PETSOLA 20x Thin Draping Tape 3mm Marking Mannequin Pattern Masking Tape Dress Form Tool

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Each of the these drapery tape options is the final step in a curtain project, which means you’ve already hemmed the sides, bottom, and top of your panel(s). Next, take the muslin and cut out the various pieces of your design from it. This includes your sleeves, bust cup, and all other pieces. For something a little more classic, you can choose to work with a charmeuse, or this china silk you see below. They’ll both look incredibly fluid and flawless on a dress form. Togas, a very long length of woollen fabric that Romans wrapped around themselves, draping it over the left shoulder and arm and leaving the right arm free. No Obligation. Although we have the right to include your Materials in the Service or in any Media, we do not have the obligation to do so. We may, in our sole discretion and for any reason, refuse the Materials or remove them from our Service at any time.

Tip 6: Also, when analyzing the drape remember in removing the pins from the form that you should also pin all of the draped seams together to get an accurate picture of what the final garment will look like when sewn. At this point, side-seams and princess seams can be pinned together from a 360-degree vantage point on the form to demonstrate how the newly constructed garment will hang. This is one of the main advantages of draping as a method of garment construction and provides lots of visual stimulation to the creative designer.It is a very useful as many variations in the design can be done easily and considered as time saving method for a fashion designer.

While selecting fabrics and clothes, we must relate it to our lifestyles and our active routine. There are various fabrics which are most suitable for fashion draping purpose such as stretchy knitted fabrics, chiffon, georgette, organza, sheer cottons, voile, and light weight silk and many more. Drapability of fabric plays an important role in making sophisticated draped garments. Generally, very light weight to medium weight fabric is suitable for draped garments. When the garments are made of woven goods, then they are usually draped in muslin or an inexpensive fabric where the grain and cross grain are quite visible. Generally, the quality and hand of the muslin should represent the texture and characteristics of the actual fabric used for the garment design. Figure 3: Muslin fabric This video helps to introduce fashion designers to the basic concept behind draping for outfit creation. It provides easy-to-follow points that show how to use the tapes optimally and eliminate some of the stress that comes with pattern drafting. Alternate draping with flat pattern-making. Although draping and flat pattern-making are diametrically opposed in many ways, you can use both techniques simultaneously. Draping is helpful when you need to take a more practical approach to determine those measurements; flat fabric or paper pattern-making works a little better when you know your measurements in advance.This helps the designer to achieve the difficult designs by draping different fabrics. For designs like cowls this method can be used which gives good results.