With the onset of warm summer days, fashionistas begin to proudly show off their outfits. The most popular item of clothing is a dress. What fabric to sew a dress from? What fabric is best for a dress? This review of summer fabrics will help answer these questions.
Fabric for a dress: how to choose, basic rules
When choosing fabric for a summer dress, carefully study the composition, properties, and structure of the fiber.
The range of fabrics for summer is varied. Among summer materials you will find fabric for children's dresses. Manufacturers come up with new names of fibers, brands. Various raw materials are used in production - synthetic, natural and artificial. As a result, we have textiles that combine certain properties and characteristics. This affects the quality indicator of the finished product, practicality of wearing and convenience.
What are the types of fabrics for dresses
When choosing fabric for a summer dress, people focus on comfort, hygiene, or the appearance of the future product.
It is important to choose clothes for everyday wear correctly. The main criterion for choosing is natural fiber of summer fabrics, with a small percentage of synthetic fiber admixture. Natural fibers are the best choice for sewing summer children's dresses from dress fabric.
The range of colors of fabrics for dresses is amazing: there are unusual and bold solutions, and there is a suitable color for conservative people.
With a train
Dress styles with a train are still in fashion. The summer dress with a removable train is especially popular. Its distinctive feature is practicality in wearing.
- A lush option. If the figure is not perfect, such a dress will perfectly hide the figure flaws from prying eyes thanks to the presence of a multi-layered skirt. A corset will help make the silhouette feminine and sophisticated;
- Bare back. A dress with a bare back will help a woman emphasize the gracefulness of her posture and feel like a queen;
- For everyday wear. A great option for summer. A dress with open legs looks good. The main requirement is the lightness and airiness of the material used;
- Christening. White, silky material, perfect for going out;
Silk and its varieties
When answering the question of what fabric to sew a summer dress from, you should choose natural fiber. Natural textiles are made from silkworm cocoons. The technology for producing thread and material was invented in China. Natural fiber is hygroscopic, durable, holds its shape well, and has a soft sheen.
Since natural silk products are not available to everyone, fiber manufacturers do everything possible to make the product cheaper by adding synthetic and artificial fiber admixtures to the main material. Such fabrics are beautiful, but not unique. They do not have a soft shine, do not flow in the wind, and are worse draped.
100% silk fiber:
- Satin - shiny front side, matte back side. Can be draped. Dresses are made from the material, and it is used to trim tuxedos. Charmeuse - a type of satin used as a lining for expensive clothing;
- Gas. A translucent, lightweight fabric used for sewing blouses, evening and wedding dresses, scarves, capes. There are printed and multi-colored options;
- Crepe de Chine is a thin silk fabric with a rough surface and a slight sheen. It is used for sewing dresses and blouses. Types of material are corrugated crepe georgette, weightless crepe chiffon;
- Organza is a very thin, translucent material, characterized by its rigidity. It can be plain-dyed, multi-colored and iridescent;
- Brocade is a heavy material with a pattern woven with gold and silver threads. The most beautiful ball gowns, prom dresses and expensive outfits are made from this material.
- Tual is an expensive lining material in luxury clothing;
- Chesucha ("wild silk") is an attractive material, not expensive in terms of price;
- Foulard is perfect for making shawls, scarves, stoles, boutonnieres, and brooches.
Flax for hot days
When the thermometer rises to the upper mark, a linen dress is a salvation. A basic style of linen dress will take pride of place in every fashionista's wardrobe.
Shirt style
Despite the versatility of the product, made in this version, the dress has gained popularity among a large number of fashionistas. When choosing this style, you should take into account the features of the figure.
- If you have a thin figure, a great option is a straight-cut shirt dress;
- For curvy ladies, loose and fitted options are suitable;
In stripes
A striped dress is the choice of strong and spectacular women. It is difficult to remain unnoticed in such an outfit. It should be understood that when choosing a style of clothing, you can either spoil your image of yourself or emphasize the advantages of your figure.
Stripe options:
- Small;
- Average;
- Wide;
- Vertical;
- Horizontal;
- Diagonal.
The color of the stripes is mainly white and black. There are products in which the stripe can have different colors.
- When choosing a vertical, large stripe, it is important to understand that such a dress will visually enlarge the figure;
- Small and frequent stripes - figure correction;
- By choosing a product option in which the top is striped and the bottom is plain, the top part of the image will be lengthened, while the bottom will remain unchanged;
- Diagonal and vertical stripes are a good choice. They dilute the image without creating additional illusions.
