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SINGLE PIECE ANARKALI
Though the name suggests single piece, you can have a variation by adding yokes & flare to this dress. I will be showing the draft with only flare. For this pattern we need -
3.
Basic Skirt with waist darts (Front & Back).
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| How to make Single Piece Anarkali? |
- Trace Front Bodice with side seam oblique dart & waist dart. Below this bodice, trace Front of basic skirt draft. Similarly, trace Back Bodice with waist dart & below that bodice, trace Back of basic skirt.
- For flare, move outwards from hemline by 5 to 15 cms. depending on how much flare is required.
- Using a scale move up towards hip line, join this flare point to hip curve (i.e. merge slant line into curve).
- At the hem and side seam corner, move up on slant line by 2cms (see image) and give a slight curve shaping to the hem.
- Also make
Basic Sleeve pattern, and further modify the length of sleeve as required.
PANEL ANARKALI
There are 3 variations in Panel Anarkali -
(1) Half panel, (2) Full (lengthwise) Panel & (3) Horizontal Panel.
(1) Half Panel Anarkali Dress:-
- This pattern has vertical panels running below front and back yokes.
For Half Panel Anarkali, we need to make paper pattern of:-
a) Anarkali Front Yoke
b) Anarkali Back Yoke
c) Panels of Anarkali
d) Sleeve
- For making Yoke of Half Panel Anarkali, trace Front bodice with its darts from
Basic Bodice Sloper (till waist) [Front & Back] made with personal body measurements.
- Transfer only shoulder dart of Front bodice to side seam oblique dart. * To learn stepwise transfer of shoulder dart to side seam oblique dart, refer "
Basic Dart Manipulations in Women's wear (two darts)".
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| How to make Half Panel Anarkali? |
- Trace Front with
side seam oblique dart & waist dart (i.e. Step-3 of basic dart manipulations). Below this bodice, trace Front of basic skirt draft.
- Divide the yoke line of Front and Back as per number of panels required. I have divided the yoke line in 4 parts, so I will get total of 8 panels in front & 8 at back.
# Some Tip: Marking each panel is necessary to avoid confusion later on when panels are cut.
- I have marked each panel as B1, B2, B3, B4 (for Back panels) & F1, F2, F3, F4 (for Front panels).
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| How to make Half Panel Anarkali? |
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| How to make Half Panel Anarkali? |
- These panels are straight. For Anarkali dress, we need to add flare to each panel of Front & Back.
- Hence, once you number each of these panels; cut, place and trace them on a separate paper to add required flare (see above image).
- For adding flare, extend hem of each panel towards its left & right side by 5 to 15 cms.
# Some Tip: Work on one panel extension at a time.
- Once you extend the hem on either sides of each panel, join extended hemline (using scale) in a slant line moving upwards at top of panel (see above image).
- With the same method, add flare to each of the front & back panels.
- Final panels of Front and Back of Anarkali dress are marked in
Maroon color.
- Also make
Basic Sleeve pattern, and further modify the length of sleeve as required.
(2) Full Panel (Lengthwise) Anarkali:-
- For full panel Anarkali (i.e. lengthwise panels), trace Front bodice with side seam oblique and waist darts & below this bodice, trace front basic skirt draft (see below image).
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| How to make Full (Lengthwise) Panel Anarkali? |
- To mark the straight panels,
mark red horizontal chest line, waist line and hem line (refer image).
- Measure & divide the chest line, waist line and hem line in equal parts.
- Draw straight green lines starting from neck, shoulder and armhole towards hem line (refer image).
# Some Tip: Marking each panel is necessary to avoid confusion later on when panels are cut.
- I have marked each panel as B1, B2, B3, B4 (for Back panels) & F1, F2, F3, F4 (for Front panels).
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| How to make Full (Lengthwise) Panel Anarkali? |
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| How to make Full (Lengthwise) Panel Anarkali? |
- These panels are straight (except the panel with side seam) and for Anarkali dress, we need to add flare to each of these panels of Front & Back.
- Once you number each of these panels; cut, place & trace them on a separate paper to add required flare (see image).
- For adding flare, extend hem of each panel towards its left & right side by 5 to 15 cms.
# Some Tip: Work on one panel extension at a time.
- Extend the hem on either sides of each panel and join the extended line in a slant line (using scale) moving up towards the waist line (refer image).
- With the same method, add flare to each of the Front and Back panels.
- Final panels of Front and Back of Anarkali dress are marked in
Maroon color.
- Also make
Basic Sleeve pattern, and further modify the length of sleeve as required.
(3) Horizontal Panel / Tier Anarkali Dress:-
- This pattern has horizontal panels running below front and back yokes.
For Horizontal Panel Anarkali, we need to make paper pattern of:-
a) Anarkali Front Yoke b) Anarkali Back Yoke c) Panels of Anarkali d) Sleeve
- For making Yoke of Horizontal Panel Anarkali, trace the Front bodice draft having shoulder, neckline, armhole, side seam, waist line and its two darts i.e. shoulder & waist dart.
[Refer Basic Bodice Sloper for tracing Front
]
- For making the Anarkali yokes, we have to transfer these 2 darts (i.e. shoulder & waist dart) to side seam oblique dart. * To learn stepwise transfer of these darts to side seam oblique dart, refer "
Basic Dart Manipulation in Women's wear"
- Take Front with
side seam oblique dart (i.e. Step-5 of basic dart manipulations) & further alter it step-wise for Neckline Shaping, Armhole Deepening and Yokeline Marking of Anarkali Yokes (Front & Back), [Refer
Circular Skirt Anarkalis and its variations.]
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| How to make Horizontal Panel / Tier Anarkali? |
Panel Width (How to calculate?):-
- When calculating width of each panel, calculate for both front & back panels together and then divide each panel lengthwise into half for attaching it to front and back yoke separately.
- For example; If Round Waist is 30" then Panel-1 will be 30" x 1.5 = 45". This 45" width will be cut lengthwise & separated into half, where one part will be attached below front yoke & other part will be attached to back yoke.
- For every next Panel, add 20" to 30" to total width of previous panel depending on required flare.
- For example; If Panel-1 = 45" then Panel-2 = 45" + 20" to 30". Since, I am adding 20", my panel calculation is as follows:-
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| How to make Horizontal Panel / Tier Anarkali? |
Panel Length (How to calculate?):-
- Length of the Horizontal Anarkali dress, should be calculated from below yoke line till either knee or below knee or till floor.
- For example; I have measured the length as 40" (from below yoke line) and I have 5 horizontal panels. So I will use the formula as 1/5th of length i.e. 40"/ 5 = 8".
- Hence, the length of each panel (without seam allowance) will be 8".
- These panels can vary in its width and length depending on the total available yardage.
- Also make
Basic Sleeve pattern, and further modify the length of sleeve as required.
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