Pattern Making for Fashion Design

Bodies and Bottom Variations and Dresses:

Bodies: Cut and sew the bodice. Press without steam. Place

on form or model to analyze the fit. Always measure

corrected areas and adjust the patterns.

Skirt: The basic skirt foundation has several uses: as a
base for manipulation to create design patterns,
combined with the bodice as a dress, as a
skirt to complete a suit, and as a separate basic
skirt. Two versions of the back skirt are given.
In Type 1, the back darts are of equal intake
and length. Type 2 has two darts of unequal intake
and length.

Sew the skirt with a long stitch. Press without steam

and place on the form. The skirt may be critiqued

separately as illustrated or stitched to the bodice.