Cowl Neck Pattern Drafting - TUTORIAL

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As promised, motivated by comments (5 inspiring souls did bother to comment and encourage me!) i hereby present the short tutorial i had drafted for Cowl Neck.

Please try it on some muslin or cheap fabric, get your pattern fit tested and then try on expensive fabrics.

In case of any doubts feel free to buzz me.

Feedback and comments are highly appreciated. Also plan to open a flicker pool, in case you happen to use any of my tutorials, i would be happy to see how your creations turned out.

Depending on the response for this tute, i plan to do some tutorials in future. Have a few ideas in mind, may be i shall have a poll and whichever gets your votes, will get featured. What say?

COWL NECK PATTERN DRAFT

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

• Cut Out the Traced Pattern on the outline
• Cut Along Slashed Lines Upto Shoulder Tip and Upto Bust Point, Take care not to cut through them
• Take another Paper wide and Long enough to accomdate cowl
• Mark a Point 4 inches from the top of the folded paper. Name it as T
• Place above cut pattern on folded paper such that

1. SX touches the guideline
2. Center Front gets positioned on the fold at the point below bust level

STEP 4

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• Fold on SX Line. Cut Out Pattern across all 4 layers of paper starting from S , till S to TS
• Then Unfold the SX Line and then cut remaining TS-A, A-W, W-D, D-D1, D1-F
• From Z Draw Curved Line to Join Point T
• Cut along the curved Line

STEP 5

STEP 6

Place the pattern on bias grain of folded fabric. Yellow paper is to be assumed as fabric and the cowl neck pattern is placed on bias grain line on fold.

Important Note: Test fit this pattern and if you feel neck is gaping too much then try this adjustment slightly move the Cowl pattern placed on fabric outwards from Shoulder to Neck Depth till where you feel it is gaping.

See the picture below where the pattern is slightly placed outside of fabric fold from Shoulder till a certain neck depth so that gaping can be cut out and the cowl will drape elegantly and modesty will also be maintained.

Comments, Queries , brickbats are most welcome!

More tutorials found here

Pleated Cowl Top for my SIL

My Sister-in-law wanted a cowl dress for her as well after having seen the cowl one i did sew for my sister

She wanted pleated cowls but not as an extra layer unlike what i did for my sister.

Hence this was bit challenging to have pleated cowls and still ensure that modesty is maintained when bending down. Atlast found the trick. Draft the pattern and then on the resultant pattern, just take about 1/2 inch off from the center front till bust point.

This did work out well. Here are the pics. This i had completed last week but only today managed to get her pics. Sleeves have drawstring at center to be pinched short.

Zebra Print Cowl Neck Tunic

This project must be one of the most longest i've ever made. Why because i sent it to backburner by taking something new and it was cut out during the first week of Dec 2009. Atlast i squeezed it in.

Happy with the outcome though.

Features are Cowl neck, stylised darts (at front), side zipper, cap sleeve.

fabric was also one of the reasons for me to having put it on backburner, it kept unravelling badly (wish i had a serger). somehow made it using zig zag stitch i have. 

Front View

BackView

Cowl Drape Built in duppatta

This is for my sister. Our mom got us similar fabrics (in different shades) for Diwali. Somehow managed to sew one for me 10 days back and my sister's this week.

Cowl effect has been built in to the dupatta. The dupatta has been attached with the kameez. Salwar Kameez with Cowl dupatta is ready.

The cowl here is a Pleated Style Cowl and is far better than Plain Cowl i had done earlier in my kameez.

Cowl neck is one of the most exciting and easiest one(actually believe me, i have tried it on skirts, pants and now on dupatta) and you will fall in love with it!

Pant is fully pleated style salwar.

Without further adieu, here are the pics

Front of Cowl + Salwar Kameez


Back of Salwar Kameez