Once you learn how to sew a ballroom dance dress, you will craft it from stretch fabric for Latin, Foxtrot, and other dances. Also for you is a master class on sewing a fluffy skirt and bodysuit for an outfit.
In a ball gown, girls feel like real princesses. See what models can be created to fulfill the dream of young ladies.
How to sew a dress for ballroom dancing - a master class and a photo
To create such a comfortable and beautiful outfit, take:
- suitable fabric;
- scissors;
- threads;
- paper for building patterns.
Before you sew a dress for ballroom dancing, you need to make a pattern for this product. To do this, you must first take the necessary measurements. Define:
back width;
- arm circumference in the shoulder area;
- neck width;
- sleeve length;
- bodice length;
- the circumference of the lower part of the sleeve;
- skirt length.
You can not build a pattern, but simply circle a T-shirt for the upper part, which just fits the girl well.
If you are using a T-shirt for the pattern, then tuck the sleeves inward to circle the armhole. You can take a jersey if you have one. If you decide to build a pattern for the dress yourself, then pay attention to the following. Here's how to create the back and shelf.
As you can see, the measurements obtained should be set aside for the pattern. Lay two 3 cm wide pleats on the back.
To make the bottom of the ball gown, you can also simplify this task. Take the girl's panties and circle them on the pattern. To make things easier, you can unpick them first if you no longer need this item.
If you want to build a pattern yourself, then see how you create this lower part of the outfit. The skirt is also easy to cut out. You will need to draw the fourth piece using the presented shape for the radius. This pattern also shows how to create a drawing for the sleeve.
It is best to sew from a fabric called supplex. It does not crumble, it will not be necessary to process the seams with an overlock. You can also not tuck the bottom of the skirt.
To sew the ball gown further, you need to proceed to cutting. Start with the skirt. As you remember, at first you created a quarter skirt. Therefore, fold the fabric in half, then again in half, and attach a skirt pattern here.
If you will not hem the bottom, then you do not need to make an allowance for the fold. And if you do, then make it small, about 5 mm.
Cut out the two halves of the back in a mirror image. Don't forget to draw darts on them. Cut out sleeves, panties, in front of the product. Then transfer these paper bases to the fabric, pin them here with pins, and then cut them out. Remember to leave seam allowances where necessary.
Now you can start sewing your ballroom dance dress. First take the back, stitch the darts on the wrong side. If you are a novice dressmaker, then it is better to first sew them on your hands with a basting stitch, and then on a typewriter.
Now sew the back to the shelf on the shoulders and sidewalls. The armhole will be small so that the sleeve fits well on all sides.
Periodically try on a future ballroom dance dress for a girl in order to sew it perfectly to the figure.
To prevent the neckline from stretching, attach a linen elastic around the circumference using a zigzag stitch.
Sew each sleeve, then sew into the armholes with a thread and a needle, measure on the child. Make adjustments if necessary. After that, you can sew on the wrong side on a sewing machine.
Sew the panties, sew the created skirt to them at the waist. Use a zigzag stitch to join these parts as the straight stitch may break when put on.
Now you need to sew the bottom from the top. Turn the sleeves over to the correct length and sew on them.
Such a dress is worn as a kombidress, over the head, so the lower part of the panties is not sewn up, but tucked up, they make here a fastener in the form of loops and buttons. This outfit is worn over tights.
Here's how to sew a dress for a girl. It is tight-fitting. And if you want to sew a lush, then take a look at the next master class. But first, check out the useful tricks that will certainly help with this needlework.
How to Sew a Ballroom Dance Dress - Useful Tricks
Since the girl is constantly moving during ballroom dancing, the costume should not hinder her movements. Therefore, the outfit should be elastic and fit the figure well. For this, the following fabrics are used:
- lycra;
- supplex;
- stretch guipure;
- stretch mesh.
More about them:
- Lycra is familiar to many. It is this elastic thread that is added to nylon tights. This fabric is also used to create costumes for athletes. Lycra is durable, elastic, it will be comfortable in both heat and cold.
- Leotards for gymnastics and swimming are sewn from supplex. This fabric stretches well, fits the body, looks impressive.
- Stretch linen is also used for sewing ballroom dance dresses. Matter stretches very well, keeps its shape.
- With the help of a stretch mesh, decorative elements are made on the dress. They look like guipure. From them you can make ruffles, decorate a skirt and bodice.
The ballroom dance dress consists of a skirt and a bodysuit. These are the requirements of this art form.
You do not need to overcast the fabrics listed above, but overlock and zigzag will come in handy. Since with their help you need to sew an elastic band on the elements of the dress.
Since this dress is for ballroom dancing, sequins, sequins, rhinestones will be appropriate here. But you need to pay special attention to ensuring that they are firmly fixed on the outfit.
If you want to sew a fluffy skirt, then it can be made of tulle, silk, chiffon. Tulle works especially well. It is wide and can be cut in various directions. This fabric does not crumble and has a variety of colors.
In order to sew a tulle skirt you only need two measurements. This is the length of the product and the girth of the waist. Tulle is folded several times so that you can get a skirt consisting of several layers. Measure the tape to the width of your waist and sew it on top of your skirt.
It is better to use a wide soft elastic band as a belt. You will sew all the tiers of the skirt to it. A bottom process with fishing line.
Now that you know how to sew a full skirt, you can use this skill to create a voluminous outfit at the bottom.
