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Curcuma Pattern, Dress, Patternhack, Tilia Schnittmuster
Curcuma Hack no. 1
Jun
It fascinates me how even with small changes a pattern can look completely different. For example, if you leave out the frill details in curcuma, you suddenly have a simple raglan blouse in front of you. I have already integrated several variations into the pattern. But in my head I have many more ideas or hacks waiting to be implemented. But let’s start with no. 1…
…the idea of sewing curcuma with a slit in the front part (instead of the back part). Especially during the summer months I really like this variation. I also have a weakness for babydoll dresses, which also comes into play with this hack. So that you can sew both, I have written a tutorial for you. As a basis you need the Curcuma pattern.
Curcuma Hack: Front Opening
To get a front slit, I cut the front part 16 cm in the middle of the neckline. This makes the slit 3 cm longer than the original back part.
Therefore, I cut the bias tape for the slit edging longer, so that it has a total length of 32 cm, or in other words, twice the length of the cut. Then I finished the slit in the same way as it is explained in the pattern instructions for the back slit.
If the opening is in the front, the notches on the collar stand must be set differently. The collar fold is now in the middle of the back part, for this you need 1 cm seam allowance on the front side. This is easy to do: Simply place the pattern piece 1 cm from the front edge and then cut the notches at the appropriate size.
Before sewing the collar, the ribbons must be stitched to the short edge of the collar stand. For the ribbons I took the pattern piece of the loop, but extended it a lot. Cutting measurements: 45 cm in length and 2 cm in width
As you can see, the change from an opening in the back part to the front part is no big deal. Therefore a second hack follows now.
Curcuma Hack: Babydoll Dress
To get a dress with a first gather under the bust, I am I stood in front of the mirror with a curcuma blouse and measured how many centimetres the distance from the collar to below the bust measured. In my case, for cup size B and size 44 it was a total of 28 cm at the centre front and 31 cm at the centre back. But this is rather short and the dress sits just below the bust. For a next time I would possibly add 1 – 2 cm.
So I drew a line at a 90 degree angle at 28 cm at the front center and at 31 cm at the back center. At the sides I drew the line 1 cm higher, because otherwise the dress would be longer at the sides. Please note that the line meets the side seam at a 90 degree angle. In my case the lines hit 8 cm below the armhole. This distance must be the same for the back and front.
I cut both fabric panels to a height of 32 cm. I calculated the width. I measured the front and the back and multiplied it by 1.5. My first front panel measured 84 cm x 32; the back panel 96 cm x 32.
I calculated the second panel in the same way. First panel times 1.5 = width of second panel. For me this was 126 cm for the front part and about 140 cm or the full width for the back part.
I hope I inspired you with this hack. Hack number 2 is already cut and number 3 is waiting in the pipeline. Have fun hacking curcuma. You can get the pattern here.
Eveline
- Pattern: Curcuma Blouse & Dress
- Fabric: Rayon by Hello Heidi Fabrics
