Assignment #1 - Basic Block

The introduction to draping begins with the drape of the Basic dress foundation. Though the basic dress has no particular style or designs it is related to:  every garment in your clothing collection, every design created, and every pattern developed.

It represents the very foundation on which designs, pattern making and fit is based. 

The basic dress fits the outer lines of the figure, bridging the hollow areas around the bust, abdomen, buttocks, and between the shoulder blades. The garment has sufficient ease for comfortable movement without the appearance of stress. The sleeve hangs perfect alignment with the relaxed arm and has 1ess and cap ease. The skirt hangs straight from the hipline, width the hem parallel to the floor.  The fit of the dress is controlled by darts.

The drape of the basic dress foundation introduces the relevant information about balance, ease, and fit. 

Refer to Chapter 4 in Draping For Apparel Design for the following Steps:

1. Measure, tear, and prep muslin
2. Drape Basic Skirt
3. Drape Basic Bodice
4. True and Fit Basic Block Drape
5. Transfer drapes to dot paper to draft patterns from Basic Block Drapes
6. Draft a basic sleeve 
7. Cut and Sew Basic Block in muslin
8. Set Basic Sleeve into Bodice
9. Evaluate Basic Bodice Fit, and correct
10. Make basic block slopers out of manilla paper (oaktag)

After the fit sample and slopers are made, you will be creating a pattern card and spec sheet to turn in with them.  The information listed at the top of these technical documents should match the information on your patterns. You may use a pre-printed pattern card from a design supply store, or you may download and print this one.  If you print my version, mount it on manilla or put it in a sheet protector and hang it in the front of your slopers on a pattern hook.

Print the following spec sheet, and fill it out after the fit sample and slopers are created.  Fill out the size 8 column with  measurements taken from the sloper.  They represent perfect measurements for that style.  Fill out the  "Actual Sample" column with measurements taken from the fit sample.  Compare your fit sample measurements against the perfect measurements, and see how well your samples measures up.  If the sample measurement is within the Tolerance measurement listed, put a "P" for Pass in the "Pass Tol +/" column.  If your measurement is excessively larger or smaller than the tolerance, put a "F" in the "Pass Tol +/-" column.

Turn in final fit sample, slopers, pattern card, and spec sheet for evaluation with the following evaluation sheet.

Please check your own work against the evaluation criteria before turning it in.  You may find a few things that were missed, and may earn some extra points!