Let's draft the pattern for this amazing and very sofisticated bridal dress.
It has an open bardot neckline with built-in petal sleeves and an A-line skirt.
You could use the same bodice and sleeve combined with a flared or pencil skirt for a formal - but much more wearable - dress.
Pick a slightly stiff fabric as taffeta, mikado, duchesse or silk faille to hold the sleeve and skirt volume ;)
You can learn our method for drafting perfectly made to measure basic blocks (contoured ones, and the ones with wearing ease) and for fitting them in our basic blocks course/module 1.
To draft the pattern, start from a basic block with darts and at least 6cm ease at bust circumference (because you’ll have sleeves and use a non stretch fabric…you need a little room for moving).
Draw a slash line 2 to 4cm below waistline and cut through it to separate bodice and skirt.
Get skirt pieces, draw vertical slash lines from dart apex all the way to hemline, perpendicular to it, and cut through these lines. Discard dart volume.
Spread skirt pieces by 10 to 15cm at waist and by 30 to 40cm at hem.
Make sure you balance the volume on front and back.
Do you already have an account? Login or Recover your password now
