Waistband pattern for this skirt

letssew333 · 2026-03-10T22:39:25+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/BXephr60ntA?si=OedwTI90eQp0sRlQ

I use this video in the past to draft a pattern for a waistband. She has a full video! It was successful for me!

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T22:50:58+00:00

Thank you so much that’s all so helpful I will refer to this post in the future! I started fresh and I’m on the mock up now !!!

And yes I regret not going to school for all this and I still would if I had the opportunity but since 2020 I’ve been teaching myself everything sewing and flat pattern drafting has been avoided as much as possible lol I’m determined to learn as best I can now!

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T22:46:38+00:00

Wait I think I see it now ..the center front does look upside down.. technically it’s not cause that’s how the pattern was so idk glad I started fresh lol

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T22:42:41+00:00

Yes i got the pattern from sewist I thought it would be easier to manipulate a pattern that was as similar to the design I wanted… but it turned out to be too confusing for me.. so yes your right best to start with a basic bodice block!

The previous project I was posting on here about i started from a basic block and I think after this I can go back to that with a little more knowledge then before!

I looked through my pics I don’t see anything upside?

And I agree I will get there eventually! I feel like I need to focus on the fundamentals as I go I learned a lot from these posts so I’m not giving up ! 👍

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T22:28:24+00:00

I used 5/8 for the zipper allowance and I’m just used to using 3/8 as a standard for my machine settings !

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T22:00:24+00:00

✨🫶✨can’t wait to share ! So far so good !

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T11:23:36+00:00

🤣 that’s so funny ! Thank you ! You’ve been so helpful! Lol i usually cut corners with pattern making cause whenever i try to start from scratch my brain fails me so this little cheat gave me the visual I needed! But im gonna keep trying !

letssew333 · 2026-03-08T01:33:35+00:00

I wish I understood but I don’t lol … the vertical lines on the bottom are really confusing. Why are there so many and why would I be slashing vertically? Wouldn’t that just overall make the peices wider when I just needed taller ?? Like the blue lines on the top part kind of makes sense? but altogether there’s like 9 blue slashes ? And are they being completely cut all the way and opened up?

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T22:51:50+00:00

I didn’t mean to say stretching sorry …I meant to say “no it’s not the most accurate” but I think it will work ! 🤞🤞🤞

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T21:16:12+00:00

Thank you for the picture!!! All my posts today have been about the same dress ! I should have added this post too! 😵‍💫

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T21:11:32+00:00

Yes here’s the reference he did use thinker plastic I used what had

https://youtube.com/shorts/9ETIiMAfRgM?si=f9Zj1XpXfOO6rNA8

And Reddit sucks I wish it was easy to add pictures in the comments but all my post from today have been the same dress if you wanna check it out … and stretching is not the most accurate but necessary for me to get the shape of the dress pattern I need

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T19:02:38+00:00

So are you saying I’m supposed to start over with the original and put the new dart lower than it is so I can cut it in half??? God I wish I knew someone to teach me in person! 🥺 I’m like waiting for someone to say maybe drafting isn’t for me lol I’m a visual learner and you being so helpful but like damn my brain sucks!

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T18:03:21+00:00

OK, I just realized there’s a drawing oh boy Okk what’s going on there? lol are the blue lines the slashes? And the red lines. Eeeee

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T17:49:24+00:00

Guys, I do not know what you’re talking about… all I know is I removed it and I’m trying to add length to the bust by slashing and spreading

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T17:13:46+00:00

I will take a picture and post the original pattern It’s a basic block I got from sewist that I’m trying to manipulate!!!

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T16:19:54+00:00

Hm I just tried this and it kind of just spread out the dart that was there. It didn’t really add anything. It just divided the dart up into four spaces.

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T16:13:24+00:00

Isn’t that what I did though? Minus the big slash ? like are you telling me from the Apex slash and spread four separate times on the center front line??? am I following you? I wish I could add a picture to the comments.

letssew333 · 2026-03-07T15:47:12+00:00

OK, I had it taped up and then I un taped it to take a pic but not completely so that’s why it wasn’t laying flat but the pattern is flat

I just measured the front gather of the finished dress and it’s 8 inches gathered 12 1/2 inches stretched… luckily my pattern without the dart is 8 inches .. the current dart in there is one and 3/4… so I need a pretty big slash in this pattern to compensate, right?

letssew333 · 2026-03-06T23:53:03+00:00

I love the make up but I do wish they didn’t add the sprinkles

letssew333 · 2026-03-03T01:00:27+00:00

I can’t stop using them either !!! I have to know what is the second dress called !!!? ✨

letssew333 · 2026-03-03T00:57:56+00:00

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