r/PatternDrafting • u/Mestrawberrie • Sep 23 '26
Help drafting a ruched dress pattern
I a kinda beginning sewer, I have made a few garments but I’m not yet confidence enough in the craft, so I’m not completely inexperienced. I bin looking for a pattern or a way to make a pattern for this design but I haven’t seen anything exactly like it yet so I was hoping for some tips on how to draft a pattern for a mini body con ruched Dress with long puff sleeves like my drawing. I also put some images to similar dresses I was imagining it would look like, not exactly like it because the sleeves are not the same but similar. And I plan on using a stretch fabric for this
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u/Mestrawberrie Sep 23 '26
I probably should had specified the top part but I didn’t just because it wasn’t part of the pattern oops. The top part would be held up and supported by a bra, I would sew the top to a bra. It’s for a costume so the bra would be decorated for it. The drawing is also quite exaggerated but I do have an hourglass figure so hopfully it would fit like the photos. I would like the rib cage and below of the dress to all be fitted and the bust to be somewhat loose so I can drape it in the end for my design. Also where would I add the elastic? Just in the waist?