Sewing draping

In this tutorial we will cover the fundamental, must-know fashion draping basics, which is the first in a series. Grab your dress form, style tape, and muslin—Let’s get started!

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Designer: Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978). Date: 1947. Culture: American. Medium: cotton. Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Col...

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With just a few days to finish this dress before the deadline, I dove headlong into making this gown yesterday. I didn't get very far. I thought that patterning the bodice would be pretty easy. I was wrong. I started out with the pattern I made for the bodice of the bodiced petticoat. I thought I could redraw the seams a bit and have something workable. But for some reason it didn't work out that way. I had to go through four or five mock ups before I had a pattern that fit me how I wanted…

April unexpectedly turned into an extended month of learning which was a surprise and an absolute pleasure... Between my jacket week at the beginning of the month (still nowhere near finished) Spring break and nine days of draping at the end, my mind is plotting crazy sewing ideas that w

How to construct a dress. Good help w 50s dart question. (In Spanish)

I have a favorite professor at Lipscomb University who has indirectly (and sometimes directly) caused me to accumulate too many sewing and fashion books. During my freshman year of college, she le…

Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: May 2011