Women love adding variety to their wardrobes in terms of styles, shades and colors. These eye catchers do not always come with utility. Thankfully, straight skirts make the exception. Not many clothes carry style and utility in one package, but straight skirts do it easily. You can easily think of a different combination for each day of the week, provided you have a finely sewn straight skirt safely hung or tucked in your closet. Pair your skirt up with a stylish blouse and get ready to dazzle the crowd in the weekend nightclub party. For more somber settings, you could depend on a classy blazer and a pair of corporate look sandals to complement the aura of intelligent styling that a straight skirt lends your personality. Custom made straight skirts seal the case for you. 

You have the most dependable apparel asset with a finely sewn and diligently made straight skirt. You can handpick your favorite shades and get one enviable garment made to fit you like skin. There’s hardly anything that can go wrong when you have such a huge role to play in deciding as to what kind of skirt you end up with eventually.  Its shades and styles and its measurements, everything is custom made to your liking, and you have nothing short of the most special outfit for yourself as a result. Have your custom made skirt sewn exclusively for you and shipped right into your hands.

Custom Made Skirts to fit your Personal Curves

Sewing patterns serve to be really useful when talking about sewing as these patterns not just save time and efforts, but are really helpful to prevent one from ruining the fabric. These patterns are available in plenty at the fabric stores andare there for almost every type of sewing project. But, there are times when one may wish to go with a particular pattern that is not readily available. Thus, at such times, it is best to make your own sewing patterns. 

How to go about it? 

To start with, you will have to make drawing of the pattern that you want on your finished product or item. Then, after you make the pattern, you will have to transfer it to some tissue paper to make the rough drawing on the material. At this stage, you can use the cheap fabrics or scrap materials in order to practice pattern making. 

Also, if you wish like making a vintage dress for yourself, you can learn the art of sewing pattern even from your home through the online classes available. This way, your much liked outfit can be made with ease. There are some sewing workshops as well that help you to make those perfect sewing patterns and designs and solve all queries related to this field. The best part to note is the fact that there are online classes in plenty that offer the sewing pattern and design courses. 

Be specific 

So, when you are sure of the design that you want, take the measurements and start cutting the pattern. The swing pattern has to be ideal and so remember that you use perfect measurements. At first look, it may seem to be a tough task, but with some practice and after you have made a few designs, you can gain greater understanding of the patterns and how to make your own with ease. 

Make patterns perfectly 

Using the tracing paper or wheel, you can mark the pattern. The tailor’s chalk can be used as well. This way, you will be able to sketch the design with perfection. The vintage patterns of all types ranging from the evening dresses and cocktail gowns to strapless blouse and corset dresses, the sewing patterns are available on the net as well. You can thus easily choose from the wide variety of patterns and sew your own outfit without even worrying about the huge costs involved with readymade designer dresses. 

Enjoy the pattern making process 

Sewing thus requires huge amount of patience and focus. When you can sew on your own, you can then easily make the clothes as per your favorite pattern or design. More so, sewing on your own also proves to be economical and useful. This way, you can easily create your customized and personalized pattern without any hassles. 

So, when you believe that you can make great patterns for your dresses and outfits, it is best to make the customized sewing patterns. With some practice and experience, you will be able to master the field of designing and pattern making thereby creating those perfect outfits in no time. 

is that you do not require any formal training for designing the outfits. All you need to have is perfect information, hard work and patience to carry out the designing work. 

What are fashion sketches? 

The huge amount of competition in fashion world makes it crucial for the designers to highlight the designs to the audiences. And this may be done through creating the fashion sketches as well as displaying them. These sketches in turn give insight to whole fashion fraternity and to the audiences about the actual concept behind the fashion design. More so, it is the way to communicate the theme to audiences and others who are linked with the fashion industry. So, the fashion designs and sketches prove to be really useful for all sorts of fashion designers and other professionals of the fashion industry. 

Why the sketches? 

The very art of creating design sketches is crucial for making a niche in the competitive industry of fashion. The designers can thus make their presence felt just when the sketches or designs they make are original and distinct from others. The quality sketches are thus the means to establish proper foothold in fashion industry. 

The very first step towards making those brilliant designs is to start the sketching work. So, whether you are a pro or not, sketching is really important. When you are all set to present the sketches to some professional for manufacturing or other purposes, the process will become easier. 

Make amazing sketches and designs 

So, if you are just the beginner, take drawings that you want to use and so without having a look at the original drawing, add your very own flair or style to the particular piece. Make modifications wherever you want and change details through being innovative and creative. Just don’t dive in and start making the sketches. You need to understand the fabric well and then try making the sketches. Study the kinds of fabric, their colors, stitching and then design the perfect piece. 

