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• Draping Means To
Hang Or To decorate
The Body Form With
Loose Fabric,
• And To Obtain A
Body Fitted Garment
By Using plenty
Sewing Techniques.
• Draping---The act of creating fashion
designs by manipulating, pining and
cutting muslin or other fabrics over a
dress form
• In this technique the drape garment
is then used to create a pattern from
which a garment can be made.
Dress form
 Draping

• Technique of
hanging fabric in
folds or cover with
fabric in loose
folds.
• In draped
garments, hemlines
are often uneven.
 Draping
• A 3-dimntional method
for making patterns
using muslin on a
dress form.
• Technique used by
designers to create
garments by draping
fabric on dress form.
• A pattern is then cut
from the draped
segments and made
into designer's sample
garment.
 Draping
• The garment is
made of unstitched
cloth that is held to
the body by means
of pins, tapes,
sashes or belts,
• Many draped
garments are one
piece.
Tools for draping
• Dress forms Muslin
 Muslin
• Muslin – There are three basic types of
muslin:
• (1) A coarse of weave of medium
weight used because the grain is the
grain is easily recognized
• (2) A light weight, finely woven fabric
used for soft draping
• (3) A heavy weight, firmly woven fabric
used for draping ,This also known as
toile muslin
 Preparation of Muslin for Draping
• Tearing-
• Estimate size of muslin piece needed
• Allowing a reasonable amount of extra
fabric for ease, seam allowance and
styling
• Clip edge of muslin with scissors
• Tear the grain with sufficient presser to
break yarns evenly
• Blocking -
• Before draping muslin may have to be
reshaped so that yarns of the
crosswise and lengthwise grain are at
perfect right angle to each other
• To reshape muslin pull the edge
diagonally until the fabric is squared

• Pressing –
• Once fabric has been blocked the
position of the yarns is set with steam
and heat of pressing
• Use rectangle of Basic draping
muslin steps
• Width = front chest
measurement +4”
• Length =HSP to
waist +4”
• fold the selvage 1’
for CF or CB
• Pin the fold line on
CF or CB
• Balance the cross
grain on HBL
• Keep the Neckline
quite flat and use
pins at neck point
• leave some fullness
on shoulder and
waist line
• Pin the fullness
• Mark the
NL,SH,AH,SS,WL
 Princes line
• The princes waist is fitted to the
body with seams rather than darts
• The fitting seams has unlimited
design possibilities
• It can originate at any point at above
the bust line level
 Preparation of muslin for princes line

• Pin style tape to the

dress form to establish
the desired princes
line
• Pins should be slip
through the style tape
in to the dress form
• Tear the muslin length
/ width
 Draping steps
• Pin center front panel
to apex and center
front
• Smooth muslin from
center front towards
the style tape, keeping
the cross wise grain
perfectly aligned
• Mark the NL,SH and
style line
• Remove the center
front panel
 Side panel
• Place the side
panel against the
dress form
• Pin along the
cross wise grain
allowing the
necessary ease
• Mark SH,AH,
SS,WL
 Bias cowl
• Preparation of fabric
• A 30” square is
sufficient the normal
waist
• If the cowl is a part of
a bodice with a lower
waistline , or garment
cut without any
waistline a square
must be cut
proportionately
larger
 Draping steps
• On the dress form
indicate the depth
of the desired
neckline
• At the shoulder
seams of the dress
form, indicate the
desired width of
the neck line
• Turn back a corner
of the fabric square
for facing
• Place muslin against
the dress form
• Holding the center of
the cowl at the neck
line
• Let the neckline fall
gently
• Trace SH,AH, SS,WL
• Draping
• Dress form
• Tools
• Basic blocks
• Skirt
• Dress
• bias
• Cowls
• Princes line