Cutting out
When cutting out the fabric I seemed to confuse myself an awful lot as I wanted to do it so different parts of the dress were in different fabrics but in the end I got my head around it and it turned out all ok.
The dress dart
This was the first step of manufacturing the dress
The bust dart
With the bust dart I had to shorten it by 2 cm as it was to close to the dress dart and it was creating a point which isn't what we want.
Button stand
First of all I had to cut out two pieces of interfacing to make it stronger for when the buttons are applied. The next stage was to iron down a 1cm seam allowance then join the notches at the top together.
As my inspiration for my dress is a pair of jeans I have decided to do a double running stitch to give it the same effect.
Sleeves
I have decided that I don't want to hem my sleeves as I want them fray so it gives the dress a worn and distressed look. This is why I have done a 1cm stitch along the bottom so that it doesn't fray further than there.
Creating the collar is like a sandwich first of all you have to construct the collar and I have done another double stitch on top so it looks like a pair of jeans. Then the second step it so get one half of the collar stand and attach it right sides to right sides.
With the other half you have to do the same but to the opposite side
When finished you have to make sure that it is all ironed down flat inside, so that no bulk is showing and is ready to be attached to the dress.
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