December 9, 2007

SKIRT PATTERN

Making Form of Skirt Pattern

1. Waistline is 3 cms. from the header of pattern paper.
2. Upper Hip line is 10 cms from waist line.

3.
Hip line is 20 cms from waistline.
4. Measure long skirt from waistline to the bottom line as you like for your
measurement


Skirt FRONT Pattern

At the waistline measure

  • A to B and X to Y = (HIP ÷ 4) + 2
  • Draw side line BY and fold line. AX
  • B to C is 2 cms and draw arc line from C to D
At the waistline; draw 1st dart.
  • A to E = 7.5 cms
  • E to F = 2 cms
  • Find the center and draw EF dart to Upper Hip line
Draw 2nd Dart
  • F to I = 4 cms
  • I to J = 2 cms
  • Draw IJ dart 10 cms long to Upper Hip line.
Skirt BACK Pattern

At the waistline measure
  • K to L and T to V = (HIP ÷ 4) – 2
  • Draw LV line.
Sideline measure
  • T to M = 2 cms and draw arc line M to N at the Hip line
At the Zipper
  • Measure from K to P = 1.5 cms then draw zipper line P to Q at Hip.
  • Back pattern has only one dart which measure from P to R = 6.5 cms
  • R to S = 3 cms then draw RS dart to O point for 12 cms long