Do-it-yourself sundress without a pattern 🥝 how to sew a simple fabric

It is only natural that every woman wants to always look beautiful, fashionable clothes, good makeup, and neatness help her in this. Representatives of the fair sex are often faced with the fact that they can’t get high-quality and stylish things in the store, for example, because of the high cost. Then they start sewing clothes on their own. But it is worth mentioning that the process of sewing and building patterns requires certain knowledge from the craftswomen. Today, you can easily find ready-made schemes for the manufacture of such products. In this article we will tell you how to sew a sundress with your own hands quickly and without a pattern, because it is summer things that are distinguished by simple and uncomplicated performance techniques.

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Is it possible to sew clothes without a pattern?

Any woman wants to sew a sundress with her own hands without a pattern quickly, but many doubt the reality of realizing this venture. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that in most cases, to create high-quality and beautiful products, the construction of a complex pattern is not required at all. If you are burning with the desire to create a thing that can cheer you up, then feel free to take on the work, because it will not take much of your time.

For sewing, it is enough to assemble a set of such materials:

• Flowing fabric.
• Old T-shirt and shirt.
• Beautiful scarves.
• Threads in a suitable color.
• Needles.
• Sewing machine.

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How to decide on the style yourself?

Before you sew a sundress, you need to choose the most suitable style, for this, consider the following factors:

• Features of your own figure.
• Material used.
• The silhouette of the outfit that you want to receive.

Important! Based on the type of your figure, consider the following:

• Only thin girls can freely wear dresses of any style, flying and fitting, no matter how hard the fabric is used to sew them.
• Adjoining styles, products from hard materials that are poorly draped are more suitable for girls with curvaceous forms. Long dresses, slightly flared downwards, simply look chic.
• Ladies with bulging buttocks and large breasts can safely choose knitted fitted dresses.

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How to sew a summer dress from a T-shirt and a piece of fabric on your own?

If you plan to complement your summer wardrobe with something interesting, truly original and stylish, then this master class is designed just for you. It is important to sew a sundress with your own hands from fabrics that are in good harmony with each other. A knitted topic will emphasize the chest, a wide belt will give the product a finished look, a high waist will hide the imperfections of the figure.

You will need to work:

• Plain T-shirt.
• Cotton or linen fabric with a beautiful pattern.
• Marker for fabrics.
• Ruler.
• Tailor pins.
• Gum thread.
• Spool of thread.
• Sewing machine.

Sew a sundress, clearly following this instruction:

• Put on the shirt, mark the waist line on it with a marker, raise it by 6 cm. Lay the shirt on the work surface, draw a straight line parallel to the bottom edge, make allowances for seams of 1.5 cm.

Important! Basically, you can leave your waist in place. Estimate which style suits your figure better.

• Measure the circumference of your hips, multiply this figure by 1.5, as a result - you get the width of the skirt. Draw a rectangle on the fabric, the sides of which are equal to the length and width of the skirt. Cut out all the details with allowances for the seams, that is, 1.5 cm on each side for the side seam, and for hem 4 cm in length.

Important! Place the length on the fabric strictly along the shared thread so that the product does not warp during wear.

• To sew a summer sundress quickly and easily, connect the edges of the skirt upside down. Manually sketch the side seam so that the material does not slip when stitching, then pin it with pins, placing them perpendicular to the seam. Sew the seam with a straight line on the typewriter, remove the needles, on the overlock, process the upper cut and the central seam. Or use the zigzag stitch.
• Using a rubber band, slightly gather a skirt around the waist. Pull it lightly by hand to wind it around the bobbin. Take a small piece of fabric, make a couple of lines to adjust the thread tension and stitch length. Sew the skirt across the entire width, slightly backing away from the edges. Due to this thread, the fabric will assemble into an assembly. On the wrong side, pull out the stitches, tie them into a knot, cut, leave the ends.
• On the skirt, mark the sides, on the shirt the middle of the back. Put the top face into the skirt. Align the seam on the skirt with the center of the back and the seams on the sides of the bodice with the marks on the skirt. In any way convenient for you, sweep away all the details among themselves. Sew the part with an elastic band just below the elastic line on the skirt. So that she picks up the bottom of the product a little more, place the sundress elements on top of the shirt.
• Fold the bottom. Wrap the edges of the fabric several times, bast, stitch. Unclip the side seams and hem with an iron.
• Cut a rectangle 11 cm wide and 2.5 m long to make a wide belt. Fold the part in half inward with your face, mark the long and one of the short sides with pins. Sew the part directly. Cut the corners with scissors, departing 4 mm from the stitch. This will allow you to carefully turn the corners. Turn the part to the front side with a pencil. Align the belt, mark it along the edge, iron it with an iron, then remove the mark. Tuck the edges of the belt inward, iron, stitch in a straight line.

