Design Your Own Prom Dress

Prom is the most awaited event in every college student’s life. During the event, everybody wants to look good and different from the crowd. In your endeavor of looking entirely distinct, you can use your own creativity and design a prom dress for yourself. Yes, you can easily make a prom dress for yourself with the help of readymade patterns available in the market. With this, you can either design a dress according to the one mentioned in it or make changes as per your own liking. Given below are some easy steps to make your own prom dress.

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How to Make a Prom Dress

Buy a cloth pattern in your size. Many patterns available in the market come with sewing instructions that can be easily followed by the tailors.
Buy material for your dress. For information, sewing is not the difficult part of making a prom dress, rather dealing with the unique characteristics of the special fabric is.
Pay attention to the fabric recommendations on the pattern envelope. Some fabrics are suited well for certain particular dresses and the pattern envelope usually states this.
Take care of your material as some of the fabrics, like satin, lace, silk and velvet, are either dry-clean only or have other special care instructions. This will help you manage difficult-to-handle fabrics and take good care of them.
Purchase the recommended yardage and about a half yard extra. Patterns usually allow plenty of material, but it's always nice to have a little extra, just in case you cut a piece wrong the first time. Even if little extra material is left, you can always use it to make a matching purse, scarf or similar items.
Purchase all necessary items, such as hooks, eyes, zippers, buttons, lace, hemming lace, interfacing, etc. beforehand. Usually all the patterns contain a list of the items needed.
Wash your material according to the instructions written on the pattern.
Read the instructions thoroughly and cut out the pattern pieces according to your need.
Lay out the cloth on a smooth clean surface.
Pay attention to the cutting recommendations given in the pattern, in order to make the dress you have intended.
If you do not have a table large enough to spread the material, you can use a clean floor or a cutting board. Folded cardboard sheet, with inch markings, can also be used for stitching.
Pin your pattern piece carefully in place.
Deft fully cut out the pieces, following the pattern, such as darts, etc.
Sew according to the instructions given in the pattern.
Iron your dress and wear to the prom.

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