What you should do if you want to become a successful fashion designer

STITCH KURTA

Kurta is a north Indian costume which matches to any bottom. Let's see how to stitch a kurta. Now I,ll instruct you how to stitch a kurta like the one below.

The materials required to stitch a kurta are cloth, pattern , scissors, inch tape , marking chalk and paper. Always it is adviced to prepare a stitching pattern before going on to the real cloth to be stitched. You will get an exact idea if you prepare a stitching pattern using paper.

Check the churidar post so that you can get an idea of how to prepare a stitching pattern. Next take the cloth to be stitched. Use inch tape to measure yourself.

First fold the cloth breadthwise then fold lengthwise. Always see to that you mark the neck part to the folded part of the cloth and armhole onto the open sides of the cloth as shown in the diagram.

Mark on the cloth using marking chalk. I have cut only the front neck , a V cut. Now cut the cloth as shown in the figure below.

Next cut the sleeve part . If your not interested in attaching the sleeve then you need not cut the sleeve.

Next join the shoulders , then stitch and join the sleeves. The next thing to be done is to stitch the two sides of the kurta. Check the measurement using a sample kurta and then stitch.

Next fold and stitch the bottom. Finally use cross piece and stitch the neck part. The kurta is finally ready . Try and comment.

Actually the above one is recycled from my old night dress. I just cut it to the desired length and made a kurta out of it. You can also try the same using your own old dresses. If your trying for the first time , at the learning stage , its best to use your own old dresses rather than getting new cloths.

i just took about thirty minutes to finish this kurta. Only for the beginners it takes some hours, as you get experience you fasten yourself. Its an beautiful art to stitch your own dress. Try to think creatively and design your own dresses and stitch them.

If your crazy of stitching your own dress , then you can extend still more to become a fashion designer. Always at all period there's scope for fashion . Becoming a fashion designer needs lots of experience. Pleople should like your design and you should become famous. Once you become famous for your design then you can earn a lot through your designs. You can also do regular courses to become a fashion designer in a well reputed universities.

STITCH SKIRT

This is a flard skirt. Its simple and easy to stitch. Now lets see how to stitch a skirt like the below one.

The stitching pattern for the flard skirt is drawn . Im gonna give you the readymade measurement. You can use your measurement using inch tape.

waist = 50 cm

skirt length = 25 cm

a-b = waist/4 = 12.5 cm

b-d = skirt length + 1.5 = 26.5 cm

a-d & d-e = 12.5 + 26.5 = 39 cm

b-f = waist / 4 = 12.5 cm

Using the above readymade measurement we can stitch a flard skirt. Now lets see how to stitch a real time skirt. Take the cloth to be stitched. First fold the cloth breadthwise next lengthwise like the one shown below.

Next draw the stitching pattern using the measurements given above or your own. Place it on the cloth to be stitched. Mark the edges using a marking chalk. Then cut them carefully without disturbing them.

After you cut the cloth , you get seperate two pieces (front and back) . First fold the bottom and stitch them , next join one side of the skirt. Next cut a small belt like the one below. This part has to be attached to the waist part.

After you attach the belt to the waist part , stitch and join the other side of the skirt. Leave a small opening for the hooks to be stitched. Thats it your skirt and is ready like the one below.HOW TO 

SEW CUTTORI BLOUSE

A cuttori blouse is slightly different from the normal saree blouse. Cuttori blouses are used normally to mingle two colours in the front part. Now i will teach the pattern for the cuttori blouse.

First step is to learn the normal blouse if else you'll find it difficult so take a look at the sari blouse post. Only one step modification is made in the cuttori blouse compared to the normal blouse. Now draw the pattern for a normal blouse. The small cut is for neck and the long cut is for armhole.

From the shoulder measure 12 inch and draw a straight line . In the above image you can see the red line at a distance of 12 inch. Next mark 1/2 inch above on both ends of red line and below center of red line. Next draw a curve over the red line, i've used the blue pen to draw the curve.

Next cut along the blue curve. This the procedure of the normal blouse. Next for the cuttori blouse you have to draw one more curve and cut it like the image below. This is their difference.

From the neck take a curve to the blue line curve. You can see the red curve i've drawn. Thats the only difference in cuttori blouse.

Next cut along the red curve and only one main dart is sewed in that part. You can see a triangle shape thats the place where you have to sew dart. You can use a contrast colour or the same colour. Have a perfect pattern which helps you to cut the cloth correctly.

After sewing the dart stitch them together so that agains comes back to the shape of normal blouse. Then attach the patti part and finish the whole blouse.STITCH COLLAR

This is a top with a collar. Now lets see how to stitch this top with collar. Now wearing a top with collar is highly is highley like by girls, as it can be matched to any bottom or any kind of jean.

Now take the cloth to be stitched. Just take your own top that fits you well and use an inch tape to measure the model top. The cloth to be stitched should be folded breadthwise first next fold it lengthwise like the below. You can also draw a stitching pattern to get a clear idea.

Next take measurements from the model top and mark them on the cloth using marking chalk. Remember when you want to stitch a collar to a top, you should not cut the back neck. You can only cut the front neck to your desired shape. Here in this cloth i have marked a simple round neck in the front part. Here the length of the cloth is only till waist as it is a top. After marking the cloth, cut the cloth along the markings carefully. The cloth is cut as shown below.

Next the stitching can be done, first stitch the shoulders . Then if you wish attach the sleeves else sleeveless. Then fold and stitch the bottom. Next stitch and join the sides. Always remember the collar can be stitched last.

Next we can see how to stitch a collar. First measure the length of the neck for attaching the collar. Length varies based on the needs of each person. You can keep a collar around the whole neck else to different length as shown in the diagram.

Then take the cloth to the length of the collar to be stitched. First fold the cloth breadthwise then lengthwise and cut the cloth like the one below. Next stitch along the closed side of the collar as shown in the figure and then turn it upside down so that the stitches goes inside the collar. The open side of the collar are to be stitched to the top. First stitch the centre of collar to the center of the neck so that you can have equal length of collar to both sides of the neck. Next stitch the whole collar along the neck.

After the collar is attached the top with collar is ready. Try it out.

TYPES OF CLOTH

Cloths are the basic part of sewing. Sewers should know the varieties of cloth exist. Below the types of cloths and their qualities are discussed. Cloths are of three types

vegetable fibre

animal fibre

synthetic fibre

Vegetable fibres are got through natural ways i.e., plants and trees. Cotton is a very good example of this type. Lots of people use cotton day to day which is available in rates of all range.

Animal fibre- woolen,leather can be used as animal fibre. The basic source is animal. Anima skins are used to prepare cloths. Some insects are used to produce silk threads. Woolen is of three types.

carpet wool

Kasmir wool

goat fibre

Carpet wool is taken from sheeps. These kinds are used to produce carpets that are used for various purpose.

Kasmir wool is very soft. It is produced from the kashmir sheeps. These wool are very famous for their softness and shine.

Goat fibre is taken from the angora goat. This is of two types

wool

worsted wool

Synthetic fibre are prepared by artificial means. Today synthetic fibre has taken a very good place in the field of market. Many people use synthetic fibre.