Sewing Hourglass Dress – Hem & finish the dress
Hemming the bottom of the dress. Serge or zig-zag the edge. Press if the fabric has stretched a bit. And hem the bottom using your preferred method.
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Sewing Hourglass Dress – Sew side seams & sleeves
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIMoving on to side seams. This is easy. Pin front to back. Then stitch using elastic or zig-zag stitch. Serge the edges and press your seams to the back.
Sewing Hourglass Dress – Sew neckline
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIIn the next steps we will be working on the neck shape. Sew back facing pieces to front facing piece on the shoulder lines.
Sewing Hourglass Dress – Sew shoulders
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIBecause our dress is made from elastic fabric, we will have to secure shoulder seams so that they do not stretch when you wear the dress.
Sewing Hourglass Dress – Sew back and invisible zipper
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIPrepare back pieces. Sew darts using either elastic stitch or zig-zag for knits. Press darts in the shown direction.Pin back pieces together in center line.
Sewing Hourglass Dress – Sew front
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIPrepare to sew center front with 2 side front pieces. There are 8 notches that must fit. Before sewing, pin the notches together.
Sewing Hourglass Dress – Choose your fabric. Cut the fabric
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIYou can sew the entire dress from one fabric or you can combine fabrics. In any case, main fabric must be stretchy. Recommended fabric: knits, jersey.
Sewing Hourglass Dress – A glance on the pattern pieces
/0 Comments/in Patterns, Sewing /by AFIEach pattern file has 20 pages. Pages must be arranged in 4 row and 4 columns. For all sizes the location of the pieces on the pattern sheet is the same.
How to assemble pattern pages
/0 Comments/in Sewing, Tutorials /by AFIPrint the pattern. For each pattern you will have a number of pages. Pages must be aligned by a scheme and taped together.
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