Following this scheme, you will make just a chic beach sundress with your own hands, which you can wear not only when traveling on the sea, but even walk in it around the city.

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How to make a light sundress from flowing scarves?

Now we will consider an even simpler master class that requires a minimum amount of material and time. You will learn how to sew a sarafan with your own hands for beginners, you will not need patterns at the same time, which will even more please inexperienced craftswomen. The basis will be the most ordinary shawls, the edges of which will give a model of spectacularity and originality.

Important! Due to the fact that such products have already finished edges, you will significantly save time. In order not to think about the lining, give preference to silk scarves.

For work you will need:

• Shawls with the same pattern 1.2 m long and 0.8 m wide.
• 1.5 cm oblique inlay.
• 30 cm of thin elastic.
• Fabric marker.
• Ruler.
• Sewing machine.

The manufacturing scheme looks like this:

1. Face the scarves together. Decide how the drawing will be located on the sundress. Sweep two sides together, stepping back from the front side angle of 12-15 cm, and 15-17 cm from the back. Sew seams with a straight line, and use an iron to smooth them in different directions.
2. Using a ruler, use a ruler to draw a straight line on the fabric - this will be the back seam.
3. Fold in half an oblique trim, bast it, sew on a typewriter through a straight line. Sew straps to the corners of the scarves, lay them crosswise on the back, sew them at the same distance from the back seam.
4. Try on the product, mark the line under the breast with a marker.Step back 3 cm from it, draw a parallel line, sew a thin elastic band to it with a zigzag. Pull the elastic under the line, fasten its ends with a regular seam using the reverse button.

If you show a little imagination, you can easily sew a sundress for the summer yourself. At your discretion, you can make various adjustments to this model.

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How to sew a summer outfit from a men's shirt?

We offer you the following idea how to sew a sundress with your own hands quickly, using the most ordinary chintz men's shirt. Do not worry, even if you do not have experience in this field.

Instructions for transforming a men's shirt into a beautiful summer outfit:

1. First, cut off the sleeves and collar from the old shirt.
2. Take a piece of any light tissue, draw on it two lines with a length corresponding to the distance from the shoulder blades to the armpits and a width of 4.5 cm. This way you get straps.
3. Sew a strip of bright shade under the chest, for this a piece of fabric suitable for the length corresponding to the circumference under the chest is suitable.
4. Sew this piece directly onto the fabric.
5. Sew straps to the future product.
6. Work on the armholes and neckline with a slanting inlay or simply bend the edges, then carefully sew them.

Important! If the length of your sundress from chintz with your own hands went normal, then this work can be considered completed. Great desire and imagination will help you sew just a wonderful outfit for the summer.

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How to sew an original outfit with shuttlecocks?

Now you will learn how to sew a sundress with your own hands for the full. Even despite the fact that it will be decorated with frills, women with an imperfect figure can safely wear it. This is true, because all the attention in such products falls on the decor elements.

Sew a sundress using this pattern:

1. Take a piece of fabric, the width of which should be at least 150 cm, fold it in half.
2. Find in a closet any shirt that you no longer wear, but it fits you perfectly in size. Circle the shoulders, armholes and neck.
3. Flare the future product down, add seam allowances.
4. To achieve asymmetry, cut off one shoulder.
5. Sew side seams and the shoulder seam.
6. Make a shuttlecock. Prepare a piece of fabric, cut two strips of it 25 cm wide and 2 m long from it. Sew them together. Sweep the other side of the shuttlecock and assemble the fabric in such a way that it matches the length of the cutout on the sundress.
7. Connect the shuttlecock and the product.

Your fashionable and original outfit is ready!

Important! To make it even more stylish, you can decorate it with two shuttlecocks.

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The main thing - do not be afraid to experiment, feel free to try your hand at needlework, then you will always get beautiful and unique things.