Whenever we travelling out of India, its so happy to see our Indian culture crafts in the market. During my travel in Qatar, i visit some of souqs. It was very interesting that i seen lots of Indian cultural crafts are selling and buying foreigners. They are selling kinds of wooden toys & lacquerware. Every time we manage to find something interesting:-)
During my trip to Souq Waqif, my eyes fell on these button-like boxes with Indian Kitsch painting. It was instant love.
Such a familiar scenery that one gets to see painted on trucks and on auto-rickshaws from India.
Oh yes! Taj Mahal had to be there...
I am amazed at the lovely art and crafts from India.
More images from Qatar i have taken;
Qatar National Day celebration
Qatara
Condom Building in Center -:) because the building construction is inspired from condom shape. :D
The dress is made from a stretchy knit fabric and is intended to be a comfortable fit on the body with ease in both the bodice and skirt. Fitting ease is also included in the pattern so you can adjust and take in for your own personal measurements. The size I made for myself I am calling the Medium. My measurements are high bust (around the back and over the bust high under the arms) 36, Bust 37, Waist 32, Hips/Thigh widest point 40.
The amount of stretch and drape in the fabric will alter the fit and feel of the dress so use this table as a guide only.
Bust
Waist
Hips
Small
32-34
25-28
34-36
Medium
36-38
29-32
38-40
Large
40-42
33-36
42-44
Extra Large
44+
37+
46+
Features:
Cross-over bodice
Optional tie belt
Waist seam with optional elastic waist
Pleats on front bodice
Separate sleeves
Straight skirt
Multi-sizes pattern from small to extra large
Making up your pattern
Your pattern is conveniently split into 4 pieces to make it more manageable. Each is labeled with a letter and number. Numbers run top to bottom and left to right. Cut off or turn under the page edges and match the borders with the adjoining pages. If you need more information on how to put together your pattern, you can read more in the Summer Drape Top.
The bodice back pattern consists of 6 pages starting B and should be laid out as below.
The left bodice front comes on its own and it prefixed with L, pages 1-9. Laid out 3 rows of 3 sheets.
The right hand side bodice piece and the sleeve come on 12 pages, prefixed with R and are set out as below.
And lastly the skirt piece is prefixed S, pages 1-8 as below.
{UPDATE} – a new digital pattern is now available to download. It replaces this hand-drawn one from 15th June 2014. It is easier to print, uses 20% less sheets and should be easier to put together. There are 28 sheets, and these are set out 1 to 7 in each row. Once assembled, it should look like this –>
What Size Do I Need?
The dress is made from a stretchy knit fabric and is intended to be a comfortable fit on the body with ease in both the bodice and skirt. Fitting ease is also included in the pattern so you can adjust and take in for your own personal measurements. The size I made for myself I am calling the Medium. My measurements are high bust (around the back and over the bust high under the arms) 36, Bust 37, Waist 32, Hips/Thigh widest point 40.
The amount of stretch and drape in the fabric will alter the fit and feel of the dress so use this table as a guide only.
Bust
Waist
Hips
Small
32-34
25-28
34-36
Medium
36-38
29-32
38-40
Large
40-42
33-36
42-44
Extra Large
44+
37+
46+
If you fall in between sizes, you can also cut between the lines, and you can ‘grade’ from one size to another by, for example, cutting a large in the waist curving out to an extra large at the hip if you need to.
Always test the fit using the paper pattern pieces, or an inexpensive test fabric before cutting your expensive fabric for this dress. If in doubt test the larger size and adjust for fitting at the side seams during construction.
Adjustments to length. The dress is designed to fit an average height – I am 5’6″, and hits above the knee. If you are taller or prefer the skirt to be longer, simply add some length to the skirt piece at the bottom.
Cutting your fabric
I was able to comfortably cut the size Medium from 2 yards of 54 inch wide fabric, with some left over.
Wrap Dress Sewing Instructions
Seam allowances – 5/8th of an inch throughout unless mentioned. Use stitches appropriate for stretch such as a narrow zigzag or a stretch stitch if your machine has one.
Start with the right hand front bodice piece and using a disappearing fabric marker, draw lines from the inward and outward points of the zig-zags at the side seam, following the length shown on the pattern, making all lines finish evenly.
Pleat those lines together, matching the lines carefully and evenly and pin in place. You should make 4 pleats.
Sew along the lines marked.
Press pleats downwards. Don’t worry if they are a bit uneven (like mine), it will look just fine.
On the left front bodice piece, mark the pleat on the wrong side, pin and then sew.
