How to sew a summer dress with your own hands

Trips to the sea, family vacations in the country, evening walks in the park and cocktail parties require new clothes in your summer wardrobe. But if your budget does not plan for the costs of a radical change of wardrobe or expensive outfits, we suggest making yourself simple but beautiful summer models for different occasions.

If you have not yet acquired a summer dress for every day, then it's time to sew just such a simple model with an original print, which does not require sophisticated patterns and even darts.

1. Fold the jersey in half along the shared thread, attach the T-shirt and circle it with soap or chalk.
2. Extend the skirt of the dress to the desired height. Adjust your hips. If they are lush, then make the necessary increase.
3. Cut out the front and back, not forgetting about the seam allowances, somewhere around 1-1.5 cm.
4. The neckline of the front can be made deeper or smaller and of the desired shape.
5. Cut out the sleeves when attaching the T-shirt.
6. Then cut and stitch on the neckline. To do this, attach the front and back bodice, and circle the neckline. Make the width 5 cm.
7. Sew the shoulder seams with a zigzag stitch. This will process the slices immediately.
8. Sew in the sleeves by aligning the cut of the shoulder with the middle of the sleeve, and then securing with pins.
9. Stitch the side seams, aligning with the seams on the sleeve.
10. Hem the bottom of the dress.

A straight shirt dress will look good on any figure. Side slits add flavor, a belt accentuates the waist, and a fold in the back adds comfort when moving.

This pattern can serve as a pattern for a blouse and a tunic. It all depends on the length you choose. Therefore, below are 2 options for the layout of parts on the fabric.

From viscose, cut out 2 shelves, a back and a yoke, consisting of two parts. Also cut out the sleeves and 2 cuffs 7 cm wide and 30-32 cm long, depending on your size.

For fastening, you need a strap for loops 9 cm wide and of the required length, as well as 2 parts for a belt 93-100 cm long and 10 cm wide.

• Hem the hem of the front and back by tucking the edge 3 cm and stitching.
• Unscrew the one-piece hem along the fold lines and press on. Stitch off the left edge.
• Fold the buttonhole placket in half lengthwise with the right side inward and sew the bottom edge. Turn it out and mark 8 stitches in the middle. The first one should be at a distance of 1.5 cm from the upper cut, and the lower one at a distance of 30 cm from the end of the plank. Mark the rest at the same distance. Overcast the buttonholes and sew the placket.

• Lay a bow pleat on the back.
• Sew the yoke elements together, and then stitch the detail to the back. In this case, the allowance along the cut of the neck should protrude beyond the edges of the neck of the shelves.
• Sew the outer cuts of the collar elements along the seamy side. Turn the collar inside out and sew from the stand, folding right sides. Unscrew the stand and stitch it into the neck.
• Place pleats on the sleeves and sew into the armholes.
• Stitch the side seams on the bodice and the seams on the sleeves in one stitch.
• Sew short cuffs together. And sew them to the sleeves.
• Sew the belt.

Many followed the fate of the heroines from the TV series "Sex and the City", empathized with them and admired their bright outfits. One of these dresses can be sewn without using a pattern in one evening.

An evening long dress in the Greek style enchants with a simple and piquant slit at the back. To sew it, you need viscose and a few measurements.

1. Fold 1.5 meters of viscose with a width of 1.5 meters in half so that the share thread is vertical.
2. Determine your waistline.
3. Sew the bottom side seam down to the waist.
4. Draw an oblique line on the bodice, after taking measurements of the armholes. If you have small breasts or want a more romantic dress, fold the fabric on the bodice in the form of a ruffle.
5. Topstitch by making a drawstring drawstring.
6. Hem the frill and hem, then pull the laces with a pin.
7. Sew the ruffle back to the side from the inside out. To prevent it from puffing in the front, fold the edge and sew.
8. The edges of the fabric can be overcast or zigzag stitched.
9. Pick up a belt to the dress or sew from a contrasting material.

Front and back view of finished evening dress.

A short summer dress in crepe satin with draping and asymmetrical straps that perfectly follows the curves of the body, creating a seductive silhouette.

You can make a skirt on a dress very short or long, so there are 2 options on the layout plan.

Resize the details of the pattern onto paper, increasing it to the desired size and setting the desired length. Then cut out the details of crepe satin, stretching in the transverse direction, not forgetting about the seam allowances.

1. On the front bodice (det. 1) from the seamy side, stitch the folds up to the arrow marks, iron and sweep along the cuts.
2. On the left shoulder strap (det. 3) with basting stitches, transfer the fold lines to the right side. Fold in the folds and iron, then sweep along the cuts. Unscrew the one-piece piping along the fold line onto the pleated strap face to face, stitch the longitudinal cuts.Turn the shoulder strap inside out and press it on. Sweep the upper and lower cuts. Secure the folds of the folds with stitches on the facing.
3. Baste the left shoulder strap, and then stitch it to the front bodice.
4. Sew the piping (det. 4) to the front of the bodice, starting with the right armhole, then along the shoulder cut.
5. Baste the back end of the left strap to the shoulder cut on the back.
6. Sew the back trim to the back bodice, securing the left strap.
7. Stitch the bodice along the right side section, and then short hem seams.
8. Sew the pleats and darts on the skirt, then sew on the right side.
9. Gather the lower section of the top of the dress and stitch the skirt.
10. Sew the zipper into the left side seam and hem.

A summer dress with a flying skirt, a deep and at the same time modest drop neckline and numerous gathers on the bodice can be worn both to work and to a party.

The top resembles a traditional Bavarian blouse, so if you shorten the skirt to the thighs, you end up with a trendy tunic.

Reshoot the details of the pattern and increase to the desired size.

Separately cut out 2 rectangles for a skirt that is 80-89 cm wide depending on the waist and 75 cm long, including allowances. Also cut out 2 stripes for the pleats on the bodice, which are 21 cm wide and equal to the length of the bodice. Set-in front and back belts consist of three parts.

For the belt, cut out 2 pieces of 2 m long and 17 cm wide, including allowances.

1. On the longitudinal pleat strips, mark the mid-front lines 1.5 cm from the cut and 5 lines for the pleats. Mark the first fold line of the fold at a distance of 2.5 cm from the midline of the front, mark the next fold lines at intervals of 3.5 cm.
2. Press the folds from wrong side to inside and topstitch. Sweep the fold of the last fold. Make the second strip with folds symmetrically to the first.
3. Sew the details to the corresponding front shelves.
4. Sew the grooves on the bodice details.
5. Gather the upper sections of the bodice with large stitches and tighten.
6. Sew the shoulder cuts.
7. Sew the collar details along the short cuts and top, folding them facing each other. Turn the collar inside out and sew into the neckline. Make a buttonhole and sew on a button.
8. On the front bodice, sew a right side seam.
9. Sew the three pieces of the set-in belt together. Do the same with the back belt details. Sew both belts along the right side cut.
10. Sew the right side seam on the skirt. Gather it up to the length of the lower edge of the set-in belt. Sew the belt to the bodice and skirt.
11. Sew the zipper into the left side seam.
12. Sew on the sleeves and sew in.
13. It remains to make the hem of the bottom of the dress and sew the belt.

After spending a little time, you can sew an elegant sundress.