Sundress with straps do it yourself

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Summer is a wonderful time. The best time for feminine outfits from thin, flowing fabrics with bright prints, delicate lace and puffy skirts. Strapless sundress is one of the most favorite outfits for girls. It can be strict, playful, or even pass for an evening dress - it all depends on the fabric and cut.

You can sew a sundress with straps yourself, and at the same time you will be able to save a decent amount of money, because such things cost a lot in stores. This garment is very easy to make. Therefore, this is the best way for beginners to practice their sewing skills.

Creating a sketch

First of all, before you start choosing a fabric and work directly, you need to come up with an image of the product. A sundress with straps can be completely different, so you should draw several sketches and choose the one that suits your taste the most.

Material selection

Naturally, you need to choose a fabric based on the intended style. If this is an everyday sundress with straps, then it is better to givepreference for natural fabrics, such as batiste, staple, linen and thin cotton. For a more elegant option, crepe chiffon, micro-oil, all kinds of silk fabrics are perfect. You can also use regular cotton jersey for straight sundress models.

Today, the choice of fabrics in sewing accessories stores is so large that the assortment is able to satisfy the wishes of even the most capricious fashionistas.

Preparatory work

What does the sewing pattern look like for an item like a h alter sundress? The base pattern is a fitted silhouette of a product without a top with darts on the front and back panels. It is easy to build.

First of all, you need to take measurements from the figure: chest, waist, hips, chest height, back width, length from shoulder to waist (front, through the center of the chest and behind), chest tuck solution. Further, all values should be transferred to the basis of the template. For this purpose, polyethylene film, which is used in construction, is best suited. This pattern is not afraid of intensive use, which means it can be used repeatedly.

Building a pattern

The pattern of the shelves is built inside the rectangle, its height is the length of the product, and the width is equal to the half-girth of the chest volume measurement + a few centimeters for a free fit (usually taken from 0.5 to 6 cm). Working with a drawing can be divided into several simple steps:

1. Building the topthe basic pattern parts are the hardest part, but since you need a template for a spafan sundress, many points can simply be omitted.
2. Building the middle part - from the chest line to the waistline.
3. Construction of the lower part - from the waistline to the bottom of the product.

Building the first part of the pattern

So, first we should mark the horizontal lines. This is the line of the chest, which is located in accordance with the value of the measurement "height of the chest" on the side of the rectangle, equal to the length of the product. Further work is done on this horizontal. First of all, a back zone equal to the width of the back is allocated, then there is an armhole zone. It is calculated as follows: the chest measurement is divided by 4 and 2 cm is added. The resulting value is marked with a dot in the drawing. All that's left further down the line is the front width. Since this is a summer sundress with straps, here the back and armhole on its side can be left as high as they are. But the front will have to work. The armhole area must be divided in half and from this point smoothly rise to the desired height of the sundress above the chest. Next, you should highlight the tuck of the chest. To do this, half the “tuck solution” measure recedes from the middle of the front and a line is drawn up at a right angle to the chest line. The second strip of the tuck is drawn according to the required pinch. Usually it is 1.5-2 cm. The work with the upper part of the tuck can be considered finished.

Building the second part of the pattern

Next, auxiliary verticals should be drawn, one of which will beside seam, and the other two will be used to build traveling tucks. It should be noted that all the complex work has already been completed and only a little remains!

So, the side line is lowered parallel to the sides of the rectangle, stepping back on the chest line a couple of centimeters from the point of the middle of the armhole. The other two are located exactly in the middle of the front and back halves of the shelves. Further, calculations are made aimed at determining the difference between the measurement of the waist and chest, the resulting values are divided by three and tucks are made, nullifying their tops at the horizontals of the hips (not reaching 4 cm) and chest.

Building the third part of the pattern

Next work is to correctly arrange the side seam along the hip line. Difficulties should not arise here either. To begin with, you should divide the measure of the circumference of the hips in half, and then set aside this value from the middle to the side seam along the hip line and put a point. And from the middle of the front shelf is identical. Ideally, it should turn out so that the points are offset from the side seam by about 2 cm. Then all that needs to be done is to connect the point with the unfinished tuck of the side seam with a smooth line and extend this line to the bottom of the product, expanding the details by about 2-3 cm.

Simulation

From this pattern, you can take only the upper part and instead of a straight silhouette make a lush bottom. For example, sew a sun skirt to the waist line or make a pleated bottom. Today, models of sundresses with a knitted top and a multi-layered chiffon skirt are very popular. Also, based on this pattern, you can sew a sundress to the floor with a slightly flared skirt and a high slit on the side. Or an evening version - with a tight-fitting silhouette. You can also experiment with the top of the product by moving the tuck to the armpit area or by designing embossed seams with contrasting inserts. There are just a lot of design options, you just need to turn on the flight of fancy - and an exciting activity will bring the result in the form of a chic summer wardrobe.

Processing cut details

Sew a sundress with straps with your own hands is easy! When the template is ready, all that remains is to transfer it to the fabric, cut it out taking into account the seam allowances and assemble the parts into the product. The sewing sequence is:

1. Darts on all parts are closed.
2. Sew side seams.
3. Sew a zipper into the middle back seam or sew a back with elastic thread, slightly below the waistline.
4. Process the upper cut with a facing or inlay.
5. Straps are sewn on.
6. Process the bottom of the product.

That's it, the sundress on the straps, the photo of which is presented in the article, is ready!

Knitted sundress

Often, people who knit say that they are not at all friends with sewing. But the whole paradox is that in order to make a knitted sundress with straps, it will be crocheted or knitted, you still need a pattern. Yes, and the assembly stage, at which the parts are connected, as a rule, with a standard manual seam “by the needle”, cannot be avoided. Therefore, the construction of the template described abovewill be useful for all craftswomen.

To make a knitted summer sundress, it is better to choose fine yarn with natural fiber. Products with an openwork pattern made of silk threads with a lining sewn according to the proposed pattern of micro-oil fabric will look original. By the way, the knitted details themselves must match the pattern, because only in this case it will be possible to achieve a perfect fit.