The amount of fabric required for sewing any product depends on its width, pattern and texture. With a complex pattern, the consumption of fabric increases. The quantity depends directly on the style chosen for sewing (the presence of yokes, welt pockets, detachable waist, folds), the presence of additional details in the form of a collar, cuff, belt. Also on the size of the person for whom the product will be sewn. Lack of fabric will force you to change the style, excess - will lead to unnecessary costs.
Quantity of fabric for dress or blouse
The fabric is 150 cm wide. Add 6-12 cm to the volume of the hips for a free fit, for 2-3 cm allowances, for seams 1 cm on each side. Fit within the width of the fabric? One length will be enough for a straight silhouette dress. If not invested, count the two lengths of the product with allowances. Calculate the fabric consumption. Dress length plus sleeve length. Add additional hem of the bottom of the dress and sleeves, seam allowances, to specify the length (in total, about 30 cm). Next, determine how much fabric will be needed for the collar, pockets, cuffs, belt and other details, if any. If the cut is a meter or 120 cm, two lengths of the product are taken for a dress or blouse.
When buying fabric, pay attention to the pattern, texture, location of the pile, if it is long and combed to one side. Such fabrics increase its consumption by at least half a meter in order to combine the desired pattern when cutting.
The amount of fabric per sundress
A dress to the floor of a straight silhouette. The length is determined by the length of the front shelves - from the top of the bodice through the top of the chest and to the intended bottom of the product. Add the hem of the sundress, the processing of the bodice, to clarify the length. One length of the product will be enough if the width of the hips plus a loose fit (6-12 cm) fits in 140 or 150 cm of the width of the fabric. Otherwise, you will need two lengths of the product, plus an increase in processing.
Long sundress with detachable waist. You can determine the volume of the fabric as follows. The length of the skirt from the waist to the bottom of the product, plus the height of the bodice, plus hem, plus length adjustment. If the bodice is cut in one piece, add the height of the bodice details according to the pattern, plus the tolerances and hemming, to the length of the sundress skirt plus hem. For a wide skirt of a sundress, you may need to buy fabric at the rate of two skirt lengths plus fabric for the bodice, plus hemming and hemming.
The amount of fabric per skirt
Straight classic skirt. With a fabric width of 150 cm, one length is enough, add allowances for processing the upper and lower cuts, plus a belt width of 10-12 cm. This calculation is suitable if the volume of the hips allows (it is considered as for a dress). One skirt length will be enough for a hip width of 88-104 cm. If your hips are wider, you need to take two skirt lengths plus processing the upper and lower cuts of the product.
For a sun skirt, you will have to buy more fabrics. If the length of the skirt and the calculated radius of the inner circle plus the hemming fit in the width of the fabric, then you can buy two lengths and the diameter of the waist notch. The inner radius is calculated as the girth of the waist divided by 2pi. If the fabric is 100-120 cm, four lengths and two diameters of the waist notch.
Before sweeping the sun skirt, hang the cut out parts for a day, fastening them at the waist to the dryer, and hang clothespins for the hood on the bottom of the wedges of the future skirt. Then re-measure the length of the product.
The amount of fabric for trousers
For trousers of the same length with a cut width of 150 cm, it is enough if your hips are no more than 92 cm wide. Add 25-30 cm to them for cutting additional parts and hemming. If the hip girth is 94 cm, a meter or more, you need to buy one and a half lengths of trousers with the addition of hemming. If the width of the fabric is less than 140 cm, you will need to buy two lengths of the garment plus hemming.
When calculating the amount of fabric for a product, you need to remember that the cutting of any product takes place taking into account the direction of the thread. Then the finished product will not be skewed, and you can go to the office in it. In this case, small savings can severely damage quality.
