#Xline dress free#

I had not cut the shoulder slope of the facing piece which is why it looks not aligned in the picture. ( If you had earlier made a clip this would be easier to align) Keep the facing on the front neckline, rightsides together.Īlign the center of this facing with the center fold line of your front pattern. But as it goes to the inside not even visible from the inside of the dress it is ok. Mine is always as you can see in the picture below. You will be turning this portion towards the interfacing and stitching in placeĪs you clipped the fabric it will be somewhat easier to turn and stitch. Cut out the bottom edge in shape leaving some 1/4 inches along the curveĬlip along this curve. Cut a fabric piece and adhere this interfacing to the fabric with hot iron. When you open it it will look like the picture above. Mark the neckline measurements on this as in the picture below. Fold it by the center and keep the fold towards the left of you. Take an interfacing fabric (paper thin) which is 15 inch wide and 10 inch long. When the work is done the back of the work will be a mess unless you are not me and do the embroidery with more finesse.īut the front will look good even when it is done in a hurry. The center of the flower is finished with blanket stitches and satin stitches For learning about stitches to finish the leaf, check out this post on leaf embroidery. I have outlined the flower with chain stitch and did the leaves with fishbone stitch.Ī backstitch outline is given to each leaf. Cut it in the shape of the embroidery with some space outside.

Keep the sticky side to the back and press in place. If the fabric of your choice is thin you will have to interface the back when doing embroidery. You can copy from some embroidery book or look at some simple designs in this post “ flower embroidery designs” or “ stitches for embroidering flowers” or simply draw from your imagination

All other markings are cut out except the necklineįor alterntive ways to mark the armhole check out the post – armscye/armhole measurement or the dress pattern given down below.ĭraw the embroidery design. Mark the pattern markings and then draw the designĮven if you are not doing embroidery do not cut out the neck portion. If you are doing embroidery do not cut the pattern piece AT ALL. Mark the front piece as per the pattern given below but do not cut out immediately Keep the center fold to your left and mark as in the following diagrams. Fold one of the fabric pieces by the center. Check out the post “ take body measurements” for more details on correctly taking your body measurements.Ĭut out 2 pieces of fabric – 40 inches ( or the length you want for the dress) long of a 44-inch wide fabric.īelow given is the markings for the back piece. Decide on the length of the dress you want, preferably under the knee. You need to take body measurements – bust round, shoulder tip to shoulder tip. Step 1 Cut out the pattern piece for the back

#Xline dress free#

A LINE DRESS – FREE SEWING PATTERN & TUTORIAL Related posts :Checkout the pattern and tutorial to sew a variation of this dress – sew a flare dress with bell sleeves. or this simple dress sewing pattern with square neck and flared skirt or the easy to make sundress pattern Method 1. Method 3 Aline dress with front open placket.