Apparel Pattern Making: patterns

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Tutorial-How to Draft a Simple Skirt Pattern

I will explaining how to draw your own pattern for a basic pencil skirt.

First, you need to take measurements. And to take measurements you need:

- a tape measure

- a piece of elastic band, long enough to tie around your waist.

For a skirt you only need to take a few measures: your waist, your hips and the distance between the two. The length of the skirt,of course . When taking measurements, wear something tight-fitting and make sure that you place the tape measure around your body without over-tightening it.

To measure your waist, use the elastic band. Tie the elastic band around your waist and whiggle a bit, the band will automatically position itself on the spot where your body has the smallest circumference. Then measure, without tightening your tape measure too much.

For your hips: make sure that you really measure the widest part of your hips.

Then measure the distance between the elastic band in your waist and the widest part of your hips, it should be around 20 cm.

Now you’ve got the measures you’ve got everything to get started.

Line A – C: Start with a vertical line, this will be the length of your skirt.

A – B: distance between your waist and hips

Line B – D: half of your hipwidth + 1 cm. The extra width ensures that your skirt will be comfortable and not twist around your hips when you’re walking.

B – E: half of distance B-D, plus 1 cm. You notice that the front piece is slightly broader than the back piece.

D-F: half of your waist circumference. The distance left over between B and F equals the distance that needs to be taken out at the waist line to get a nice fitting skirt.

The distance G-H is 6-7cm. Draw point G and H one cm above the waistline, that will give a better fit.

Never take out more than 2 cm at the front side of your skirt. Dart I is 1,5-2 cm wide and the dart J is 2-2,5cm.

Corset

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Corset Pattern - Free Download

A corset is a garment worn to hold and shape the torso into a desired shape.In recent years, the term "corset" has also been borrowed by the fashion industry to refer to tops which, to varying degrees, mimic the look of traditional corsets without actually acting as one. While these modern corsets and corset tops often feature lacing and/or boning and generally mimic a historical style of corsets, they have very little if any effect on the shape of the wearer's body. Genuine corsets are usually made by a corsetmaker and should be fitted to the individual wearer.

Corsets are typically constructed of a flexible material (like cloth, particularly coutil, or leather) stiffened with boning (also called ribs or stays) inserted into channels in the cloth or leather. In the 19th century, bones of elephant, moose, and whale were favoured for the boning. Plastic is now the most commonly used material for lightweight corsets and the majority of poor quality corsets, whereas spring or spiral steel is preferred for stronger corsets and generally the better quality corset too. Other materials used for boning include ivory, wood, and cane.

We now give you a pattern for a simple, modern corset, which you can download for free and print on your home printer