Press the pleat.
With right sides together, match shoulder seams, pin and sew. You may choose to stablise with a stay tape such as this knit stay tape at the shoulder seam (optional). Press shoulder seams open.
Iron on stay tape to the whole front cross-over edge on both bodice pieces and along the back neckline.
Turn over a 5/8 inch hem along the whole edge and top stitch.
Cross over front bodice pieces with the right hand piece on top, showing the 4 pleats. Match up the center front and notches, then pin and baste into place close to the edge, along both of the side seams and the waist seam.
Optional – add a stay tape to the bottom edge of the sleeves.
Pin the sleeves to the bodice, matching the sleeve center with the shoulder seam and ease the sleeves to fit the opening. Sew. Trim seam and finish edges (optional.)
Pin side seams and sleeve seam. Try on to check fit. Adjust as necessary.
Sew side seams and close underside of sleeves all in one seam.
Optional – trim seams and finish edges.
With right sides facing, pin skirt side seams. Try on for fit, adjust as necessary and sew side seams.
With right sides facing, match bodice with skirt at waist seam. Match center front and center back of bodice with center of skirt pieces and match side seams. Pin in place, then try for fit and adjust if necessary.
Sew waist seam with 5/8th inch seam allowance. You may either leave as is and trim and finish the seams, or add an optional elastic waist.
To add elastic waist, make a casing by closing edges of waist seam without trimming, using an overcasting foot and stitch, or by sewing close to the edge. Leave an inch open and thread through a narrow 3/8th inch elastic.
Adjust to fit waist comfortably then stitch elastic ends together with a zig-zag stitch and close casing.
Try on and check skirt length. Optional – iron your knit stay tape all along the bottom hemline of the skirt for a crisp wrinkle-free finish.
Turn up skirt hemline and finish. I prefer a twin needle finish, but you can finish with a narrow zig-zag if you like.
Turn up hem on sleeves and finish with twin needle or using your preferred method.
Cut 6 inch wide length of fabric for tie belt. Test to check what length works best for you. With right sides together, sew close to the edge with a narrow zig-zag stitch along the whole length and to close one end, either square or to a point. Turn tube the right sides out, turn under a small hem on the open end and finish either by hand or with a machine top stitch.
You may also like the belt made from a contrasting fabric or use an existing belt. The dress can also be worn without a belt if you prefer.
And you are finished! Wear and enjoy your new dress and don’t forget to send me your photos.
It is conceived one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world, this garden built in the ancient city state of Babylon, in the present day Babil province in Iraq. The Garden would have expected a minimum amount of 8,200 gallons of water per day to treat the plants. This Garden described to have built between 605 and 562 BC.
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2. Temple of Diana at Ephesus
This is also called as Temple of Artemis, was a Greek Temple and dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis, it is located in Ephesus of Istanbul in Turkey. It’s rebuilt three times before its ultimate demolition in 401 BC and reconstruction began between 550 BC, the project took about 10 years to complete.
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3. Statue of Jupitar at Olympia
It was made by the Greek Sculptor Phidias in 432 BC and the seated statue 43 feet tall and It is located in Olympia in Greece.
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4. Mausoleum of Mausolus (Ruler of Halicarnassus)
Also called Tomb of Mausolous was built around 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire in Istanbul of Turkey. The Mausoleum stood approximately 148 feet in height. There are many Ancient monuments that built by the rulers of Halicarnassus.
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5. Pyramids of Egypt
Pyramids everyone know about this, because Pyramids of Egypt is the 7 wonders of the Ancient and modern World. It still keeps its place in wonders of the world. The Contstruction of the pyramid began around 2630 BCE – 2611 BCE, the estimated number of workers various from few thousands to 100,000. Many of the Giza Pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built.
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6. Light House, Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was a two tower built between 280 and 247 BC, it is located on the island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt, and the estimated height of the lighthouse is around 393 to 450 feet. It was the tallest structure for many centuries.
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7. Colossus at Rhodes
The Colossus at Rhodes was a statue, and built between 292 and 280 BC. It was built to celebrate Rhod’s victory against the ruler of Cyprus. The Colossus of Rhodes estimated height is over 107 ft.
INTRODUCTION: Garment fitting is based on taking body measurements. So it is very important for a dress maker to know how to take accurate measurements. The following points will be very useful, for this purpose.
Body Measurement
BODY MEASUREMENT:
a. Care to be taken: 1. Try to know the customer’s requirements, regarding the fit, style and shape of the garment (pockets, collar, buttons, seam, finish etc.) before taking measurements. A preliminary talk with the customer, showing fashion pictures are stitched garment will help one to understand the design.