There are different types of ballroom dancing. If you need to sew for foxtrot or waltz, then a different cut is used. See which one.
How to sew a dress for waltz and foxtrot?
Such dresses are long, at the top they are tight-fitting, and the bottom is lush. Also, these outfits are sewn on the basis of the bodysuit to which the skirt is sewn.
If you have a suitable bodysuit, you can match the fabric and sew a skirt. In this case, a square of fabric was used. A hole was made in the center along the waist, the corner was cut off in the front so that there was a greater length in the back.
When you sew this skirt to the bodysuit, it will look beautiful due to the fact that folds are formed. This skirt does not hinder movement, because it is quite fluffy.
It can be made of satin, and the cape can be made of chiffon, which is light and translucent.
This ball gown has two pieces, a swimsuit and a skirt, see how to make the bottom of this outfit. Then you can sew a swimsuit or attach a skirt to an existing one that matches the color.
How to sew a fluffy skirt for dancing with your own hands?
At the heart of such a skirt is an underskirt made of opaque fabric. For this, crepe satin or satin is perfect. For upper skirts, translucent lightweight fabrics such as tulle are used.
Before sewing the ball gown, create a sun flare skirt pattern. A newspaper of sufficient width is perfect for this. If one is not enough, glue 2 or more with paper tape.
To make an exact pattern of the skirt, you will need the S coefficient. For the flared sun it is 0.1592. And for the double sun it is 0.0796.
You will also need a value for the volume of the hip girth. Now you need to multiply this figure by the coefficient for the sun-flare. You will vouch for the radius for the petticoat. And if you multiply your thighs by the double sun ratio, you get the radius for the topskirts.
It remains to decide on the length, and you can sew a fluffy skirt for ballroom dancing. Transfer the measurements to the newspaper, cut out the necessary blanks from it.
When you cut the top and bottom skirts, note that the share thread should run down the center of the back and front of these pieces.
To make an organza overskirt, fold the fabric four times and attach a pattern. Leaning on it, cut a skirt out of a lightweight fabric. Create several of these, for example, 3 pieces.
If you want to get an even more fluffy top skirt, then cut out a few in the sun-flare pattern, make cuts from the waist to the bottom and sew these skirts together. In doing so, please note that there should be no folds at the waist.
In this case, the needlewoman cut out three organza skirts, then sewed them on the waistline and threaded an elastic band here. Then she hung this blank on a hanger so that during the day all the skirts would hang down. After that, you can level the hem of the products. Take a bias tape and sew it to the bottom of the first skirt. Repeat these manipulations with the second and third in the same way.
Sew the top skirts to the bottom. Then connect them all, sew a belt here. It can also be sewn from opaque and transparent fabrics. If you wish, decorate the belt with a voluminous rose that matches the color of the skirt. Here's how wonderful it turned out.
Now you know how to sew a dance skirt. It remains to see how to make a bodysuit. This particular piece of clothing is important for ballroom dancing. Stock up on stretch fabric, and the following pattern descriptions will help you create such an outfit.
How to sew a bodysuit for ballroom dancing - a master class?
You can create this piece of clothing not only for dancing, but also for everyday wear. Some people sew long sleeve bodysuits to be worn under a skirt or under trousers, as office wear.
The following pattern is for size 52. Here are the details of the shelf, back, front and barrel.
Here are ready-made calculations, using them, you will redraw this pattern. To do this, you can use a Whatman paper or a large sheet of light paper. The back is one-piece, half of the part is given on the pattern. It will be necessary to bend the fabric in half along the lobar, attach here the vertical line of the middle of the back. Mark a dart on the body on the back and on the buttock. You will need to create mirrored pairs.
The front part of the body is detachable under the bust. This pattern consists of a bottom, a top, and a side top and front.
First you need to sew this particular sidewall with the front part, which is located in the middle and is one-piece. Then you will sew the sidewall there on the other side. Sweep the resulting top piece to the bottom. Then connect the ready-made shelf with the back on the shoulders and on the sides. To get a snug fit on your chest, insert a soft elastic band from the back and sew it in a zigzag seam. Do the same in the area of the tops of the legs so that the swimsuit fits well here too.
The following bodysuit pattern is given for 46 size 3 height.
There are also all the necessary calculations. In this case ? both back and front are one-piece. On the front, on both sides of the side, you will need to lay darts and sew each of them. Then, in the same way, arrange a dart in the lower part of the back, and then connect both parts. The bodysuit fastens at the bottom, so leave allowances here. From the front, you need to leave such a gusset, the length of which is 4 and the width is 3 cm. These subtleties are visible on the next pattern. By including your measurements here, you can make the perfect pattern for your figure.
If you are thinking how to sew a ballroom dance outfit, then create a similar bodysuit out of elastic fabric, on top of which you can sew ruffles from organza or other translucent material.
Then you need to create a skirt from the same fabric, not forgetting to make a lining skirt from an opaque fabric.
To make it easier for you to take measurements, see how this is reflected in the following photo and you can measure yourself to sew a ball gown based on a bodysuit and a skirt.
Here's how to sew a ball gown for a kid, for waltz and foxtrot, and create a bodysuit and skirt for this art form. If you are interested in looking at this fascinating process, then by all means watch the video report.
The first video will show you how to sew a Latin ballroom dance dress:
You will learn how to hem the bottom of the skirt so that it is beautiful and fluffy in the second video:
