Description
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Nola is a close-fitting dress with a trapeze silhouette. The front features a yoke gathered on the bottom, and finished with a channel for ties on the top. The back has side panels as well as a shirred center panel. The skirt has a slight A-line shape. Nola has a short, voluminous sleeve with gathers along the shoulder and a channel for elastic at the hem. The front and back necklines are quite deep, and the dress is above knee length.
Suggested Fabric
To sew this dress, choose woven fabrics with the following properties:
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Light to medium weight, no stretch or very little stretch, soft with good drape, opaque;
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The fiber content can include natural fibers (silk, cotton), artificial (viscose), blends (cotton + viscose, silk + polyester, etc), and synthetic (polyester, polyester + elastane, etc);
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The following fabrics are recommended: natural or artificial silk, viscose poplin or rayon challis, crepe, lightweight atlas, chiffon.
Attention! We do not recommend stretchy knit materials.
The green dress on the model is made with 100% silk. This fabric is lightweight, soft and non-stretchy.
Fabric requirements
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Main fabric
Important!
When purchasing fabric, please account for shrinkage and buy 5% more than required.
Other notions required
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Elastic thread, 1 spool
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Matching thread, 5 spools (1 spool for the sewing machine and 4 spools for the overlocker)
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1.2cm wide elastic, 0.6-1m length depending on the size
Tools and Equipment
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Sewing machine for construction
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Overlocker for finishing raw edges. This may be replaced with a stretch overlock stitch or a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine (overlock or zigzag stitch width 2-3mm, stitch length 2.5mm)
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Buttonhole foot for your sewing machine
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Stitch-in-the-ditch foot for your sewing machine (optional)
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Bodkin for threading elastic through a channel (may be replaced with a safety pin)
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Loop turner for the ties
