Pinning is a process which pulls the folds of the fabric together to create the draping design. Pinning will give you a good visualization of how the garment will look after completion. Figure 6: Pinning It should be padded to get the required measurement by using high density foam. The foam is adjusted in such a way that it assumes the shape of the human breast. You should have a design idea in mind when you get to the dress form. A sketch or reference photograph will give you an idea of how you need to manipulate the fabric. Of course, you can also just play with the fabric and use its behavior as the basis of your design, but less experienced designers will be less frustrated when they have something to work off of. 3. Start with muslin.

Fashion designers sometimes use a technique called draping when designing and sewing garments. Basically, it involves draping fabric around a dress form and pinning it into the desired shape. Today, we’ll share the 7 basic steps for draping on a dress form. It is a three dimensional method, the design can be visualized while draping and any necessary changes or modifications can also be made. With the Rod Loop Tape acting as the “channel” for the rod, the top hem can be fully sewn closed giving the top of the curtain panel maximum stability. In fact, with many décor weight fabrics, this traditional deep, double hem will probably be all that’s needed to keep the top of the curtain panel straight and stable. Even with lighter weight fabrics, a single layer of Header Tape would be enough to properly stiffen the top edge when using a Rod Loop Tape.If you make your own curtain panel, you can easily leave both ends of the top hem open and simply slide the panel onto the rod. So, why would you even need this type of drapery tape? We’re so glad you asked.

Draping does not reflect usual methods of production in industry but does offer a designer the creative experience of exploring the relationship between shape and fit. It can be readily applied to a variety of woven and knitted fabrics and used to create fitted shapes as well as to drape fullness around the body. It is more usually applied to womenswear than to menswear; in particular, biascut styles, eveningwear, bridalwear and experimental shapes where immediate results can be obtained. Sari is a draped garment of South Asia, typically wrapped around the waist, with one end draped over the shoulder, partly baring the midriff. a. The figure shows the depth that each group of strips is cut from the two rolls. Each batch should be labelled as it is cut.This is probably the most versatile option of the three since many people have either flat or round curtain rods begging for a curtain panel. In the fashion industry, patterning paper is often used to create the flat pattern. Most of the professional theatrical costume shops and educational institutes use brown craft paper instead because it is much less expensive and easier to find. Draping is the most creative way for a fashion designer to turn design ideas into reality. To create new garment design, designer can draped fabric using a design sketch as a basis. After complete the draping process, fabric is removed from the dress form and it used to create the sewing pattern for the garment. One that is made on the individual is more adequate and less costly than a commercially made form. Figure 1: Fashion draping Most of the fashion industry, like high fashion, haute couture fashion houses, evening, and lingerie companies most garments are created through draping. When draping a garment, the designer can immediately see what her apparel design will look like on the body, and immediately correct any fit or design problems before putting anything down on paper. In addition, some apparel designs are just impossible to make via flat pattern making and need to be draped first. And some fabrics need to be experimented with on a dress form to see how they behave. Draping is the art of clothing arrangement loosely or casually on or around dress form. In fashion designing, fashion draping is the main part of garment design. Fashion draping is the process of positioning and pinning fabric on a dress form to develop a clothing design into a three-dimensional form.

Tracing Wheel: It is a sharp, spike edged circular wheel with a handle, particularly used to transfer markings from the drape to the pattern paper. Fashion draping is considered as one of the oldest method used since the 18th century. Currently, it is considered to be an important aspect in the process of fashion designing. This process consists of positioning and pinning fabric on a standard size dress form to develop the structure of a garment design. Many types and sizes of dress forms are designed for women, men and children to fulfill the requirement by using draping method. A garment can be draped using a design sketch as a support, or a fashion designer can play with different kinds of fabric and the way it falls to create new designs at the start of the dress design process. After draping, the toile fabric is take out from the dress form which was used to create the sewing draped pattern for making fashionable garment to suit an individual. In U.S.A. very light weight fabrics are used by designers, which is called as ‘toile’, and U.K. designers call it as ‘muslin’ cloth. Figure 1: Fashion Draping Stolas, it is a long full robe with or without sleeves and drawn in with a belt; which was worn by Roman women, corresponding to the toga, that was worn by men. They are usually woollen.

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You might want to start with fitting muslin to avoid wasting good fabric, but keep in mind that different types and weights of fabric behave very differently when draped, so choose a muslin weight that is close to the weight of your fabric. 4. Create your foundation piece and pin it to your dress form.

Each of the above mentioned steps or techniques are designed to help in making the process of draping easier and develop the draping skills. Those are also used as draping tools; Colored scotch tape, two sponges, two small basins for water, arm hole curve, graduated-square, pins, marking-chalk, needle, thread, sharp scissors, pencil, ruler, tapeline, a sharp razor blade, sharpeners, notches, French-curves, foot-ruler, grade-ruler, dark colored twill tape, measuring tape, hip curve, sleeve curve tools are required.If you use the bottom row, the top of the curtain is likely to just touch the rod and hide the hook completely. Every fashion designer should have the knowledge about draping. It also helps to developing your artistic and manual skills. Some other necessity of fashion draping are as follows: