Sew a prom dress yourself

Pattern for your prom dress

1. First, buy tailor paper. Alternatively, you can also use other paper, baking paper is also suitable.
2. If the paper dimensions are too small, simply stick several pieces together with adhesive tape - for example Tesa.
3. Put the paper in front of you on the table.
4. If you've never made a sewing pattern yourself, the easiest thing to do is either redraw an existing sewing pattern or you can also try to cut a well-fitting evening dress, which comes close to your ideas of the prom dress, at least partially, respectively. to separate the seams in order to then use this as a template and mark it.
5. Now transfer the desired outlines onto your paper.


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 Make changes

1. Change the things that you want to change, always immediately and on both sides, so that you don't forget anything.
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2. For example, if you want trumpet sleeves instead of straight sleeves, then transfer the original sleeves only to about the elbow. From then on, you can continue drawing as you wish.
3. Make sure that the scales on both sides (left and right) are always the same.
4. If you are not sure about this, you can simply put the two sides, as well as the top and bottom, on top of each other and check whether the sleeves are the same length, etc.
5. If you want the prom dress to be longer or shorter than the original, just add some fabric to the prom dress.
6. A few extra millimeters as seam allowance are not necessary for your pattern.
7. When you have sketched everything to your satisfaction, grab your scissors and cut out the pattern along the edges.