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    Draping Means To

    Hang Or To decorate

    The Body Form With

    Loose Fabric, And To Obtain A

    Body Fitted Garment

    By Using plenty

    Sewing Techniques.

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    Draping---The act of creating fashion

    designs by manipulating, pining and

    cutting muslin or other fabrics over adress form

    In this technique the drape garment

    is then used to create a pattern fromwhich a garment can be made.

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    Dress form

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    Technique of

    hanging fabric in

    folds or cover with

    fabric in loose

    folds.

    In draped

    garments, hemlinesare often uneven.

    Draping

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    Draping

    A 3-dimntional methodfor making patternsusing muslin on adress form.

    Technique used bydesigners to creategarments by drapingfabric on dress form.

    A pattern is then cut

    from the drapedsegments and madeinto designer's samplegarment.

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    Draping

    The garment is

    made of unstitched

    cloth that is held to

    the body by means

    of pins, tapes,

    sashes or belts,

    Many drapedgarments are one

    piece.

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    Tools for draping

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    Dress forms Muslin

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    Muslin Muslin There are three basic types of

    muslin:

    (1) A coarse of weave of medium

    weight used because the grain is thegrain is easily recognized

    (2) A light weight, finely woven fabric

    used for soft draping (3) A heavy weight, firmly woven fabric

    used for draping ,This also known as

    to il e muslin

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    Preparation of Muslin for Draping Tearing-

    Estimate size of muslin piece needed

    Allowing a reasonable amount of extra

    fabric for ease, seam allowance andstyling

    Clip edge of muslin with scissors

    Tear the grain with sufficient presser tobreak yarns evenly

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    Blocking -

    Before draping muslin may have to be

    reshaped so that yarns of thecrosswise and lengthwise grain are at

    perfect right angle to each other

    To reshape muslin pull the edgediagonally until the fabric is squared

    Pressing

    Once fabric has been blocked the

    position of the yarns is set with steam

    and heat of pressing

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    Basic draping

    steps Use rectangle of

    muslin

    Width = front chest

    measurement +4

    Length =HSP to

    waist +4 fold the selvage 1

    for CF or CB

    Pin the fold line onCF or CB

    Balance the cross

    grain on HBL

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    Keep the Necklinequite flat and use

    pins at neck point

    leave some fullness

    on shoulder and

    waist line

    Pin the fullness

    Mark theNL,SH,AH,SS,WL

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    Princes line

    The princes waist is fitted to the

    body with seams rather than darts

    The fitting seams has unlimiteddesign possibilities

    It can originate at any point at above

    the bust line level

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    Preparation of muslin for princes line

    Pin style tape to the

    dress form to establish

    the desired princes

    line Pins should be slip

    through the style tape

    in to the dress form

    Tear the muslin length/ width

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    Draping steps

    Pin center front panel

    to apex and centerfront

    Smooth muslin from

    center front towardsthe style tape, keeping

    the cross wise grain

    perfectly aligned

    Mark the NL,SH andstyle line

    Remove the center

    front panel

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    Side panel

    Place the side

    panel against the

    dress form

    Pin along the

    cross wise grain

    allowing the

    necessary ease Mark SH,AH,

    SS,WL

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    Bias cowl Preparation of fabric

    A 30 square issufficient the normalwaist

    If the cowl is a part ofa bodice with a lowerwaistline , or garmentcut without anywaistline a squaremust be cutproportionatelylarger

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    Draping steps

    On the dress formindicate the depthof the desiredneckline

    At the shoulderseams of the dress

    form, indicate thedesired width ofthe neck line

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    Turn back a cornerof the fabric square

    for facing Place muslin against

    the dress form

    Holding the center ofthe cowl at the neckline

    Let the neckline fallgently

    Trace SH,AH, SS,WL

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    Draping

    Dress form

    Tools

    Basic blocks Skirt

    Dress

    bias

    Cowls Princes line