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Balloon Skirt Wedding Dress

Pattern #2005
Tech. Description

Balloon Skirt Wedding Dress

Introducing a stunning women's wedding dress pattern featuring a sophisticated corset bodice and a dramatic high-low balloon skirt adorned with floral details.

When To Wear

This exquisite wedding gown is perfect for unforgettable occasions, including:

  • Weddings & Elopements: The quintessential choice for a memorable bridal statement.
  • Formal Galas & Balls: Stand out with unique elegance at high-profile events.
  • Themed Celebrations: Ideal for vintage-inspired or romantic fantasy events.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: This dress features a cinched corset bodice flowing into a voluminous, high-low balloon skirt.

Neckline: Strapless sweetheart neckline, elegantly shaped to flatter the décolletage.

Bodice: Structured corset bodice with visible boning channels and delicate lace overlay, providing a fitted and supportive silhouette.

Skirt: Dramatic high-low balloon skirt with asymmetrical draping and a floor-length train, creating significant volume and movement. Embellished with three-dimensional floral appliques.

Closure: Invisible zipper closure seamlessly integrated into the center back seam.

Length: High-low hemline, falling above the knee in the front and extending into a sweeping train at the back.

Level Of Difficulty

Advanced. Requires precise skills in corset construction, working with delicate fabrics, boning insertion, and creating complex voluminous skirt shapes.

Fabric Recommendations

Achieve the exquisite structure and luxurious drape of this gown with:

  • Taffeta or Shantung for the main dress body
  • Fine tulle, ideally in two complementary shades, for the skirt's internal structure and delicate overlay

Additional Supplies

  • Zipper
  • Metal or plastic boning
  • 8-9 decorative chiffon flowers
  • Fusible interfacing
  • Bias tape
  • Lace trim (1.5 cm wide), decorative cords, & macrame lace fragments for embellishment

Fabric & Materials

Fabric recommendations: TAFFETA – SHANJAN; thin TULLE (preferably two shades, e.g., milky and creamy white); LACE TRIM, 1.5 cm wide; thin DECORATIVE CORDS, FRAGMENTS OF LACE MACRAME. Also needed: ZIPPER, metal or plastic BONING, 8-9 decorative CHIFFON flowers, FUSIBLE INTERFACING, BIAS BINDING.

CUTTER'S MUST

If the patterns have a double contour, they include SEAM ALLOWANCES. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include SEAM ALLOWANCES. SEAM ALLOWANCES: Allowance for the center back seam (FOR ZIPPER INSERTION) - 2 cm. Other seams - 1 cm. ATTENTION! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width should be at least 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the NOTCHES - they must match! Try to observe the GRAIN LINE direction.

  • From TAFFETA:
    • All skirt pieces.
    • Some bodice pieces (refer to patterns) in 2 layers.
  • From FUSIBLE INTERFACING:
    • All bodice pieces from TAFFETA.
  • From thin TULLE:
    • All skirt pieces.
    • Transparent bodice pieces – 3 layers of thin TULLE are cut (all stitched together).

Sewing Instructions

Finishing: LACE TRIM with loops, 1.5 cm wide, is used as a trim, stitched or hand-attached along the seams. Decorative cord is inserted into the loops. Decorate the cups with wide DECORATIVE CORD, hand-stitched, or with an application of LACE MACRAME fragments.

  1. Bodice seams should be finished on the wrong side with BIAS BINDING, and metal or plastic BONING, 2 cm shorter than the seam length, should be inserted into them (for ease of processing).
  2. The skirt is finished as a "balloon" with a clean edge – TULLE inside to create shape. The lower part of the "balloon" skirt is stitched into the lower edge of the upper "balloon" skirt, and then the entire skirt is attached to the bodice.
  3. Then, on the mannequin, the desired shape of the skirt is created - asymmetrical pleats are laid out on the finished garment and secured with hand stitches and decorative flowers.
  4. ZIPPER in the center back seam.

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