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Add Draping To A Common Pattern Original

This document provides instructions for adding draping to a skirt pattern in 4 steps: 1. Copy the skirt pattern and draw the desired draping details like pleats on the paper pattern. 2. Cut out the pattern pieces along the drawn lines and glue them onto a new paper to create the draped pattern. 3. Try the new draped pattern on a paper model to check the design and make any needed changes. 4. When sewing the skirt, take care with bias draping to ensure the pleats are fixed in place and ironed gracefully to maintain the drape.

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Add Draping To A Common Pattern Original

This document provides instructions for adding draping to a skirt pattern in 4 steps: 1. Copy the skirt pattern and draw the desired draping details like pleats on the paper pattern. 2. Cut out the pattern pieces along the drawn lines and glue them onto a new paper to create the draped pattern. 3. Try the new draped pattern on a paper model to check the design and make any needed changes. 4. When sewing the skirt, take care with bias draping to ensure the pleats are fixed in place and ironed gracefully to maintain the drape.

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Add draping to a common pattern

By: meiissi
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Every pattern can be changed into a draped pattern with little extra fancy details. As You know how
easy this works, You can start changing every pattern to the up to date draped Style.
Step 1 Basic pattern for asymmetrical or draped Styles
Add draping to a common pattern 1
You will need both sides of the pattern if You want to add some asymmetrical details such as
draping. Copy Your skirt pattern mirror-invert on a piece of paper so that You have a good
overview on the whole skirtfont.
Step 2 Change Details
Step 1 Basic pattern for asymmetrical or draped Styles 2
Now You draw every change You want to make on Your paper-pattern. Use a long ruler if You
want to design long pleats from side to side as in the example. Carefully measure over the body
where the position of Your changes will be on Your garment when wearing. Design all details You
want and prepare glue, scissors and another piece of paper.
Step 3 Now Cut And Glue
Now You cut along the designed pleats and glue the pieces carefully to a new sheet of paper. if
You have designed asymmetrical pleats as in the example, You can stop cutting 1-2mm bevor the
end of paper; than You will have only one piece to stick and You dont need to number Your
several parts. While sticking the pattern to the paper you create the space the pleat will take,
simply measure from corner to corner how many cm You want to set in.
Step 4 Bias Draping
Step 2 Change Details 3
Try Your design on a paper - model. You will see the finished shape and design and also, where
changes have to be done. While sewing Your skirt and the pleats You will now experience
bias-draping, because of the angular pleating. The pleats move to weave-directions but not to Your
designed style or they hang lose so that it seems Your work has been for nothing. Carefully baste
each pleat before You fix it or You can either topstitch to fix it. If Your fabric is light and has no
stand I would recommend doing so. If it has some stand You can fix the pleats with edgestitching
or some handbaste stitches over the whole length. While ironing bias-drapings be careful not to
tear the fabric because it will lose its form and all Your notches and lines wont fit together
anymore. Just move up and down the iron to press the pleats gracefully. Good luck!
Add draping to a common pattern
Step 4 Bias Draping 4

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