In this lesson, I taught how to drape different styles of dresses – sheath, semi-fitted, and shift – on a dress form.

I demonstrated the steps to create the basic foundation and then showed how to modify it to achieve each dress style.

Lesson Steps:

• Aligned the fabric at center front, pinning at neck, waist, and hip
• Smoothed fabric around shoulders and armholes, pinning temporarily
• Created darts at bust and waist to shape the dress
• For shift dress: Kept it straight with no darts below bust
• For semi-fitted: Added one dart below bust toward hip
• For sheath: Added two darts below bust, dividing excess evenly
• Adjusted darts and marked seam lines on fabric
• Closed darts and attached shoulder/side seams to complete dress
• Demonstrated modifying neckline to a boat neck style