Hi guys, and welcome to my blog.
I’ll be sharing my experience on how I made this gown for a friend.
It was a beautiful day when my friend came to me and told me she was traveling and needed me to sew a dress for her. I already had a lot to do, but she pleaded with me. I agreed, but on one condition, she would do the ironing while I handled the sewing, because why should I be the only one to stress? 😂
We got the fabric, but we had no design in mind. So, I decided to come up with an idea myself, and honestly, the dress turned out to fit her so perfectly.
First, I cut the skirt part of the gown. I folded the fabric into four. The lower part was for the back, with zipper allowance, while the upper part was for the front without a zipper. That means one side was slightly longer and bigger than the other. I inserted the basic measurements, the waist divided by four and the hip also divided by four. I added two inches allowance to both measurements and then cut.
After that, I moved on to cutting the upper part of the dress. This time, I separated the front from the back because the front is bustier, and there’s no way both can be cut together.
I folded the back into two, measured the shoulder and divided it by two, added the armhole measurement, bust, and under-bust measurement, including allowances for darts and sewing. After tracing everything properly, I cut it out.
For the front part, I also folded it into two and inserted the basic measurements, armhole, bust point, under-bust, and half length. I used four inches for her nipple-to-nipple measurement and traced straight up to the neckline. Around the half length, I measured one and a half inches outward on one side and half an inch inward on the other side from the four inches. I hope this part is understandable. After that, I connected both lines to meet at the bust point in a slanted way.
Next, I worked on the armhole. I divided it into two, and from the second part, I connected it to the bust point in a curved line to give it the natural bust shape. This formed a princess breast cut. After that, I inserted the remaining measurements and added back the allowance I had removed at the under-bust and half length, plus my main sewing allowance.
For the neckline, I made a four-corner neckline. Once everything was properly marked, I cut it out.
I then cut the lining for just the front upper part of the dress.
After cutting, I started sewing the dress exactly as I cut it. While sewing, she helped with ironing the breast area as I guided her. That was when she realized that tailoring is not as easy as it looks 😂.
I moved on to sewing the neckline, and this was how it turned out.
After sewing the main dress, I added a pleated design by the side. I spread the fabric on the floor, measured the exact length I wanted, marked it with chalk, and cut around it following the markings.
After that, I cut the sleeves. They had a flare at the tip. I sewed them on, and that was it, the dress was complete.
Y’all, this is the final look 💃✨