2. Observe the figure carefully and if any deviation in proportion is found, do not simply remember but record it in the order book, in without giving any idea of the deformity to the customer.
3. The person to be measured should stand erect, but in a natural pose, in front of a mirror.
4. Measurements should be taken comfortably without pulling the tape too tight or loose.
5. The measurements should be taken in proper order and with a certain sequence.
6. All girth measures should be taken tightly, as ease for movement is included in the draft.
7. To avoid any mistake, take the measurements twice.
b. Observing Human Body:For a successful garment cutting, one must know the size and shape of the human body, for which he has to design. A student should therefore remember the following points about the anatomy, before he starts to learn cutting.
Eight Head Theory: A grown up human body is divided into eight equal parts, which are equal in height to that of the head. So each part is known as the “head”. All these eight divisions or heads are as follows :
1st head : From hair to chin or nape of neck.
2nd head : From chin to chest or bottom of scye.
3rd head : From bottom of armhole to waist.
4th head : From waist to hip.
Eight Head Theory
5th head : From hip to mid thigh
6th head : From mid-thigh to below knee
7th head : From knee to calf muscle
8th head : From calf to tip of toe.
b. Calculating other measurements using chest circumference:
Measurements Men Women
Waist Chest – (4 to 5”) Chest – (5” to 7”) Hip Chest + (1 to 2”) Chest + (2 to 4”) Shoulder (Half) ¼ Chest – ½” 1/6 Chest + (1 to 2”) Armscye depth 1/8 Chest + 1” 1/8 Chest + (2” to 2.5”) Neck 1/3 Chest + (2 to 3”) 1/3 Chest + (2 to 2½”)
TAKING BODY MEASUREMENT:
a. Bodice measurement:
1. Bust: Measure around the fullest part of the bust raising the measuring tape slightly to a level just below the shoulder blades at the back.
2. Waist: Measure snugly around the waist keeping the tape parallel to the floor.
3. Neck: Measure around the the neck, passing the tape just above the collar bone time front and along the base of the neck at the back.
4. Shoulder: Measure from the neck joint to the arm joint along the middle of the shoulder (A to B in fig. a)
5. Front waist length: Measure down from highest point of shoulder to waist line through the fullest part of the bust (A to C fig. a)
6. Shoulder to bust: Measure down from highest point of shoulder to tip of bust (A to D in fig. a)
7. Distance between bust points: Measure in the horizontal direction, the distance between the two bust points (D to E fig. a)
8. Back width or across back measurement: Measure across back from armhole to armhole about 3 inches below base of neck (P to Q in fig b)
9. Back waist length: Measure from the base of neck at the centre back to waist line (R to S in Fig b).
10. Armscye depth: Measure from base of neck at centre back to a point directly below it and in level with the bottom of the arm where it joins the body. (R to T in fig b).
c. Sleeve measurements:
11. Upper arm circumference: Measure around the fullest part of the arm.
12. Lower arm: For lower arm, measure around the arm at desired level corresponding to lower edge of sleeve.
13. Elbow circumference: Measure around the arm at elbow.
14. Wrist: Measure around the wrist.
15. Sleeve Length: For short sleeve length, measure down from tip of shoulder at top of arm to desired length of sleeve (B to F in a) For elbow length sleeve measure from top arm to elbow point (B to G in a) For full length bend the elbow slightly and measure down from to of arm to back of wrist passing the tape over the elbow point (B to H in a).d. Skirt measurements: Waist: Measure snugly around the waist keeping the tape parallel to the floor.
16. Hip: Measure around the fullest part of the hip horizontally. (7” to 9” from waist approx.)
17. Waist to Hip: Measure down from waist at centre back to fullest part of the hip (S to U in fig.b).
18. Skirt Length: Measure down the centre back from waist to desired length of skirt (S to V in fig. b) length from waist to floor can be taken at the same time and te difference between the two noted. This difference will give the number of inches the skirt is above the floor level. After taking your measurements compare then with the sample measurements for ladies garments given table. 1. Any measurement which appears too small or exaggerated must be rechecked at once.
Sample measurements for ladies garments (All measurements are inches)
These measurements depend on the height of the person.
Sample measurments for childern’s garments (All measurements are in inches)
These are typical measurements for girls. For ages up to five, the body measurements (i.e. all except the last four items in the table) apply also to boys.
Sample measurements for boys’ garments (All measurements are in inches)
