Posts Tagged ‘skirt’

How To Make One Gore Of A Four Gore

Posted on April 6th, 2009 by by admin

By shifting  the Waistline Control to the Hem of a Skirt 1.On the cut-out skirt-front sloper with the cut-out dart, 9raw a slash line from the dart point to the hemline parallel to the- center front 2. Draw several additional lines on either side of the first slash line (There will be room for more [...]

How to Shift Sleeve and Skirt Dart

Posted on March 26th, 2009 by by admin

How to Shift The Skirt Dart 1.Trace the skirt-front sloper. 2. Cut out the tracing and the dart. (Cut a batch of these slopers for future exercises so you won’t have to stop each time.) 3. Locate the position of the new dart at the waistline either at center front or at the side . [...]

Just Right for the Pig-tail Crowd

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by by admin

This suspender skirt has such a grown-up air that any little girl would be thrilled to pieces with it (Size 8-10) MATERIALS: J.&P. Coats or Clark’s .O.N.T. Pearl Cotton, size 5, 24 balls. Milwards steel crochet hook No.8. 5 small buttons. GAUGE FOR WAISTBAND: 4 Xsts make 1 inch; 5 rows make 1 inch. SKIRT: [...]

Sewing Straight Skirt WaistBand

Posted on February 6th, 2009 by by admin

The pictorial demonstration below will show you how to put your skirt waistband on after you have sewn your zipper and join and serge your skirt side seams. First you will sew the waistband all around the material, next you will turn your material 1-1/2 inch or as desired for the width of your waistband, [...]

How To Sew Zipper

Posted on February 6th, 2009 by by admin

A zipper consists of two strips of fabric tape, each affixed to one of the two pieces to be joined, carrying tens or hundreds of specially shaped metal or plastic teeth. These teeth can be either individual or shaped from a continuous coil. Some zips have two slides, allowing variation in the opening’s size and [...]

Sunday Dress-up

Posted on September 20th, 2008 by by admin

This Sunday dress- up was made from georgette material Foundation pattern instruction for the sleeve is here And instruction for the skirt is here the jacket /blouse foundation hip length for the blouse foundation is here Make your pattern according the your size and measurement, cut pattern pieces out and be guided by the sewing [...]