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Draping Means To Hang Or To decorate The Body Form With Loose Fabric, And To Obtain A Body Fitted Garment By Using plenty Sewing Techniques.

Draping---The act of creating fashion designs by manipulating, pining and cutting muslin or other fabrics over a dress form In this technique the drape garment is then used to create a pattern from which a garment can be made.

Dress form

Draping
Technique of hanging fabric in folds or cover with fabric in loose folds. In draped garments, hemlines are often uneven.

A 3-dimntional method for making patterns using muslin on a dress form. Technique used by designers to create garments by draping fabric on dress form. A pattern is then cut from the draped segments and made into designer's sample garment.

Draping

Draping
The garment is made of unstitched cloth that is held to the body by means of pins, tapes, sashes or belts, Many draped garments are one piece.

Tools for draping

Dress forms

Muslin

Muslin
Muslin There are three basic types of muslin: (1) A coarse of weave of medium weight used because the grain is the grain is easily recognized (2) A light weight, finely woven fabric used for soft draping (3) A heavy weight, firmly woven fabric used for draping ,This also known as toile muslin

Preparation of Muslin for Draping


Tearing Estimate size of muslin piece needed Allowing a reasonable amount of extra fabric for ease, seam allowance and styling Clip edge of muslin with scissors Tear the grain with sufficient presser to break yarns evenly

Blocking Before draping muslin may have to be reshaped so that yarns of the crosswise and lengthwise grain are at perfect right angle to each other To reshape muslin pull the edge diagonally until the fabric is squared
Pressing Once fabric has been blocked the position of the yarns is set with steam and heat of pressing

Use rectangle of muslin Width = front chest measurement +4 Length =HSP to waist +4 fold the selvage 1 for CF or CB Pin the fold line on CF or CB Balance the cross grain on HBL

Basic draping steps

Keep the Neckline quite flat and use pins at neck point leave some fullness on shoulder and waist line Pin the fullness Mark the NL,SH,AH,SS,WL

Princes line
The princes waist is fitted to the body with seams rather than darts The fitting seams has unlimited design possibilities It can originate at any point at above the bust line level

Preparation of muslin for princes line


Pin style tape to the dress form to establish the desired princes line Pins should be slip through the style tape in to the dress form Tear the muslin length / width

Draping steps
Pin center front panel to apex and center front Smooth muslin from center front towards the style tape, keeping the cross wise grain perfectly aligned Mark the NL,SH and style line Remove the center front panel

Side panel
Place the side panel against the dress form Pin along the cross wise grain allowing the necessary ease Mark SH,AH, SS,WL

Bias cowl
Preparation of fabric A 30 square is sufficient the normal waist If the cowl is a part of a bodice with a lower waistline , or garment cut without any waistline a square must be cut proportionately larger

Draping steps
On the dress form indicate the depth of the desired neckline At the shoulder seams of the dress form, indicate the desired width of the neck line

Turn back a corner of the fabric square for facing Place muslin against the dress form Holding the center of the cowl at the neck line Let the neckline fall gently
Trace SH,AH, SS,WL

Draping Dress form Tools Basic blocks Skirt Dress bias Cowls Princes line

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