Perfection in creating the sketches serves to be the prerequisite as it serves as main tool for the fashion experts. The sketches indeed reflect true trends and thus serve as value added feature of design. They can even be used for evaluating different patterns. 

Sketching and designing go hand in hand and this is the fact that every fashion designer should be aware of. There are even some amazing designing tools and software available that help greatly to make those perfect designs and sketches. 

Enjoy your sketching experience 

You can go online to find the useful tools to design the perfect sketches or pattern for the clothes that you wish to create or design. Thus, when it comes to designing and fashion sketching, you need to put in the best of your efforts and creativity in order to produce amazing, original and innovative results. 

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These sets of straight Skirts patterns are suitable for working and formal wear. Most time you can get a blouse or jacket off the rack to fit however you may have problem getting the right and correct fit for your straight skirt, these patterns comes in three sizes and will need to join before cutting.

After downloading your skirt pattern, you will first print and join (DO NOT LAP) according to the numbers and size join back pieces and front pieces together
Cut the front on fold and cut two pieces for the back.
Use the links below to go online for sewing instructions.

Skirt patterns can be graded to fix all sizes
Use instruction here to grade the pattern to your custom sizes.

http://www.pattern-making.com/skirt-grading/

1) Press under 16" (40.5 cm) across the lower edge of the back, right sides together. If using tapes or zipper, snip the fold to mark ends of closure. Stitch 3/4" (2 cm) from the fold; backstitch at snips and baste stitch across the

2a) Insert hook and loop` tape (a),snap tape (b) or zipper (c) according to instructions for sewing zipper here

2b) Cut back apart on 16" (40.5 cm) fold line for button closure. Press under W' (6 mm) then I" (2.5 cm) hem on each edge; stitch. On hem of shorter piece, make buttonholes 10" to 12" (25.5 to 30.5 cm) apart; attach buttons opposite buttonholes.

3) Pin cover front to cover back, right sides together. For button closure, pin the shorter piece first,lapping the longer piece over it.

4) Make tabs, Attach socket side of snaps to tabs,and ball sides to corners of the comforter. Pin a tab at each corner of the cover, edges even.

5) Stitch front and back of cover together with 1/2'' (1.3 cm) seam.
Diagonally trim bulk from comers.
Turn cover right side out. Insert comforter; snap cover to comforter at corners.

{Credit} Singer sewing for the Home (copyright 1984-1988)

Change the look of a bed with a covered comforter.
It can replace a top sheet and blanket, and the removable cover of the comforter makes laundering easy. Sew your own comforter, or use a purchased one of down or of polyester batting.

Chooseawashable, lightweight, firmly woven fabric for the cover. Sheets are good fabric choices because they do not require piecing. Seam decorator fabrics together by using a full fabric width in the center of the cover, with partial widths along the sides.

Leave a 36" (91.5cm) opening in the back-of the cover for inserting the comforter. Place the opening about 16" (40.5 cm) from the lower edge on the inside of the cover so it will not show at the ends.
Use snap tape, hook and loop tape, a zipper or buttons for closure.

Cutting Directions
Cut the front of the cover 1" (2.5 cm) larger than the comforter. Cut the back of the cover according to the closure method you choose. For button closures, add 5W' (14cm) to back length. For a snap tape, hook and loop or zipper closure, add 1W' (3.8 ern) to back length.
Cut four small fabric strips for tabs, each about 2"
(5 cm) square.

YOU WILL NEED
Decorator fabric or sheets for cover, and small amount of extra fabric for tabs.
Snap tape, hook and loop tape, zipper or buttons.
Gripper snaps to hold comforter in place.

{Credit} Singer sewing for the Home (copyright 1984-1988)

Measure accurately to make a comforter and dust ruffle that fits the bed perfectly.

Comforters reach 3" to 4" (7.5 to 10 cm) below the mattress line. They have a drop length (the distance from the upper edge of the mattress to the bottomofthe comforter) of 9" to 12" (23 to 30.5 em), depending on the depth of the mattress. Determine the drop length by measuring from the top of the mattress to the top of the box spring, then adding to that figure the amount of overlap desired. Take into account fabric stiffness which may cause the comforter to stand away from the side of the bed.

To determine finished comforter size, measure from side to side across the top of the mattress for width, and from the head to the foot of the bed for length. Add the desired drop length to the length of the bed, and twice the drop length to the width of the bed for finished measurements.

