Hello hivers, it's my first official post on the community and I hope to share and learn more creative stuffs to and from other members
After a class, I was given an assignment to make a full outfit - skirt and blouse
It's a long penciled skirt with a pepplum blouse and I would be so pleased to share the process with us.
I would be starting off with my skirt and the measurements I need are;
- Skirt length
- Tommy
- Hips
- Length from tommy to hip
After making out these, I connect my lines as seen in the pictures and cut. I do same to my lining fabric and proceed to couple my skirt.
Coupling is simply attaching the lining and the main fabric together. Thereafter I attach the skirt sides together.
I finish off by attaching my waist band to the skirt. The waistband is designed to be atleast 5 inches more than the tommy measurements. Finally I attach my zip.
The next procedure is my blouse and measurements I used include;
- Shoulder
- Blouse length
- Shoulder to bust tip
- Shoulder to underbust
- Round bust
- Round underbust
- Sleeve length
- Round arm
- Sleeve mouth
With the measurements, the blouse is cut neatly cut out to have this.
I need the front of my blouse to have a net, so I cut out the fabric portion at the point at which I need the attachment.
I use the a-stray on all portions of my blouse fabric. This will help my fabric to acquire a certain level of firmness and softness. Thereafter I couple the main fabric with the lining.
Up-next is working on my flare, which is the peplum. The tommy size is first divided by 4 to get the radius of the flare with a length of choice after which it is cut out. Thereafter each of my flare is attached with an A-stay still for firmness of my pepplum.
For my pepplum to stand very well, I use crinoline and hemming to attach while sewing the main fabric and lining together.
After which, it is pressed so that I can have an obvious edge.
Back to my blouse, of which I need to attach cross bars.
To avoid mistakes I first of all pin my attachments to my fabric to hold before sewing together. When this is done, I attach the back to the front using the locking method.
Thereafter I attach my flare to the hem of my blouse by 1/2 inch
This is my final step as my outfit is ready to be slayed.
I hope this is helpful to a person with interests in fashion. Thankyou for dropping by.