Patchwork Dresses

Dresses made using the patchwork technique are gaining popularity. Today it is not only national or stage costumes - such outfits are successful even on the catwalk. The last weeks of haute couture in different parts of the world are proof of this.

The patchwork technique is as old as the world. She was successfully used in clothes by our great-grandmothers. A piece of patchwork allows each craftswoman to express her imagination, artistic taste and design talent. The combination of individual pieces of fabric is called a patchwork. Clothing in the style of patchwork is always looking original, bright and catchy. In the patchwork technique, outfits in the Slavic and romantic style look perfect. To create a model does not require large financial costs, the product can be sewn from pieces of fabric available from the needlewoman.

Today, the patchwork style is experiencing its new birth, clothes and products from flaps are in demand and popular among millions of fans to emphasize their individuality, show a sense of style, stand out from the crowd. Dresses are especially impressive and bright. The patchwork technique allows you to create original clothes in the Russian style.

Dress in the style of patchwork should be a simple style and cut, not overloaded with unnecessary details and elements. The main "highlight" of such a dress is the harmonious combination of pieces of fabric of different colors and shades.

There are several basic rules, how and with what to wear patchwork style clothes.

• No need to overload the overall impression with several things in the patchwork style at the same time, such a thing in the image should be one (dress, skirt or blouse). Plain trousers are ideal for a patchwork blouse, a light tone blouse to a bright skirt.
• You should not add bright accessories, they will “argue” with a patchwork product, overload the image, make it “flashy”.
• Clothing, accessories, shoes should be as simple as possible in style and cut, best of all in a distinctive ethnic style.
• The patchwork technique is ideally suited to the style of boho, ethnic, national clothing.
• Style involves shoes without heels, with thin soles. Light open sandals, sandals, slippers with laces and ties around the ankles, and ballet shoes are perfect here.

A patchwork dress is an ideal option to show the whole world its individuality, sense of style and taste. You can make a patchwork dress with your own hands and you can’t buy such a thing in any store. This will be your creation!

In order to sew a spectacular patchwork dress, you need to have the necessary materials and tools.

• Material for the future dress, according to the style and creative idea. This can be a piece of fabric, shreds, a ready-made plain dress as a cover. Many specialized stores sell ready-made patchwork kits, matched by a color palette with similar prints. They can be used as decor or sew from them the main fabric of the dress.
• Threads of appropriate thickness, in tone with the main color scheme of the future product.
• Tailor needles for pricking parts.
• Sewing machine, suitable needle for stitching.
• Scissors, a bar of dry soap or sharp chalk for marking fabrics.

Work on the manufacture of dresses can be divided into several stages.

1. Create a sketch of the future dress, imagine what it should be, where and how bright patchwork accents will be located (if the base of the product is plain).
2. Make a pattern, mark on it the junction of individual pieces of fabric, observing the harmony of the color palette.
3. Beginner needlewomen can limit sewing using the patchwork technique by adding separate multi-colored elements to an already finished dress. In this case, with each piece of fabric you need to work separately. More experienced craftswomen can break the pattern of the product into separate fragments and use them to carve multi-colored details of the future dress.
4. After cutting, start stitching the individual elements into a single product. If the dress is with sleeves, then the detail of the sleeve is sewn separately, and then attached to the top of the product. Accordingly, the shelf, back and bottom of the product must be stitched in the same way, according to the scheme.

Thus, the main details of the future dress are formed from separate multi-colored pieces of fabric. After that they need to be interconnected. In the process of stitching the individual elements, it is necessary to process the places of their seaming on the overlock and be sure to iron all the seams. Then the thing will look neat.

Combining fabrics using the patchwork technique is better than one type, but the style allows you to “fool around” with more daring and ambitious needlewomen.

See how to sew a patchwork dress in the next video.

We have selected some good examples for your inspiration.

• Clothing in the style of patchwork technique is better to combine with monophonic laconic things of basic colors.

• The image in such a dress can look as you like: bohemian, relaxed, romantic, eclectic, bright, extravagant.

• In patchwork technology, clothes are created not only from light fabrics. Winter dresses made of thick materials, knitwear, wool look great.

• Pieces of fabric can be both large enough and very small. Feel free to combine and create.

• Dress in ethnic style using patchwork technique fits well into everyday look.

• Such dresses will help to look truly luxurious and expensive, like any individually created thing. And they help to visually correct the figure, smoothing the proportions and diverting attention from the "problem" zones.