Dress #2 - Wrap Dress

Wrap dresses are awesome.  They are super flattering on many body types, and pretty comfy to wear.  I love this particular dress because it also happens to be jam packed with new draping lessons!

While draping this dress you will learn how to:

• Drape a princess bodice
• Drape on the bias
• Drape a surplice top that crosses over the center front line
• Contour around the bust with darts and pleats
• Drape a six-gore (princess panel) flared skirt
• Drape and open neckline collar
• Use your sleeve sloper to draft a cap sleeve

Now that you are pattern drafting pros, I'm giving you a busy-work breather before you begin your final dress project. You won't need to transfer this drape to paper.  What you will need to do is:

• Neatly true each drape
• Mark and cut correct seam allowance
• Cut additional duplicate pieces to make a full wrap dress so that the dress will have:
• Right front surplice bodice
• Left front surplice bodice
• Full back bodice
• 2 side back bodice
• 2 cap sleeves
• 1 collar
• 1 tie (will draft)
• 2 front skirts
• 3 side front skirts
• 1 back skirt
• 2 side back skirts
• 1 side front skirt extension (fills the gap between the princess seam and the end of the pleated edge on the outer part of the wrap)
• Carefully pin or machine baste the pieces together
• Mark the hem level with the floor at 22" from the center front waist

Extra credit will be given to anyone who chooses to make a final sample.  Final samples will only be accepted if seam finishing (overlock or French seams), and facings are used.  

Stay tuned for an evaluation sheet – I'm still putting one together.