Batting for comforters is available in standard widths for. beds of standard sizes; select the proper size for your comforter.

For the finished dust ruffle length, measure from the top of the box spring to the floor; for the deck, measure the width and length of the box spring.

Pillow sizes are 20" x 26" (51 x 66 cm) standard; 20" x 30" (51 x 76 em) queen; and 20" x 40" (51 x 102 em) king. Pillow puffiness varies, however, so make the best-fitting shams by measuring the width and length of the pillow with a tape measure across the center of the pillow. Ruffled shams made from lightweight fabrics will droop around the edges if they are cut too large.

{Credit} Singer sewing for the Home (copyright 1984-1988)

Custom-made bed fashions such as comforters, comforter covers, pillow shams and dust ruffles can be ruffled or tailored to suit the decor. Chintzes, polished cottons and sateens are good choices for most bed coverings. Sheets are another practical fabric choice; their width makes seaming unnecessary on comforters and covers.

Permanent press fabrics with soil-resistant finishes are advisable in a child's room. Select fabrics that will launder well without fading.

 Comforters are a useful alternative to bedspreads. Make them reversible to change their look, and fill them with polyester batting as flat or as puffy as you wish. Decorator fabrics used for comforters should be pieced together with a full fabric width in the center of the comforter and a partial width on each side.

Comforter covers, also known as duvet covers, are removable for easy care. They protect new comforters, salvage worn ones, and quickly change the look of a comforter. They also eliminate the need for a top sheet and blanket on the bed.

Pillow shams are removable, decorative pillow covers. Make pillow shams plain or flanged, ruffled or trimmed, in matching or contrasting fabrics to complement the comforter and dust ruffle. Traditional pillowcases may also be trimmed with ruffles and used as pillow shams.

Dust ruffles or bed skirts are used with comforters. They may be gathered or pleated. Make them in one piece for beds that do not have a footboard. Make them in three pieces for beds that do have a footboard. Attach dust ruffles to a fitted sheet placed over the box spring or to a muslin deck, a piece of fabric which fits between the mattress and the box spring.

Fabrics for dust ruffles should be considered for their weight and draping quality, as well as suitability for the style of the dust ruffle or bed skirt.

{Credit} Singer sewing for the Home (copyright 1984-1988)

If you have to stitch two or more sections of a garment together to form a complete front or back unit, why not make decorative use of the parts and the seaming that joins them?

Use every trick in the bag: color (Fig. 78a), texture (78b), grain(Fig. 78c), topstitching (Fig. 78d), decorative applications (Fig. 78e), insertions of lace or edgings (Fig. 78f), pipings or

bandings to apply over the seam or insert in the seam (Fig. 78g), insertions of belts, bands, pockets, welts (Fig. 78h). In fact, use anything your unleashed fancy and ingenuity can devise. The sky's
me limit!

REPEAT PERFORMANCE- SIMILAR SEAMS

In design a degree of repetition makes harmony. * The eye is pleased to see a line it has met before.
In Fig. 79, each of the designs features a pair or trio of similar seam lines. One of the seams is a control seam. The other has been added for emphasis. Can you tell which carries a dart control? Yes, it is the one that comes closest to the bust point.

In Fig. 79a, the dart control appears in the lower seam. The width and shape of the band are in no way altered. The upper seam is purely decorative.
On the bodice- front sloper, draw the style lines of the band 9 (see page 110). Make them parallel. Notch both styles lines. Cut the section apart. Shift all or part of the waistline dart control to the lower seam.

The shape of the inset band is interesting by itself. Topstitching would give more importance to its line. The dress would be very effective if the three sections were in gradations of the same color (a warm beige, apricot, and orange) or in contrast colors (red, white and blue)
In Fig 79b, the inset band developed in the same way. Despite the straight appearance of the lines, they are slightly curved to conform to the shape of the body.

In Fig 79c, it is upper seam that is the control seam. This pattern is easier to plan on the bulging block than on the flat sloper.

Close the waistline dart. Sketch the band so the upper line touches the dart point. Mark notches. Cut the band away from the rest of the bodice. A tiny bit of the closed dart control remains forever
(ignored) in the band.

In Fig. 79d, the horizontal center seam of the jacket carries part of the dart control. The rest remains as un-stitched control at the waistline for the boxy design. The top and bottom seam lines merely
repeat the line of the control seam for design interest.

The forgoing discussion of control seams has with the bodice front. the principles illustrated work as well in a bodice back, in a skirt, and in a sleeve.

{Credit} Design Your Own Dress Patterns -Adele P. Margolis