Saturday, May 7, 2011

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.

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