Open back dress pattern

Not every lady can boast a luxurious bust, which can be demonstrated in the neckline. Dresses with a deep neckline on the back are a good and stylish alternative to low-necked dresses. If the basics of sewing skills are familiar to you, you can sew a beautiful evening outfit yourself. How to construct a dress pattern with an open back - we will consider in this article.

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Secrets of Proper Wear

You will look great in a dress of this style. However, you need to pay attention to such factors:

• Skin condition. If you want to sew a dress with an open back, make sure that the skin of the back is impeccable, because no one wants to show a rash, peeling, acne or spots. Flickering powder helps hide small skin imperfections.
• Figure. Unfortunately, dresses of a frank style are not for full women, since all the rollers and folds are immediately put on public display.
• Hairstyle. Of course, luxurious long hair looks great loose, but then why open your back? It is best to dress in a similar style with hair gathered in a bun or shell.

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Styles

The length of the dress can be different, the shape of the skirt, too. For example, a dress with an open back and a skirt “sun” looks beautiful. The depth of cut on the back can be up to the shoulder blades, tailbone or waist. The shape is triangular, drop-shaped, oval. Decorate the neckline with ribbons, lacing, lace or rhinestones.

Important! At the peak of fashion - wedding dresses with a deep neckline on the back. Many brides consider this option more beautiful and refined than the usual neckline. The hem, half-hidden by lace, makes the newlywed unusually mysterious.

By the way, the option with lace is suitable for girls whose back skin cannot be called perfect.

Now consider what types of cut fit:

• Tall ladies are perfectly suited for floor-length dresses. Flowing noble fabrics, such as satin or silk, emphasize all the advantages of the figure.
• Small girls are better off choosing a short dress. The fitted style or outfits with a high waistline look great - the legs will appear visually longer. For the summer heat, a short flirty dress made of variegated chiffon will be a real salvation.

Important! Long things for short girls - a taboo. In a long dress you will look like a girl dressed up in mother's evening dress.

• Long cuts on the back - not for obese women. But, as the French say, who know a lot about ladies' beauty, "if you can’t, but really want to, then you can." You can open the back of magnificent ladies only to the shoulder blades. The shape of the cutout is oval or triangular. Narrowing the neckline to hide folds.
• Slender girls, happy owners of the perfect figure, fit all styles. But such a beauty will look especially stunning in a tight-fitting short dress that emphasizes all the advantages of a magnificent silhouette

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Sewing dresses with an open back

To get started, take measurements. You will need the following data:

• Girth of the neck, chest, hips and waist.
• The width of the shoulders and back.
• The length of the back and front is from the waist to the hips and from the shoulder to the waist.

Put all the measurements on the pattern paper. Start by building the foundation, and then draw the model lines:

1. Start by building a right angle. One ray of the angle is the length of the product, and the other is the circumference of the chest. Draw a rectangle on this basis.
2. After construction, you get ½ part of the back and ½ of the product shelf. Draw on the drawing the lines of the chest, waist and hips.
3. Decide on the area of ​​the neck. For half of the back, this will be the upper left corner, for half of the front - the right.

Next, follow the algorithm:

1. Set off ½ of the width of the back along the chest line from the left vertical line.
2. Lift the perpendicular up from the point. Set aside the armhole line from the mark. Calculate it this way: ½ divide the chest circumference by 4 and add 20 mm.
3. Set aside from the right vertical half the measure of the tuck solution, raise a perpendicular line from the resulting point.
4. Divide the armhole zone in half. This point is the beginning of the side seam.
5. Move back to the top of the base rectangle. Mark on the pattern the width of the shoulder from the front and back. The slope of the shoulder is 1 cm.
6. From the perpendicular raised from the chest line up, back 3-4 cm to tuck. Increase the length of the shoulder section by the same amount. When sewing, the tuck closes, forming a bulge for the chest.
7. To make the dress fit perfectly, design tuck-in tucks. Determine the difference between the chest and waist girths. Cover all excess material with tucks of 15 mm and 25 mm from each side. The top of the tuck falls on the chest line, and the lower part is 50-60 mm from the thigh line. Get 2 tucks from the back and front, plus small bevels on the sides at the waist.
8. Decide on the cut line during the first fitting - after making sure that the future product fits perfectly. It's very simple: outline the cutout with crayon or soap, and then just cut out the excess fabric.

Important! If you make the dress detachable along the waistline, you can beautifully combine various materials. For example, to make a dress pattern with an open back and a sun skirt. For example, the bodice will be made of lace material, and the skirt will be silk. The principle of constructing a pattern is the same, only all the constructions are performed to the waistline. The skirt is cut out according to the principle of “sun”.

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In this article, we examined the basic principles of how to make a dress pattern with an open back. Such a model is not a good option for beginners. It is better to start sewing elegant evening gowns, already having experience in such needlework, otherwise there is a risk of sending expensive material to a landfill, and your time and money will be wasted.