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How to sew a dress for pregnant women with your own hands?

How to sew a dress for pregnant women with your own hands?
Content
  1. Styles
  2. Features
  3. Without pattern
  4. Simple pattern
  5. Cocktail
  6. Everyday Sheath Dress
  7. Short front long back
  8. A-Line Dress
The more the expectant mother’s tummy is rounded, the more the number of her favorite dresses increases, which takes some time to gather dust in the closet.
But pregnancy is a time of positive emotions, joy, love and new, necessarily beautiful and comfortable dresses. So there is nothing to be sad about old things and create new ones with our own hands.
Simple maternity dress

Styles

Many expectant mothers are wondering about fashion for pregnant women, because not everything offered in stores is to your taste or can afford.

Styles and silhouettes do not drop out of fashion. Colors, prints, elements (sleeves, skirt, bodice) of an unusual cut, asymmetry, decoration or a mixture of styles change periodically.

Dresses for pregnant women can be divided into several types:

  • high waist;
  • hipster;
  • bag dress;
  • trapezoid;
  • case;
  • sundress.

The first type includes models:

  • Empire style;
  • dresses with a smell;
  • combined with a detachable bodice.
  • tunic dresses;
  • Greek

The last two styles are also with a low waist.

Features

Simple models of dresses for pregnant women do not require large sewing skills, for some they do not even need a pattern, since the number of seams is minimal.

To decorate them, you can use lace, embroidery, ribbons, bows. However, these elements will help to hide errors in which case.

Maternity dress with embroidery

Difficulties can arise with stitches, draperies, tucks and a pattern with many details.

Pregnancy is not the time to save on tissue. It should be natural and pleasant to the touch, be sure to match the season.

Fabric selection for pregnant women

When choosing matter, it is important to pay attention to its structure, flowability.Heavily crumbling edges will complicate the sewing of the dress and spoil the nerves. Well, if the fabric stretches a little, then a fit on the figure will be ideal.

Maternity Sheath Dress Black

If the choice falls on a fabric with a floral or any other print, it is important to observe the direction of the pattern. For the first dress, this may seem complicated, and then it is better to choose a plain fabric or sew a fly-dress.

It is recommended to follow the advice on placing the pattern on the fabric, if it is taken from the magazine. This will also reduce material consumption.

Without pattern

Greek dress

A gentle and airy dress in the Greek style can be made very quickly on the principle of "wrapped and tied with a belt."

Examples of Greek Maternity Dresses
  • The shoulder strap or shoulder straps are cleaved with pins or brooches.
  • Ribbon, belt are also fixed under the chest.
  • Now it remains to distribute the folds, it is advisable to call someone to help, and grind off the details.
Greek Maternity Dress

Summer sundress

There is another interesting way to quickly sew a sundress.

You will need approximately 4 meters of dense fabric, such as a jersey, and woven belts. For them, you need 2 long pieces 2.5 cm wide.

Dress without patterns for pregnant women.

Take the mannequin and wrap the cloth:

  • Move the left edge over the right shoulder and attach it to the neck, forming a drapery, and the right edge - behind the left and also attach. You can call a friend for help and model a dress right on yourself;
  • cut each segment for a belt into 2 parts and intertwine with each other with a pigtail.

Be sure to try on it so that the drapery covers the right places and is not uncomfortable. The fit should be perfect.

Make a loop and sew in the middle of the back. Sew braids to the edges of the drapery, twisting them together, stretch into a loop and try on again, tying a belt in front.

Simple pattern

The construction of the pattern is not required. Just take a cloth, preferably knitted, whatman or wallpaper and sewing supplies.

Dress with drapery
  1. Circle a sweatshirt or a T-shirt without a sleeve on paper. Make the length to your liking. If you wish, you can cut a sleeve using a regular pattern. Just make sure that the sleeves fit the armhole.
  2. Cut out the pattern, attach it to the fabric folded in half, and circle with soap or chalk.
  3. Mark the waist of the product.
  4. On the sides of the front of the top from the mark, sew up 25-30 cm and pull it a little.
  5. Handle the neck and armholes with an inlay or bend 1.5 cm, and then lay 2 lines. Bend the bottom.
  6. Sew the back and front.

Cocktail

Being in a position, giving up parties is not worth it. In this case, it is worth sewing a bright bustier dress. The bow will make the outfit more elegant and support the chest, and the folds will stretch the figure.

The advantage of this model is the ability to use it as a skirt after childbirth.

Sewing a cocktail dress for pregnant women

We will need 2 rectangular cuts:

  • One - for a dress 65 cm long. Width is determined - abdominal circumference multiplied by 1.4.
  • The second is for a bow, 40 cm wide and long equal to two dress widths.

The sewing process is simple:

  1. Fold the bow in half and sew.
  2. Form pleats at the top of the dress cut.
  3. Turn side cuts.
  4. Stitch the bow.
  5. Bend the bottom.
Maternity Dress Cocktail

Everyday Sheath Dress

For everyday use, a model with a floral print and a three-quarter sleeve.

DIY Maternity Sheath Dress
  1. Take a classic dress pattern.
  2. Raise the waistline by 10-15 cm, and remove the tucks.
  3. Make the line from the shoulder seam, on the sides of the tuck and to its upper point, smooth.

Separately, model the side of the front:

  • At the level of the first waistline, dilute 3-4 cm.
  • Draw a smooth line along the side cut.
  • Tighten the hem by 2 cm.

Slices of the side and middle parts of the shelf should match. It may be necessary to increase the length of the middle part due to dilution.

Maternity Dress Front

Modeling the middle part:

  • Separate the yoke from the skirt by cutting along the waistline,
  • Draw a belt 1.5 - 2 cm wide.
  • Make the neck deeper.
  • On the middle part of the skirt, place a fold.
Maternity Dress Middle

Model the back according to the pattern.

Maternity Dress Back

Sleeve make the desired length and remove the elbow tuck.

The seams of the sewing sleeves should be the same, and the line of the lower cut should be smooth.

Cut out the details and do not forget to add allowances for all sections - 1 cm, and for bottom hem - 3-4 cm.

Maternity Dress Sleeve

Short front long back

A high-low dress is also made on a pattern basis.

  1. Close the breast tuck and transfer it to the tackle.
  2. To flush the hem, add 6 cm.
  3. In the back, extend the hem by 10 cm and round.
  4. Stitch for armholes and neck.
Maternity highlove dress pattern

Draw on a separate sheet an insert of a triangular shape with a length equal to the segment AB and a width of 30 cm. Round the hem.

Pattern in front of a high-low dress

Cut

Expand the following parts:

  • 2 children before;
  • 2 children backs;
  • 1 child triangular insertion;
  • rim of armhole and neck, which should be duplicated with thermal cloth.

Do not forget about seam allowances.

Ready-made patterns for maternity haylou dresses

Sewing

  1. Stitch the insert to the sides of the front of the dress.
  2. Lay folds on the back.
  3. Stitch all the seams.
  4. Stitch a hidden zipper into the middle seam of the back.
  5. Grind the throat with armholes.
  6. Stitch the shoulder seams.
  7. Bend the bottom.
Highlove Maternity Dress

A-Line Dress

Elegant chiffon dresses for pregnant women, such as a trapeze dress, can be made from light chiffon.

Maternity A-Line Dress

It is sewn easily, changing, a little pattern-base.

Maternity A-Line Dress Pattern

And finally, an interesting video.

As you can see, making a maternity dress is easy and effortless. The most important thing is desire, and you will succeed!

Comments
  1. Anna
    24.02.2016

    How many easy ways are described! Thank you, I'm already looking at fabric stocks.

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