How to sew a summer dress with your own hands

Trips to the sea, family vacations in the country, evening walks in the park and cocktail parties require new things in the summer wardrobe. But if your budget does not plan expenses for a radical change of wardrobe or expensive outfits, we offer you to sew simple, but beautiful summer models for different occasions.

If you have not yet acquired a summer dress for every day, then it's time to sew here such a simple model with an original print that does not require a sophisticated pattern and even tucks.

1. Fold the jersey in half along the shared thread, attach a T-shirt and circle it with soap or chalk.
2. Extend the dress skirt to the desired height. Adjust your hips. If they are magnificent, then make the necessary increase.
3. Cut out the front and back, not forgetting the allowances for the seams, somewhere 1-1.5 cm.
4. The neckline of the front can be made deeper or smaller and of the desired shape.
5. When applying a T-shirt, cut out the sleeves.
6. Then cut and stitch the neckline. To do this, attach the front and back bodice, and circle the neck. Make 5 cm wide.
7. Sew shoulder seams with a zigzag stitch. So you immediately process the slices.
8. Stitch the sleeves by aligning the cut of the shoulder and the middle of the sleeve, and then securing with pins.
9. Stitch side seams by aligning with the seams on the sleeve.
10. Fold the bottom of the dress.

A straight shirt dress will look good on any figure. Side cuts will add piquancy, a belt will emphasize the waist, and a crease on the back will add comfort when moving.

This pattern can serve as a pattern for a blouse, and for a tunic. It all depends on the length you choose. Therefore, below are 2 options for the layout of parts on fabric.

From viscose, open 2 shelves, a back and a yoke, consisting of two parts. Also remove the sleeves and 2 cuffs with a width of 7 cm and a length of 30-32 cm, depending on your size.

To fasten, you will need a strap for loops 9 cm wide and the desired length, as well as 2 parts for the belt 93-100 cm long and 10 cm wide.

• Bend the bottom of the front and back, turning the edge 3 cm and stitching.
• Turn off the whole-cut picks along the fold lines and iron them. Stitch the left edge.
• Fold the loop bar in half along the front side inwards and grind the bottom cut. Turn it out and mark 8 loops in the middle. The first should be at a distance of 1.5 cm from the upper cut, and the bottom at a distance of 30 cm from the end of the bar. Mark the rest at the same distance. Stitch the stitches and stitch the bar.

• Lay a bow fold on the back.
• Stitch the coquette elements together, and then stitch the part to the back. In this case, the allowance for the cut of the neck should protrude beyond the edges of the neck of the shelves.
• Stitch outer sections of collar elements along the seamy side. Turn out the collar and grind it with the stand, folding it with the front sides. Turn out a rack and sew in a mouth.
• On the sleeves, lay the folds and stitch them in the armholes.
• Stitch side seams on the bodice and seams on the sleeves with a single line.
• Sew short cuts on the cuffs. And stitch them to the sleeves.
• Sew a belt.

Many followed the fate of the heroines from the series "Sex and the City", empathized with them and admired their colorful outfits. One of these dresses can be sewn without using patterns in one evening.

An evening long dress in the Greek style captivates with a simple and piquant cut on the back. To sew it, you will need viscose and several measurements.

1. Fold 1.5 meters of viscose and also 1.5 meters wide in half so that the shared thread is vertical.
2. Define your waistline.
3. Sew the bottom side seam to the waist.
4. Draw a slanting line on the bodice, having previously taken measurements of the armhole. If you have small breasts or want the dress to be more romantic, bend the fabric on the bodice in the form of a ruffle.
5. Lay the top stitch, making a drawstring for the string.
6. Fold the ruffle and hem, and then draw the laces with a pin.
7. Sew the rucksack to the side from the inside. To prevent it from puffing in the front, hem the hem and sew.
8. Edges of fabric can be processed on an overlock or a line a zigzag.
9. Pick up a belt for the dress or sew from contrasting material.

Front and back view of the finished evening dress.

A short summer crepe satin dress with drapery and asymmetrical straps perfectly repeats the curves of the body, creating a seductive silhouette.

You can make the skirt on the dress very short or long, so 2 options are given on the layout plan.

Reshape the details of the pattern on paper, enlarging to the desired size and setting the desired length. After, cut out the details from crepe satin stretching in the transverse direction, not forgetting the seam allowances.

1. On the front bodice (det. 1), from the seamy side, stitch the folds to the arrow marks, iron and sweep along the sections.
2. On the left shoulder strap (det. 3), draw stitch lines to the front side with basting stitches. Fold the folds and iron, then sweep along the slices. Unscrew the whole-cut grind along the fold line to the strap with pleats face to face, grind the longitudinal sections.Turn out the shoulder strap and iron it. Sweep the upper and lower sections. Fold folds with stitches on the edge.
3. Take the left shoulder strap, and then stitch it to the front bodice.
4. Stitch the edge (detail 4) to the front of the bodice, starting from the right armhole, then along the shoulder section.
5. Sweep the back end of the left shoulder strap into the shoulder section on the back.
6. Stitch the back to the back of the bodice, securing the left shoulder strap.
7. Stitch the bodice along the right side cut, and then short the cut edges.
8. On the details of the skirt, stitch the folds and grind the tucks, then make a seam on the right side.
9. Collect the lower section of the top of the dress and stitch the skirt.
10. Stitch the zipper into the left side seam and hem the hem.

A summer dress with a flying skirt, a deep and at the same time modest cut-drop and numerous assemblies on the bodice can be worn both at work and at a party.

The top resembles a traditional Bavarian blouse, so if you shorten the skirt to the hips you will get a fashionable tunic.

Reshape the details of the pattern and enlarge to the desired size.

Separately, cut 2 rectangles for a skirt 80-89 cm wide, depending on the waist volume and 75 cm long, including allowances. Also cut 2 crease strips on the bodice 21 cm wide and a length equal to the length of the bodice. The set-in belts in the front and back are composed of three parts.

For the belt, cut out 2 parts, 2 m long and 17 cm wide, including allowances.

1. On the fold strips in the longitudinal direction, mark the mid-front lines at a distance of 1.5 cm from the cut and 5 fold lines. Mark the first fold line of the fold at a distance of 2.5 cm from the mid-front line, mark the next fold lines with an interval of 3.5 cm.
2. Iron the folds inside out and stitch. Fold the fold of the last fold. Make the second strip with folds symmetrically the first.
3. Stitch the details to the corresponding front shelves.
4. Grind the recesses on the bodice details.
5. Gather the upper sections of the bodice by stitching large stitches.
6. Sew shoulder sections.
7. Stitch the collar details in short sections and in the upper, folding them facing each other. Turn the collar and stitch it in the neck. Make a buttonhole and sew a button.
8. On the front bodice, complete the right side seam.
9. Stitch three parts of the front belt in front. Do the same with the details of the backrest belt. Stitch both belts along the right side cut.
10. On the skirt, perform the right side seam. Assemble it to the length of the lower cut of the set-in belt. Stitch the belt to the bodice and to the skirt.
11. Stitch the zipper into the left side seam.
12. Sew the sleeves and stitch.
13. It remains to bend the bottom of the dress and sew a belt.

Having spent a little time, you can sew an elegant sundress.