Learn how to model the bodice of dresses of varying complexity
Modeling of the bodice of a dress, blouse, coat –an important moment that every fashion designer and novice seamstress faces when creating their masterpiece. There are many options for making this part of the product. It is the bodice that makes the model special, interesting, emphasizing the advantages of the figure and hiding its flaws. This process is not particularly difficult, although it requires maximum attention. Every girl who begins to sew pays attention to simple models of clothes, and only over time, having gained a little hand and learned to work with patterns, to make their construction, proceeds to more complex products. If you think that you have mastered the technique of sewing clothes quite well, then you should start modeling it, an author's work. Thus, you can please yourself and your loved ones with exclusive models of dresses, blouses, tunics and even outerwear. There are three types of modeling: constructive, applied and modeling from photographs or drawings, each seamstress chooses her own option for work, the one that suits her best. But, at the same time, they all have common points, for example, the construction of the pattern. In today's article, we will talk about a very important detail of many things from a woman's wardrobe - the bodice. With its help, you can completely change this or that product. As a rule, the modeling of the bodice of a dress is done on the basis of a pattern, by changing the darts, their location, changing their length. Two darts can be combined into one, reliefs can be made, they can be shifted to one of the existing cuts, for example, side or shoulder, replaced or supplemented with folds or gathers. If you want to get a smooth elegant fit in the chest area, then you will need to reduce the length of the dart. For large sizes, the length is reduced by five - six centimeters, for medium size - by three centimeters. It is advisable to make such a dart if you plan to get a finished product with a strict, smooth bodice. A dress with such a detail will look great on the owner of an ideally shaped chest. A universal option is a dart transferred to the armhole. Such a bodice will suit any breast shape and any size. The photo below shows the patterns for modeling various bodice options, which will definitely be useful in practice for every seamstress and novice fashion designer. Using these options, you can not onlymodel any new product at your discretion, but also remake an old, unnecessary or out-of-fashion thing that can be found in the wardrobe of almost every woman. Modeling a dress bodice only at first glance seems like a complex process that is simply impossible to cope with. In fact, it is enough to carefully study the patterns, apply them in practice and you will definitely get an excellent result that will exceed all your expectations. In the near future, you will be able to sew chic dresses yourself, distinguished by classicism and originality, elegance and charm, for example, like those in the photo below.