Famous Frocks: The Little Black Dress: Patterns for 20 Garments Inspired by Fashion Icons
Dolin Bliss O'Shea
Language: English
Pages: 176
ISBN: 1452123659
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly. . . . Each of these women had an influential take on the most classic wardrobe staple of all: the Little Black Dress. In this chic sewing book, patternmaker Dolin Bliss O'Shea pulls inspiration from famous LBDs throughout history—including Mary Quant's mod mini, a classic wrap dress worn by Liza Minelli, Princess Diana's smart A-line, and more—and offers patterns for reinterpreted versions that are perfectly stylish. Including 10 full dress patterns with sewing variations to make 20 garments in all, a primer on sewing techniques, vintage photographs of style icons, and full-color shots of the finished pieces, this book has everything fashionistas need to bring timeless style right into their closets.
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Fold Lining fabric C Main fabric and underlining C G H Fold G C C 60 in/152 cm Selvage Fold I H Fold Interfacing Fold G C Selvage Main fabric and underlining Selvage Main fabric and underlining I H Fold G 45 in/114 cm Fold C C Selvage Selvage 81 SEWING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Prep the cut-out pieces. 2. Sew the bodice and waist pieces together. a} Staystitch the armhole edges of the bodice lining pieces 1 ⁄ 2 in/12 mm from the edge. a} Align all edges of the bodice and bodice.
Step for the second side seam. 2. Sew the body and the sleeves. a} Using a zigzag stitch, finish the top raw edge on the front piece. This edge will fold inside the garment to form the cowl neck. b} Lay the back piece on top of the front, rightsides together, and align all raw edges except at the front cowl neck {fig. 1}. Fold the cowl back at the shoulder and align the shoulder raw edges on top of the back piece. Part of the back shoulders should be sandwiched between the front and the cowl fold.
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The sewing machine, set to width 2 and length 2) can be used on most knit-fabric seams. So that is my starting point when testing out sewing with a new knit fabric. Most newer machines have fancier knit-specific stitches that you can use and try out for yourself. I don’t use these stitches much and they are more difficult to rip out if you make a mistake. For horizontal seams like shoulder or waist seams, which need more strength, I like to do double-stitched seams. To do this, make a zigzag seam.
Ways you can finish a neckline and the armhole edges on a knit garment. For this book, we will use two of my favorites, single-layer binding and binding as a facing. Single-layer binding is a binding that is visible on both the outside and inside of the garment. It wraps around a raw edge, and for these projects, stretches with the garment. Binding as a facing is only visible from the inside and for our purposes is a more stable, less stretchy option. In this case, you see the topstitching that.