sewing a prom dress
I made a prom dress recently, and decided to film some of it. While this isn’t really a full on tutorial, it will give budding designers and fashionistas alike an idea of what goes into making a dress. 1. Draft a sloper. I take a piece of fabric and I drape it over the person. I cut away any fabric that is obviously in the way (armholes, neck hole, etc.). And then I pin it in a few key places to anchor (the apex of the bust and the center seam). Then I smooth the fabric with my hand to move any wrinkles into darts. There are basically 3 places you should make darts: -waist to bust -side to bust -shoulder These can be adjusted, moved, or rotated later, if you so wish. Once I am satisfied with the sloper, I will sketch the outline of the dress that I want. For example, for this dress I would have sketched in a v-neckline, ad then also sketched in a curved, scooped back. 2. I cut the pattern up. First along the outline/shape that was sketched in, and then along the darts or side seams. I then lay this piece of fabric on a some graph paper and sketch it’s outline. The paper I use is genius. It’s that big graph paper that, like, math teachers use. I was looking for big graph paper to draft patterns with, and I went to several art stores looking for what I had in mind. And while I could find a lot of graph paper pads that were big enough, the graph itself was too small, Like 1mm grid. And while technically this would work, the tiny grid was just to small to be helpful, since …
February 6th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
I love the dress, I think you did very well but? it was a little hard to follow.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Yeww…its making? dizzy,,,
February 6th, 2013 at 12:45 pm
The dress was so great, she got TWO dates.? XD
February 6th, 2013 at 12:53 pm
OMG! I am? so dizzy!! loll!
February 6th, 2013 at 1:52 pm
respect?
February 6th, 2013 at 2:11 pm
hi:) u have an amazing talent!! how long did it take? u to make that dress?
February 6th, 2013 at 2:35 pm
It always amazes me the talent the people have. You should go on one of those TV fashion shows! ?
February 6th, 2013 at 3:26 pm
wow? thats really pretty
February 6th, 2013 at 4:16 pm
how long did? it take you?
February 6th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
and? i mean like designs or something
February 6th, 2013 at 5:47 pm
itwas great but i? need to learn how to add stuff to a dress, i know trying to do this at age 13 but i need to learn sooner!! beautiful dress.
February 6th, 2013 at 6:35 pm
wow? than y didnt u just by a ready made dress?
February 6th, 2013 at 6:50 pm
why? r their eyes covered? and urs arent?
February 6th, 2013 at 6:57 pm
how did you learn to pattern draft?? did you go to fashion school? great work!
February 6th, 2013 at 7:18 pm
WOOW! that is A HELL OF? A LOT of work
February 6th, 2013 at 7:47 pm
very? nice
February 6th, 2013 at 8:03 pm
Did you get paid for? making this?
February 6th, 2013 at 8:20 pm
Wow the vid made me dizzy ..
Great work though !?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:15 pm
how much fabric did you use
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February 6th, 2013 at 9:49 pm
how? much fabric