Gathered Waist Dress Tutorial

The basis of this dress is a circle skirt with a folded jersey waistband and two long panel ties attached at the waist.

Gathered waist dress tutorial.

The waist band was sewn to the bodice then i gathered the skirt i used a lot of fabric because i wanted a full skirt and sewed it to the waist band added a zipper and hemmed. It s pretty easy to make and i plan to make more once. Fall sewing and fall fabric are giving me all the feels lately. Or you can add a neckline interface from this tutorial this tutorial.

To start you ll need your waist measurement and the desired length of the skirt this can be no more than half the width of your selected fabric. Cut out a long piece of fabric that is at least 2 or 3 times the width of you waist. I like how the bodice has some looseness to it and that the waist band mimics the bodice even though it isn t too obvious when you just glance at the dress. Measure from your waist to your knee or wherever you want the dress to hit.

The longer the fabric the more gathered it will be. Add seam allowance and hem to the number and that will be your length. To figure this out i simply held. A gathered waist dress pattern is the perfect clothing item for summer.

That is the length of the natural waist to the knee plus a few inches for hemming. On the front pattern piece mark along the side seam where you want the top to meet the gathered skirt or peplum. Take your waist circumference as measured in 2a and multiply by 1 75 if you would like your skirt as gathered as mine multiply by 2 or 3 if you would like more gathers. Subtract 0 25 your seam allowance.

Divide this number by 6 28 or 2π. You could make it right at your natural waist or maybe below your naval closer to your hip for a drop waist look or even above your natural waist below your bust for a babydoll or maternity dress. Fun and easy to sew this simple summer dress pattern and tutorial is suitable for all levels. Today i will show you how to make this gathered ruched bust empire waist dress with a mesh overlay.

I love dresses especially in summer when the weather is too hot to bear. Convert the decimal into a usable measurement. Mccalls 4663 sewing pattern for drop waist dress with attached gathered skirt back zipper and lace trim option 12 14 16 1990 890 00 890. Cut two skirt pieces from those measurements.

This simple summer dress pattern for women is both cute and elegant for day. Gathered dress tutorial from the zippy pattern. Waist radius of skirt.