts the ‘wrong’ way. My problem is (hopefully) solved! Okee dokee. Whew! OK! There we have it! Sailor pants or shorts for kids. All Free Sewing - Free Sewing Patterns, Sewing Projects, Tips, Video, How-To Sew and More. Sleeves, Necklines, Collars, and Dress Types. I’ve recently ventured into drafting patterns starting from my basic bodice and skirt sloper.
The fit issues are minimal, since the sloper is made skin tight. Design ease is added as you go along. I found these reference pictures useful for ideas on basic sleeves, necklines, collars, and dress types. These are from Vogue Sewing, circa 1982. Sew_loli: Tutorial: One-piece with Gathered Sleeves. Gathered Sleeve One-piece Dress Tutorial A guide to making this style of one-piece: Fairly easy, although some familiarity with using patterns and basic making-up will be needed.
I had a couple of questions about how much fabric etc. this takes, so here are some estimates: for a size roughly 24"-36" waist, 34"-40" bust, skirt 20" long (including hem ruffle), with short sleeves: 2.5 metres/3 yards of 45" wide fabric*, or 2 metres/2.5 yards of 60" wide. That's only a rough estimate; whenever I've made one of these dresses, it has been in 45" fabric from sellers who only do whole metres and sell in yards, so I bought 3.
I never checked exactly how much was left but there was enough to make a couple of head bows, at least. It can take anything from 3 to 8 metres of elastic depending on size and how much shirring you use. This can be adapted to several styles, providing they share the same type of gathered sleeve. The basic style is made of a separate skirt and bodice, attached at the waist.
Directory of Free Sewing Patterns, Tutorials and Projects. How To Turn Your Dress Ideas Into Reality By Making A Custom Pattern. Jenna!
You continue to astound and amaze us with your just do it your own damn self awesomeness! As stated below - this is really pattern draping, but the BEST source I've found for actual flat pattern drafting using slopers (the basic building blocks of every garment pattern piece) is "The Theory of Fashion Design", by Helen Brockman. It's from 1965, and is a super fantastic source of the hows and whys of how the elements of a design work together, and then how that all translates into your drafted pattern pieces. The sample designs are at once classic, kitsch, and insanely informative.
Once you set up your first set of personal slopers and start flat pattern drafting, you're pretty much hooked! Flagged Aha. I have done plenty of pattern drafting on paper, from measurements, but I think that process would be hard for me to convey in a step-by-step tutorial. That book sounds fantastic — and it looks like it's on Alibris.