Dress Back Design

dress design-1

1)Use dress back foundation to waistline only as a guide. Draw yoke and pleat lines,; then reduce 1” at the waistline and mark sections A to E.
2)Bring sections B and C together to reduce at waistline.

3) Separate yoke section from back; then slash along pleat lines, and spread about 1-1/2” for each pleat. Allow seams and make corresponding notches. 

dress design-2

1) Trace back foundation and draw yoke and bust lines,. Reduce 1” at the waistline, and then continue slash line to yoke.

2) Divide back section below yoke into 4 parts and mark them A to E. slash along yoke line and down

to dart between C and D; then close up dart, spreading at top for part of fullness.

3) Separate yoke; then slash along dotted lines from top to bottom, and spread for necessary additional fullness, as illustrated. Add seams.

NOTE: the edge to be gathered should measure at least 1-1/2” times the length of the plain edge. 

 

dress design-3

 

1) Trace back foundation; then draw bust line, and the lower seam line, as illustrated.

Reduce at waistline in 2 places,. Draw slash line from armhole down from armhole down; then mark sections A, B, C and D.

2) Slash along lower seam line and bring sections A and B together for the fitted lower back. Cut away reduction at side of section A.

3) Slash from lower edge to armhole between C and D; then spread for additional fullness, as described for the above style. Allow for seams and make corresponding notches 

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