APPAREL MANUFACTURING - I 3(1+2)

Lesson 4 : Garment Designing: Techniques

Principles of Draping

• Always use grain lines.
• Straight grain should always run perpendicular to the floor and cross grain parallel to the floor.
• The body lines such as bust line, waistline, hipline etc should be parallel to the floor
• Use good quality pins that do not loose shape easily.
• Establish seam lines on the form
• Tear the muslin piece instead of cutting
• Check the balance of the warp and weft
• Mark grainline on muslin; mark cross grain at the fullest part of the dress form
• Place the muslin on the form as per the marked lines, place it in position with pins
• Pin the fabric to the form at the seams.
• Never pull the fabric and distort the grain
• Darts, pleats, tucks etc need to be pinned
• Drape all pieces of the garment
• Mark all lines clearly
• Mark curved seams with small dots at frequent intervals.
• Mark darts, pleats and tucks where they cross seam lines with a X mark