The #PatternPuzzle sample this week is The Wrap Drape Dress from earlier in the year. You can pop back to the original post for a refresh of all the pattern making instructions. Janine Kroes of enina-j collection in the Netherlands has sampled our design for her new collection and sent us some photos from the sampling.
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Showing posts with label drape jersey. Show all posts
05 March 2016
02 June 2014
Pattern Puzzle - Mioara Cretu Outfit #2
This weeks #PatternPuzzle is a thing of genius from our regular contributor, Mioara Cretu, gifting us the most baffling#PatternPuzzle of all time last Saturday. Mioara teaches pattern making at a Romanian university and has a weakness for jersey one-piece patterns!
And for all our fans, you have done a wonderful job this weekend finding the answers to such a challenging puzzle. Congratulations :) Now it's time to confess that I stared blankly at this puzzle for days when it first arrived. The skirt I was able to work out but it was the twist in the top pattern that had me really confused.
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
21 April 2014
Pattern Puzzle - Waterfall Drape Skirt
Zuzana Grimm had her ahha moment on Saturday afternoon and solved the #PatternPuzzle. Julie and Vicki gave her a good start in the morning with some great detail. The weird pattern shape is a one piece pattern for a ruched jersey skirt with waterfall drape. Although I am using the basic skirt block for woven fabric, I will select a block two sizes smaller than usual so I can cut the pattern in a two-way stretch jersey. That would give me a fit with negative ease of 6cm for this style.
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
07 April 2014
Pattern Puzzle - The Wrap Drape Dress
This weeks #PatternPuzzle was a tough one! When you look at the weird pattern shape we posted on Saturday, you are looking at the most complex pattern piece in the style. In this weeks puzzle, in addition to the side seam drape, it's all about understanding the construction of the front wrap and how that relates to the CF seam. It is a mock wrap in that it is secured at the side seams to create a more reliable shape.
All the pattern making instructions have been moved to the website blog here. :)
We love to hear from you so please leave you pattern making questions in the comments section below.
Enjoy :)
31 March 2014
Pattern Puzzle - Double Drape Tee
A big thank you to everyone who came by our Facebook Page on Saturday to play the #PatternPuzzle. You were all able to identify most parts of the pattern but found the shape at the neckline confusing. Once you turn the pattern up the right way you'll see the large open shape is in fact two pieces of drape that overlap.
This currently popular style is featured in many fashion collections. The drape from the left side of the top tucks under the right shoulder drape and is attached into the right armhole seam. Using the Knit Block I have set out the Pattern Plan below with the dashed lines indicating where the drape will be added for both sides of the garment.
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
17 March 2014
Pattern Puzzle - Jersey Twist Dress
There was a great conversation around the #PatternPuzzle last Saturday on our FB page. The final but essential clue of a CF twist was offered by Renee Bock to complete the puzzle. This style is in many ways very similar to previous puzzles featuring twists. A full list of similar styles, with links, is featured at the end of this post.
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
03 March 2014
Pattern Puzzle - Jersey Ruche Skirt
Last Saturday's #PatternPuzzle was one of those strange shapes that gave little idea of it's final shape. But in true form our fans were able to solve the puzzle. The style we are looking at is a ruched, drape skirt that relies on the two-way stretch of the fabric to pull over the hips without a zipper opening.
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
24 February 2014
PatternPuzzle - Sporty Glamour
Inspired by The Cutting Class post, Tucks and Gathers at Prada, and Prada's divine combination of feminine styling with casual, sports trim, I could not resist this challenge. The full show from Prada is worth the viewing. :) The style that caught my eye is this sporty frock (below) with crew neckline and bead and sequin embellishment. A wicked combination. :)
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
20 January 2014
Pattern Puzzle - Cross Drape Tee
Some very quick and clever answers on Saturday had our #PatternPuzzle solved in one hour! Thanks to Evelyn, Mioara, Cyndi and Delwyn for such great ideas. And thanks to all our fans for making our Saturday morning so much fun. The pattern shape below is for the entire top, when cut as 1 pair.
Delwyn made the most interesting observation - that if we cut two pair of the shape, treating the CB as both CF & CB and allowing the drape extension as side panels, it would be a very interesting tunic with long draped side seams. So many great ideas, and so little time to get them done!
You'll find all the pattern making instructions on the website blog.
Enjoy!
23 December 2013
Pattern Puzzle - Paper Twist Tunic
We know this is an insanely busy time of year and would like to send a huge thank you to everyone who dropped by on the weekend for our #PatternPuzzle. The shape below is what greeted our fans on Saturday morning on our FB page. Below is my trade sketch as best interpretation of the pattern with the intention of cutting this tunic in a light papery taffeta to hold the sculptural effects of the twist.
16 December 2013
Pattern Puzzle - Drape Shift
Solved with lightening speed by Alison Calderwood, Julie Eilber and RedPointTailor, last Saturdays #PatternPuzzle turns out to be a fab summer shift. The image below has the puzzle shape right way up with some notations to help make sense of the thing.
You can get the rest of the pattern making detail here on my well-suitedblog.
25 November 2013
PatternPuzzle - Two Twist Skirt Patterns
In developing the ideas for this puzzle it occurred to me that there are many ways to make a twist skirt pattern. What came out of that process are the pattern images below that offer two ways to cut a twist skirt.
The sketches below give you an idea of the anticipated results of the different styles of twist. If you'd like to learn my method for creating Twist Drape Patterns I have a detailed worksheet for making Jersey Twist Patterns. The first sketch and pattern on the left is the single twist, and the sketch and pattern on the right are for the double twist. In the first we twist the lower skirt of the main pattern and in the other we twist two tail shape pieces and join them back to the skirt.
11 November 2013
Pattern Puzzle - Twist and Turnback Top
My design this week featured below has a single twist in the front bodice, a turn-back drape on the front hem and a two piece back to maintain the empire fit that holds the bust twist in place.
If you'd like to learn my method for creating Twist Drape Patterns I have a detailed worksheet for making Jersey Twist Patterns. For just a few dollars you'll get the same training you'd get if you came to the workshop in my studio.
You'll find all the pattern making detail on the website blog.
04 November 2013
Pattern Puzzle - Skirt Twist
With this weeks post of the pattern solution and details I firstly must apologise for the delay in posting. It turns out my original pattern shape was not entirely accurate. As I prepared this post I realised that the pattern shape would not necessarily achieve the fit I had sketched in the design drawing. This is not an uncommon problem when translating design drawings to actual patterns, which is why we often have to sample a couple of times to perfect the fit.
If you'd like to learn my method for creating Twist Drape Patterns I have a detailed worksheet for making Jersey Twist Patterns. For just a few dollars you'll get the same training you'd get if you came to the workshop in my studio.
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