How to sew a ball gown

Dress has always been the most elegant attire of women and girls. Little princesses also want to be on top at any holiday. Little ladies have a lot of significant dates. That's why there are several models in the wardrobe.

Review of ball gowns for girls

Ball gown, namely it will be discussed further differs not only in model. It can have a corset or lurex and be very fitted. Performed as an A-silhouette or in the technology of mermaid models.

Overview of the 5 most beautiful and popular models of such outfits:

With corset

With transparent sleeves.

Solid on the straps.

High waist.

Layered.

Sewing a new new thing for the holiday is not so difficult. But to get a decent result, you still have to pay attention to such important details as materials, measurements, patterns and assembly.

How to sew a magnificent ball gown for a girl with your own hands

When sewing any product, at least some kind of instruction is needed. If you have a small guide for performing a ball gown, you can make a beautiful product even at home. Further, in detail about each stage before starting work, about choosing tools, fabrics and all that the master should also pay attention to when creating an elegant model.

Choose material

You can buy the most beautiful material for a girl. Let it be the most expensive, brightest and even the most brilliant, but it must meet the criteria for a children's product.

Important! That is, the material should be hypoallergenic and suitable for children's items.

Nor should it be scratchy. An exception can only be fabric tulle (thick mesh), which the seamstress can use for the petticoat. But in this case there will be some exceptions - this is the processing of each edge not with an overlock, but with the help of special fabric. And in addition, the child’s body should be protected by a softer cloth from the touch of such barbed tissue. Often, stretch fabrics with an elastane content are chosen for the material. But they must meet important criteria - they must breathe. Since it is very important for the child’s body. Yes, and adults are not always comfortable in things from a higher content of elastane, which pass little air.

Important! For a beginning seamstress, it is better to use fabrics that do not crumble, so that it is easier to work with them.

Preparatory stage

Prepare all the tools that any seamstress uses to create the usual thing. This is a measuring tape for taking measurements. This is an ordinary large ruler for drawing and patterning. Needles and pins for grinding edges. Threads and needles, respectively, a sewing machine and, if necessary, an overlock. A couple of good scissors and all the material that is useful in the work, this includes various clasps and jewelry for the model. For different dresses, the measurements will be different. Can be measured twice so as not to mess with the sizes. For some measurements, allowances are made immediately. When cutting parts, it is very important to pay attention to the seams and more often an increase of about 1 cm is made for the seam.

Pattern of a magnificent ball gown for a girl

To perform a ball gown, the bodice is very important. More often they make it fitted. In fact, for a girl to make it a little easier than for women. The point is in the features of the figure of the female body and child. For the bodice in this case it is necessary to use fewer tucks.

In some models, the bodice pattern does not consist of 2 or even 4 parts, but of eight. Since the clippings of the side parts of the bodice will be separate. But such a pattern is often used to create adult ball gowns.

It is very important that in the pattern of the bodice and the circumference for the skirt the lengths are appropriate, if this is not a skirt with assemblies. The hem itself to the model is often performed in the form of a skirt of the sun. So you can make a very magnificent model.

We sew a ball gown step by step

To complete the product, all details should be performed in the following sequence:

  • measurements are taken from the girl;
  • transferred to a sheet of paper;
  • building a drawing, and for this it is better to use special paper for a pattern;
  • transferring the pattern to the fabric and cutting out the details (all allowances are best done immediately on the pattern);
  • stitching parts and, if necessary, processing edges with fabric strips or overlock.

This is an approximate principle of working with ball gowns.

How to sew a dress for ballroom dancing girl

For girls dancing ballroom dancing, I want to make a beautiful model of the dress. But one should not be zealous with fluffy skirts. At a lesson in such a product it will not be so convenient and therefore for such cases masters often use models with half-sun skirts. Length is often used not to the floor, as the girl will easily get confused in it. More often they take models with skirts knee-deep and just above the knee so that nothing interferes in the dance, and the teacher can see the legs and how the girl performs the dance movements.

Patterns of dresses for ballroom dancing

An original and very beautiful model with a reaped hem in the form of an accordion. It turns out both a convenient product and a very beautiful thing. The girl will definitely like this form for classes.

To work, you will need:

  • elastic fabric;
  • tulle (reaper).

Stage: measurements . The fastest way to sew such a dress is to use a turtleneck. Just attach it to the elastic fabric and circle it. How to make a sleeve and shelves on a pattern. There is no need to leave allowances for seams, as the fabric stretches well and will be fitted. To pattern the hem, you will need to draw a half-sun on elastic fabric and here you can not do without some measurements that are noted on the very detail of the pattern. This is the length and it is quite simple at this stage to adjust the waist circumference. From a tulle, cut out a similar hem detail.

Stage: edge processing . For tulle, you can use a simple zigzag and make a good seam around the edge, so tulle will lie in a neat wave. Other details are processed on a special overlock, as often the elastane fabric loosens well and gives unpleasant arrows.

Stage: assembly . Sew shoulder seams. Next, sew in the sleeves and make one side seam. Then sew the hem, if necessary, make small folds. It is very important to immediately insert the tulle, so the edge of the tulle will be invisible. Then you can make the side seam and the side seam of the skirt straight along one edge at once. Unscrew the product and the job is done.

Sewing dresses with your own hands

Original and cute model of a beautiful dress with long sleeves. For him, a tulle petticoat (the softest mesh) was used.

To work, use:

  • lace of flowers;
  • elastic fabric;
  • tulle for a petticoat.

Stage: patterns.

Perform bodice patterns, for this you can use a T-shirt. For the skirt make a pattern of the sun. Sew the petticoat with large flounces for a smooth transition from the waist to the bottom.

Stage: stitching . For strapless, you need to sew lace directly on the elastic and sew to the details of the bodice. Stitch the bodice on one side only. Next, download the skirt detail. After that, you can do side seams and processing the edges of the fabric. The petticoat is a separate piece. Decorate the skirt with small bundles and lace along the waistline.

Now your child is ready for the school ball and for the ballroom dancing championship.