You can buy a beautiful, elegant dress for a little girl in the store. But isn't your little princess worthy of a truly unique, exclusive outfit? You can sew a dress for a special occasion with your own hands, you just need to carefully follow all the tips and recommendations, carefully approach the choice of material and practice a little.
It is necessary
- • 1.5 m of fabric for a dress;
- • 70 cm tulle or mesh for a petticoat;
- • wide elastic band;
- • scissors;
- • threads to match the fabric;
- • oblique inlay;
- • lace, rhinestones, sequins, fabric flowers
Instructions
Step 1
An elegant dress for a girl can be sewn from silk, satin, crepe satin, knitwear, brocade, taffeta and similar materials. Use a veil, chiffon, crystal or organza to make a skirt. To make the skirt more luxuriant, sew a tulle or mesh petticoat.
Step 2
Take measurements of your little model. To do this, tie the waistline with a tape and measure its length. In addition, you will need the following measurements: bodice length, skirt length, sleeve length, wrist circumference. The length of the bodice is equal to the distance from the shoulder seam to the tape at the waist. The length of the skirt is measured from the waistline to the desired hemline. The length of the sleeve is taken from the shoulder seam through the elbow to the desired sleeve line. The girth of the hand is measured at the thinnest part of the hand.
Step 3
When all the measurements are made, you can start the pattern. The easiest way to make a pattern is to use a jersey T-shirt that fits the girl well. Place the T-shirt on a piece of Whatman paper and carefully trace around the back and front.
Step 4
To get a pattern for the front of the dress, you need to transfer the measurements of the bodice length to the front of the T-shirt and mark with chalk the bottom line along which you need to cut the fabric. The trimmed part of the front should be placed on the back and also trimmed.
Step 5
The sleeve pattern is done as follows: outline the sleeve of the T-shirt on a sheet of paper, then draw a vertical line from the top of the ridge on the resulting drawing and mark the length of the sleeve on it. Through this point, you need to draw a perpendicular line on which mark half the measurement of the girth of the hand. Connect the marked points on the sleeve edge line with the points on the armhole with straight lines. Finally, cut out the sleeve.
Step 6
Now you need to make a pattern for the back, front, sleeves on the fabric. To do this, lay the front and back on the fabric and outline them with chalk. Do not forget to mark the line of the fastener on the back, from 10 to 15 cm long. In the same way, outline the paper sleeve on the fabric, then turn the pattern over to the other side and outline the second sleeve. To the cuts on the shoulders, armholes of the front and back, add 1.5 cm to the seams. To the side cuts, front and back waist cuts, the bottom of the sleeves - 1.5-2 cm. To the sleeves' edges - 1.5 cm. To the bottom, front, elbow cuts - 1.5-2 cm. Add an allowance to the neck cuts do not.
Step 7
Now you need to cut out details from the remnants of the fabric: a strip along an oblique thread for processing the neck (3-3.5 cm wide), a strip for processing a fastener (5-5.5 cm wide), a strip for a skirt (length 1.8-2 m, two lengths of a skirt plus 2 cm wide). You will also need a belt for your belt.
Step 8
We proceed directly to the sewing process. First, sew straight hand stitches from the neckline in the middle of the back, overcast the seam edges. On the front side of the back, baste the seam, applying it face down and with a raw cut in the direction of the neck. Then along the fastener lay two parallel lines, the distance between them should be 0.5-0.8 cm. Make a cut between the lines, not reaching the end of 0.1-0.2 cm. Turn the piping to the wrong side of the back and straighten the edges of the fastener … Along the edges of the fastener, insert finishing stitches 0.5 cm long.
Step 9
Then connect the shoulder sections and straighten them without ironing them out. Tape the neckline with an open cut edge seam and overcast.
Step 10
Sew the sleeves into the bodice armholes. Connect the tops of the cuffs with the shoulder seams, slightly adjusting the cuffs of the sleeves. Sew the sleeves into the 1.5 cm wide armholes, running the stitch along the sleeve, and overcast the cuts. Remember to remove the threads at the end of this process.
Step 11
Now you need to connect the cuts of the sleeves and the side cuts of the bodice. To do this, they must be folded with the front side inward, pinned with a pin and sewn the cuts of the sleeves and bodice without interrupting the stitching.
Step 12
The next step is to process the bottom of the sleeve. To do this, you need to sweep its lower cuts, stitch 1-1.5 cm on the wrong side.
Step 13
Processing the skirt of an elegant dress is as follows. First of all, you need to grind a strip of curtain silk and iron the seam. The longitudinal section of the skirt must be stitched, leaving an open, unstitched seam 1 cm wide. Sew the machine stitch at a distance of 1.5 cm from the second edge of the skirt. The second line is laid at a distance of 0.2-0.3 cm from the first line. No holds are placed at the beginning and end of these lines. Pull off the thread ends of these machine stitches and distribute the gathers evenly. The length of the gathered section of the skirt should be equal to the length of the bottom section of the bodice. This gathered hem is pinned to the bodice, and the seam of the skirt aligns with the middle of the back. Sew the skirt to the bodice, guiding the seam towards the skirt.
Step 14
Fold the lower section of the skirt, which was stitched, to the wrong side and cover the sewing line of the skirt to the bodice with it. Pin on the side seams, in the middle of the front, in the middle of the back. Make sure that the skirt remains flat, not skewed. The stitched edge of the skirt should be hemmed with hand diagonal stitches, so that folds are formed. Remove the pins gradually.
Step 15
Now you need to process the belt of the dress. Fold the ribbon you prepared for this in half with the smart side out and sew along the edges. The width of the seam should be 0.1-0.2 cm. Connect both parts of the tape. You can attach a flower, bow or other decoration to the belt.
Step 16
At the end of the clasp, make a thread loop and work over it, and sew a button on the other part of the clasp.
Step 17
The finished dress can be decorated with embroidery, lace, fabric flowers, sequins or rhinestones. The outfit for your girl for a solemn event is ready!
