I DRAFTED AND TRANSFERRED A BUSTIER PATTERN TO FABRIC
Hello everyone. It feels so good to have a community focusing on needle work here in Hive.
This community was suggested by @praat in the comment section of my introductory post. With what I've seen. I am already inspired by the works of others that I have seen here. Although I don't have any projects I'm working on for now, I will make use of pictures from my old project. I know for sure that I'll learn a lot from this community.
This post is about one of the dresses I made while I was gradually transitioning from freehand cutting to pattern drafting. The bustier was one of the many projects I completed in the process.
I'll like to start by stating what bustiers are in few words of mine.
I think bustiers are dresses that are most times sewn in hourglass shape and are made to uplift the bust area. Normally, bustiers are strapless but it has been adapted into making blouses/gowns with sleeves.
You can make more research.
Now to the process of drafting and transferring.
First, I drafted the bustier pattern on a brown paper using the specifications of my client and cut out the pattern set.
Any type of broad paper can be used to draft patterns as long as it can contain the but the ones I've seen more are white
A bustier can be created using the shoulder dart or a armhole princess dart.
Drafting should be done carefully so that there won't be an error in the finished garment.
Now, I transferred the pattern on paper to fabric adding the required allowances. You can decide to add the sewing allowances on the pattern.
You can see the chalked lines
It's a bustier created with shoulder dart.
Oops! I forgot to snap after cutting out the fabric.
Pardon me
I added a soft pad to reinforce the bust area and this is the final outcome.
I don't have a full picture of the dress because I don't have a mannequin yet and the dress was sent to my client in the neighboring state so there was no time for fitting.
I was happy the dress needed no adjustment when it was delivered.
My subsequent posts will have the complete sewing process.
I won't forget to say that I will really love to learn to crotchet as well. I'll like to add to my portfolio of needlework 😊 😊
It feels good to be here.
Thanks for reading through.
Wonderful! I should be able to do this, but a suit pattern I bought 7 years ago still sits in my drawer. It doesn't help that I sold the singer sewing machine I had bought to make the suit, 2 years ago :D So now I have more space. Still, have not made a suit. Well done, I will follow to see more of your work! Enjoy the day :)
Hello @d-honeyb welcome to the community, thanks for sharing yur sewing experiences with us.
I suggest you use tags like #diy #needleart #handmade #diyhub an so on.
Also try to share more photos about your creative process for the next time.
Hello @d-honeyb Welcome to NeedleWorkMonday community.
Every week needleworkers from around the globe get together to share our work, patterns, tips, ideas and shortcuts as we support one another. Our goal is to inspire the Hive blockchain to give crafting a try.
On Monday’s we use the #needleworkmonday tag and on all other days we use the #needlework tag without the word Monday attached. We share and post our work directly from the Community page.
We encourage our members to share about their needlework life with us. We love hearing stories and what types of things inspired your projects. We challenge you to put some feeling and emotion into your publications and help us get to know the needler behind the fabric.
Feel free to share photos of your work but it’s optional if you choose to share the steps with us (we do require you share the step process in at least one of your posts for validation purposes). If you just want to needle and share about that time we’d love to hear about it. 😊
For more information about what we do and for our posting guidelines please visit our FAQs.
I also invite you to join our Discord channel.
https://discord.gg/zqnNm3ABtQ
Thank you 🧵 🪡 ~
Thanks for having me here @needleworkmonday
The update is helpful
I'll keep to the community guidelines
This is really Amazing 🤩
Thank you @sommylove
You are highly Welcome
Congratulations @d-honeyb! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain And have been rewarded with New badge(s)
Your next target is to reach 300 upvotes.
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCheck out our last posts:
Great job!!
I didn’t see when you cut the fabric but I think the result is really awesome!
And welcome to the community
So sorry @abenad I forgot to take the picture of the fabric cutting. I only took pictures of the major parts for marketing purposes,I never thought of being on a platform like this. I will take the picture of the complete processes from now on.
Thank you for your kind words.
You’re welcome 🥰
the use to say cutting is the hardest part when it come to sewing cloth, hope you did a good job even though I still wish to see the final work
Yes, it's true. That's why drafting on paper saves a lot of mistakes. You can see your errors on paper before transferring to the fabric. As long as you drafted the pattern correctly and added the necessary allowances, you are good to go.
I didn't get a picture of the final outcome but I'll ensure I have complete pictures in subsequent posts.
Thanks for reading through @valchiz