On the Level: a Minimal Waste Bias Evening Gown
Achieved through Creative Pattern Draping, Seam Angles, and Grain Placement
On the Level: a Minimal Waste Bias Evening Gown
Achieved through Creative Pattern Draping, Seam Angles, and Grain Placement
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2013-01-01
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McKinney, Ellen
McKinney, Ellen
Ghalachyan, Armine
McKinney, Ellen
Ghalachyan, Armine
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The goal was to create an evening gown that included the stretch and beautiful drape of bias cut fabric on the body while solving some problems associated with bias cut: (1) fabric waste and (2) seam rippling caused by inadvertently stretching bias grain piece edges while sewing seams.