How I Drafted My Waratah Dress Pattern (Step-by-Step)

Detailed step-by-step instructions showing how I drafted my Waratah Dress pattern. This dress has an armhole princess line, cross over front, basic A-line skirt and a slightly flared sleeve with a few gathers in the sleeve and plenty of ease in the bicep. This dress provides a reasonable amount of bust shaping for me - it is semi-fitted. However a lot of women would not be able to achieve this in this style as I have drafted it because the dress doesn't have a zip or buttons to open up at the Empire Line. I explain how this works for me and how/why it may or may not work for other women. 0:00 Intro 01:49 Overview of the pattern (Stylelines and Pattern Pieces) 04:37 (Overview) Finishing on the neckline, sleeve & hem (bias strips) 05:24 (Overview) Bust shaping (semi-fitted) 08:25 Blocks used to draft the pattern (Sleeveless Bodice Block + Sleeve Block) 11:55 Plan: Order of drafting the pattern pieces 12:34 Tracing the Bodice Block 14:09 Empire Line 17:49 Using the 'mechanical give' of woven fabric 19:56 Mechanical Give: 'Permanent Give' and 'Additional Give' 32:40 Bodice Front step-by-step instructions 42:30 Bodice Back step-by-step instructions 48:32 Skirt step-by-step instructions 1:00:27 Sleeve pattern pieces 1:05:28 Order of Construction 1:06:58 Fabric Considerations 1:08:50 Fabric Layout for cutting 1:11:35 Important information about future long-format pattern instruction videos My Booklets: https://dresspatternmaking.com/patternmaking-block-guides My Website: ht