Chiffon
When choosing summer fabrics for a dress, many people prefer fibers that combine lightness, airiness, and beauty. Chiffon has all these qualities. This fiber is most suitable for sewing resort outfits.
Initially, these were silk products. Now you can find options with various additives. Such products are cheaper. Chiffon can be dyed and draped, which allows famous couturiers to create various variations of skirts, sundresses and tunics.
Viscose
The fiber is created from wood cellulose, pre-treated, cleaned and crushed, coated with a special composition. Viscose is an artificially created material, the result of processing natural raw materials.
- Draped;
- Soft, attractive surface shine;
- Hygroscopicity;
- Breathability;
- Does not become electrified.
The material is used to make T-shirts, vests, skirts, dresses, and sundresses.
Cotton
The raw material for the production of fabric is collected by hand. The varieties of these fabrics have a number of properties - they are pleasant to the body, breathable, moisture absorbent, but at the same time they are not elastic, wrinkle, take a long time to dry, have a short service life. To enhance the characteristics, all sorts of impurities are added to the main type of fiber - cotton. The most common combination is cotton + lycra.
Batiste
When deciding what fiber to use to sew a dress, blouse, nightgown, gloves, you should not ignore natural materials.
Velvet
As for this material, such a product will be a great choice on cool summer days or in spring, autumn. This is a truly feminine outfit. For full ones, you should choose a suitable version of the product.
The sheath as a style of velvet clothing acquires beauty and luxury due to the material used. The original pattern of a velvet dress is a real find for a fashionista. You can wear a velvet dress every day or include it in an evening ensemble.
Atlas
The fabric is perfect for a summer wedding celebration. The bride performing a wedding dance, her bridesmaid, and graduates will look amazing in a product made of this material.
Denim
The best option for everyday wear is denim. In addition, this is the presence of a denim product - an integral element of style that will take a worthy place in the closet of a fashionista. Denim clothing is not only trousers, but also figure-hugging dresses, mainly of the trapeze style. A bag made of similar material will be a wonderful addition to the image.
Chintz
A great option for a dress for kindergarten, for everyday wear. The material of all kinds of colors and prints can be purchased anywhere. The fiber is inexpensive, light, beautiful, which allows you to make sarafans and blouses from the material.
Knitwear
The optimal choice for those who are ready to show off their figure's advantages at any time of year. Knitwear is a viscose fiber with a high content of elastane and synthetic additives. The material under the general name "knitwear" is used to make summer outfits. Products made of the material perfectly retain their shape, elegance, and lightness. All that is required is a precise fit to the figure, and if a woman gains weight, this fact will go unnoticed.
Synthetic Materials for Summer Dresses
It is not recommended to wear, sew products from 100% synthetic fiber - spandex, capron, nylon, polyamide, elastane, spandex. Although the material is inexpensive, has no significant differences from natural fiber, does not wrinkle, does not lose shape, wear-resistant and durable. But similar products do not meet hygienic requirements - when worn in hot weather, in contact with the skin, the material emits an unpleasant odor.
Selection by color type
The most common color type is Summer.
Peculiarities:
- Tenderness, thinness of the skin, its coolness;
- Redness and capillaries, gray-brown freckles;
- Pinkness and uneven blush;
- Fast tanning;
- Light brown, ash dark brown hair color;
- Hair fading due to sun rays;
- Premature graying;
- Dullness and cloudiness of the eyes - blue, gray-blue, blue tint;
- Light brown eyebrow color.
Choosing a wardrobe.
- Romantic style in clothes. Outfits with frills, ruffles and other decorative elements will be perfect;
- Wardrobe color - blue. The best option for choosing clothing colors is smoky blue, denim blue, blue-gray, soft blue and other shades of color;
- Lilac, dark pink and red colors will take a worthy place in your wardrobe;
- Natural white is not suitable. You should give preference to color variations - "eggshell", "bleached oak" and other shades;
- Brown clothes with a gray undertone;
- The choice of light shades for sundresses and shirts is mint, soft pink, violet, and cream palette.
Fashion trends
Naturalness and femininity are in trend, you can safely sew outfits in a romantic style. Ruffles, frills, lace and flounces are essential attributes of decor for summer products.
Pay attention to light and flowing types of fabric - cambric, crepe de chine, silk, chiffon, cotton, linen.
When sewing outfits in a sporty style, give preference to blended materials - denim, knitwear.
A well-chosen dress is a precious diamond of any wardrobe. Such an outfit will be distinguished not only by its beauty, but also by its comfort. The fabrics should be such that even the scorching heat is not scary for everyday wear.
