Step 1
To draft the pattern, start from a basic dress block with darts and zero to small wearing ease – i.e. a sleeveless pencil dress.
Adjust the length first, then draw the underbust line and cut through it to separate bodice and skirt.
Let's draft the pattern for a very special dress: as soon as I saw the image, I thought it was a dress for princess Jasmine from Aladdin.
It features an interesting dart manipulation at bust and statement sleeves. It would make a cool party dress if done in a special fabric as silk faille or taffeta or a trendy summer dress if in a simple fabric as cotton.
To draft the pattern, start from a basic dress block with darts and zero to small wearing ease – i.e. a sleeveless pencil dress.
Adjust the length first, then draw the underbust line and cut through it to separate bodice and skirt.
On skirt, draw the slash lines coming from dart apexes to hemline.
Cut through slash lines to separate skirt pieces (center back, side back panel, side front panel, center front. Mark notches at waist and hip levels.
Get bodice pieces and on back and front:
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