Velvet dress - a modern choice

Variety of velvet dresses

The most popular models of dresses made from this material:

• evening: these are usually long dresses. They are decorated with sparkles, embroidery, and sequins. Skirts in such models are made to fit at the hips and flow downwards, with a train. For young people, designers offer cocktail dresses with a deep neckline and open shoulders. The combination dress looks very modern. It uses a combination of velvet and lace to lighten the heavy velvet;
• dresses for daily wear: made of moderate length and with a fitted silhouette. Skirts are usually made wide;
• business dresses: this style emphasizes independence, self-sufficiency and taste. The combination of a classic style and luxurious material will always attract the admiring glances of colleagues.

Velvet stretch (continued)

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You are interested in the topic of a velvet dress. And it is right! You should definitely complement your wardrobe with a simple cut, but very pretty dress or blouse made of stretch velvet.

Let's start with the advice of stylist, fashion designer, creative director of her own Fashion House, Ia Yots. Lesson two, “velvet is a unique material,” is about how to wear a velvet dress every day. How easy it is to relate to velvet and love it.

Today is a continuation of the previous article about stretch velvet “Velvet dress - the royal choice”

You have probably already studied the range of these fabrics in your city. Maybe you didn’t like it in the store. It looks somehow unpresentable, whitish... Right?

Don't let this bother you at all. When you bring it home, turn it so that the pile faces up and all the beauty of this wonderful material will be revealed to you!

And the risk is quite small. Do you have any doubts? Buy it for a blouse, and check your pattern at the same time. And a blouse in your favorite color will definitely be worn!

Where there is a blouse, there is a dress, buy 40-50 centimeters more, and you’ll see that the dress will fit! Maybe not as complex as in this wonderful holiday photo. But the texture of the material and color will create the mood even with a simple dress.

If you regularly receive and view our newsletters, then you have already read the collection “Tips and Secrets for Sewing from Knitwear” and can refresh your memory of its contents at any time. If you accidentally came across this page and you are interested in everything related to sewing clothes, I recommend getting this collection, and at the same time subscribing to the site’s mailing list.

But you won’t find a description of how to sew stretch velvet in the “Tips and Secrets for Sewing from Knitwear” Collection.

First, let's figure out what stretch velvet is.

Velvet stretch is...

Now it is clear that stretch velvet is also a knitted fabric and in general the approach to it should be the same, with some exceptions.

For example, as you have already noticed, it has a fleecy surface that is unidirectional. You are free to choose in which direction of the pile you want to cut your dress, but I categorically do not recommend neglecting this condition.

But before moving on to these exceptions, I would like to show the behavior of this material in sewing. Watch a video about the basic seams and stitches used when sewing stretch velvet.

Connecting seams

Hemming stitches

You learned what seams to use to sew stretch velvet. Be sure to practice it yourself - you'll love it! I hope that with these short videos I have confirmed in you the confidence that sewing stretch velvet is not so scary.

Based on publications on the Internet and conclusions from my own experience, I have compiled a comparative description of the conditions for sewing velvet on textile and knitted bases and even offer it for downloading for personal use. To read or download, click on the PDF icon

But that is not all!

In the next article we will talk about patterns for cutting stretch velvet dresses or blouses (blouses).

But today you can start studying the video course “Velvet Dress”

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Discussion: 47 comments

1. Irina Voroshilova:
   December 2, 2021 at 10:22 am

   Julia, how can you not be inspired when there are such grateful people as you! Thank you for reading, for being interested. This really reinforces the need for work!

   And you value this material precisely because you have basic knowledge acquired at school. I noticed this a long time ago with the students of the Knitting Boom, that the more a person knows and can do, the more benefit he gets from his studies.

   You are a grateful person, turn your inner gratitude to those who taught you the basics of sewing for 3 years. Both the certificate with honors and your knowledge will definitely be useful in life (someday you will remember our short correspondence). God's help to you in all ways and your Guardian Angel!

2. Julia:

   December 2, 2021 at 09:59

   Dear Irina!

   Thank you so much for all the knowledge and experience that you share with us!!! All materials are so complete, interesting, simple and clear that it is impossible to overestimate it...

   I still don’t understand why we were stuck in school for 3 years?! And the certificate with honors was never useful