How to sew a dress-Empire

Dress in style an Empire style can be made from any flowing fabric, be it silk, chiffon, crepe de Chine or fine knit. Can use all sorts of colour combinations, however if you want to follow the classical parameters, select a solid pastel fabrics. This style allows the use of low-key decor elements: a bit of delicate lace, modest embroidery, printed drawings.

Directly on the cloth take the two rectangles. A single rectangle with a length equal to the desired length of bodice and a width equal to the chest girth plus 10 cm for Assembly. The second rectangle is equal to the desired length of the dress from the bodice width under the chest girth multiplied by two. Skirt length of dress can vary from a length to two fingers below the knee to Maxi skirts.

First, you should process the detail of the bodice. To do this, fold it in half face and sew seam. Overlarge it or treat stitch "zig-zag". Zautyuzhte it on one side. Fold the fabric along the top edge on the wrong side. Stitch, leaving a hole through which you later insert the elastic band.

The cloth for the skirt sew, overlarge and zautyuzhte as well as the bodice. On the upper edge Sametime and pull to the required width. Sew the skirt to the bodice (pre-PrimeTV it manually). Treat the cut on the serger or zigzag stitching. This seam pristrochite elastic band.

Podmate the bottom of the dress. Ask someone to hold the fitting, so how to do it yourself is unlikely to succeed. Measure the same length from the floor line and cut the excess fabric. Tuck the bottom cut on the wrong side, baste by hand and prostrochite on a typewriter.

Adorn your dress with a thin lace on the upper cut of the bodice. Grab the under bust belt or a satin ribbon to match. Pin exquisite brooch and can be worn in the feast, and in the world, and good people.