To sew an elegant cocktail dress made of velvet on a knitted basis, you will not need much time and a lot of experience.
Training
- Determine your size from the Burda table;
- Cut out the details of the pattern along the contours of your size;
- Transfer the details of the paper pattern to the fabric and cut it out;
- Sweep the details of the dress or chop them with tailor pins;
- Set on your sewing machine a line for elastic fabrics;
- Change your regular needle to a jersey needle (strech, Superstretch or jersy).
Sewing
- Stitch back details;
- Stitch the details of the left side of the front;
- On the left front panel and on the right side of the front, notice the allowance along the lower cut on the wrong side and stitch it to the edge;
- Perform shoulder seams;
- Assemble the right part of the front: set the maximum length of the stitch and lay two parallel straight lines along the side cut from mark to mark at a distance of 5 mm from each other. Pull the cut to 14 cm, distributing the assembly evenly;
- Stitch side seams;
- We perform an allowance for the hem of the back.
Processing the neckline of the back and front
- Sweep the front neck with the back of the neck and grind;
- Sweep the hem to the neckline, aligning the shoulder seams, and stitch.
- Cut off the seam allowances close to the stitch, cut them in rounded places;
- Turn the trim up;
- Iron the seam allowances on the edge and grind close to the seam;
- Unscrew the obtachka on the seamy side, iron and sew to the shoulder seams.
Alternative neck treatment
Knitwear is a very plastic and supple fabric. If it is still difficult for you to grind the neck, this can be done in another way.
- Lay a line along the neckline of the back and front, 1-2 mm away from the stock line. This will prevent the slice from stretching;
- Unscrew the seam allowance, bast and stitch.
Treat the armholes in the same way as the neckline of the front and back of the dress. Stitch all the parts in the order indicated in the instructions.
Slicing
Wrap all open sections of the dress with a zigzag stitch or an imitation overlock stitch, in many modern sewing machines it is. And also, you can use a special foot with a knife. If you have an overlock, overcast all open sections on it. In addition, our dress, like any other knitwear product, you can completely sew on the overlock. On a sewing machine you just have to do the hem. If the sections of the knitted fabric do not crumble, as in our case, then they can be left untreated. According to the same pattern, you can sew a dress with sleeves.
Follow the attached instructions exactly, this will avoid possible errors when cutting parts and sewing. In addition, if in the process of work you have questions, you can ask them on the forum of our site. Sew with pleasure!
Photo: BurdaStyle.ru
The master class was prepared by Julia Dekanova
