How to make the neck of a dress beautiful?

Sometimes a situation arises when a thing you like has minor flaws. An ugly crafted neck or inaccurately sewn cuffs are not so serious a problem as to refuse to purchase the clothes you like. You can process the neck of the product relatively quickly, and as a result, the item acquires a beautiful and elegant appearance. This procedure is very easy to perform at home, and without special sewing skills. In this article we will look at how to design the neck of a dress beautifully with your own hands, so that the thing gets a new life.

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Neck shapes and decor ideas

The neckline of the dress can be of different shapes, sometimes you need to reduce or increase it. Each person has his own preferences and reasoning on this element of clothing. In this case, a special role is given to the contours of the face, the size of the bust and personal interests of a person:

• For people with an oval face shape, the cutout of a dress in the shape of a triangle looks good.
• For people whose face resembles a square, models with a crew-neck dress are suitable.

Important! You can emphasize the chest due to the cutout. To do this, the shape of the neck should be triangular, square or round.

• In jerseys, very often the neckline is sewn under the throat. This option is not suitable for anyone, so very often people enlarge and process the neckline.
• The oval neckline looks the most beautiful. It is an attribute of the classics.

Round neckline

The round neckline has several options. The most common forms include the following varieties:

• V-neck neckline;
• the most common model is a deep round neckline;
• U-shaped neckline - visually lengthens the girl’s face and neck, therefore, it is ideal for the younger generation with a long neck;
• the presence of a woman’s full cheeks can successfully compensate for a boat-shaped neckline;
• the presence of a small bust can be hidden by a neckline in the shape of a swing;
• the cutout “Angelica” means the naked shoulders of the girl;
• neckline “ballerina” looks the same on both sides of the product, back and front.

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Dress dress recommendations

There are several options for processing the neckline of a dress. How to choose a dress neck design? In this case, you need to remember a few simple rules:

• Each type of fabric has its own skin.
• The way that the neck and armhole needs to be processed depends on the texture of the fabric and the shape of the cut.

Important! The neck of a knitted dress with an oval, round or V-neck is best treated with an oblique trim, but for a square and square cuts, a way to decorate is perfect.

• Not all methods are suitable for manual processing. For example, sheathing can only be done with a sewing machine.

How to notice the neck of the dress?

• Test the size of the throat cut on both sides of the front.
• Fold the front and back parts in half, check once again whether the sections and the facial contours of the product match.

Important! There are times when one of the sides of the product is deeper, then it is necessary to catch it with a thin thread with stitches half a centimeter long.

• We tighten and tighten the knots of thread to get the accordion effect.
• We fix the neck with pins.

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How to handle the neck?

The neckline is an element of the product, thanks to which you can highlight the advantages of the figure. If you have to sew a dress yourself, then you need to pay attention to such an important aspect.

Materials for work

To decorate the neckline, you need to take care of the following items:

• ordinary scissors, chalk, meter;
• a needle matched to the color of the thread;
• iron for smoothing the product;
• sewing pins;
• tracing paper;
• sewing machine.

Important! If there is no sewing machine, you can manually process the neckline.

We carry out the decoration of the neck

To design the neck of the dress, you must gradually perform the following steps:

1. First, draw a line with a chalk that will outline the neck. As a rule, it should not be wider than 4 cm in width. The length of the canvas used should be 2 cm longer than the expected length of the outfit, which will be bent on both sides.
2. After that, fold the strip in half, iron the middle well with iron.
3. Then we unwrap the strip again, in turn we wrap the edges to the middle, iron well.
4. After ironing the parts from all sides, carefully strip the strip.
5. To keep the edge of the part well, you can use non-woven for gluing the part.
6. With the sewing pins, we attach the detail of the cutout to our product.
7. Using a sewing machine, sew the cutout, backing off with 7 mm.

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Triangular neck processing options

The original neck, which is very beautifully crafted, creates a concise and attractive image. If the outfit has a triangular neckline, then it can visually lengthen the person’s growth.

Important! You can also apply decoration. For this, any materials are used. Knitted appliqués, satin ribbons or plain fabric look very good. When choosing the color of the neck and the material that will be used, it is necessary to be guided by what events this dress will be worn:

• In the classic version, you should not use bright and catchy tones, black and white colors will look much more spectacular.
• If the outfit is intended for walks and entertainment, then you can easily use the bright colors of satin ribbons.

How to make a neck?

1. For an attractive look, we prepare two identical strips for edging the product. The width of the strip should be about 4 centimeters.
2. Finished parts are applied to the product and bent by about 2 cm. If possible, it is better to stitch the seam with a sewing machine. In the absence of this equipment, this procedure can be carried out by applying a thread with a needle.
3. After that, the strips of fabric are bent and hemmed from the wrong side of the product.

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How to handle the neck of a guipure dress?

Guipure fabric is a very interesting material. Dresses made of guipure are beautiful and unusual, in addition, they look very feminine and sexy. Guipure products exist in a wide variety of models. How to sheathe neck of a guipure dress?

Important! To process the neck of such an outfit, great accuracy is necessary, since it is very easy to spoil this material. Such a fragile fabric requires a careful attitude, the seams should be so neat so as not to attract special attention.

Features of the work:

• The number of stitches should be minimal.
• When working, special needles are used for knitted material, which do not leave any traces of the work process.
• The main stitches are laid at the joints of the fabric.
• Guipure tissue has a drawback - an edge may be strewed, so it is treated with an inlay.
• The neckline of the dress is also trimmed or trimmed.

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Neckline for baby dress

Young mothers often encounter a problem when the neck and cuffs of children's dresses in a child quickly become contaminated. In this case, do not be upset, because even a very dirty product can be improved and give new life along with:

• A not very noticeable spot or some other defect can be masked by applying an application or drawing from beads.
• If the neck of the dress is very dirty, then it will not work, but you will have to completely replace it.

Currently, the sewing accessories store offers a huge assortment of necessary items, sewing accessories and matching fabrics. In such a store you can even buy a finished neck for a product. The only negative is that this part sometimes does not fit the desired size. This problem is easily solved even by the most inexperienced dressmaker.

Important! You should not buy less fabric than the neckline itself. Of course, if you try hard, you can still sew it, but this procedure will take a lot of time, and the result will not always be impressive.

You can independently make a neck for a child’s dress, this procedure will not take much time. Cutting out children's clothes requires no more than 25 cm of fabric, so the creative process will not be too long. We select the material of the desired color and cut the neck. After that, we sew in a simple way of turning.

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Knit Neck Processing

How to sew the neck of a knitted dress? To handle the neck of a knitwear does not require professional skills. Modern models of knitted dresses look very beautiful and stylish. Knitted material is quite practical, since things from it look great at any time of the year.

There are many design options, the most popular include the following:

• crocheted collar;
• decorated edges of the neck;
• rubber band finish;
• openwork collar.

In the absence of special sewing skills, you can apply the most simple neck design method. To do this, we sew an openwork collar or attach a neck from the same fabric as the product itself.

Important! The neckline of the dress can be decorated with ruffles and lace, which are perfectly combined with dresses from knitwear. This option is easier to realize than to waste time, energy, creating a new neck.

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How to decorate the neck of the dress?

It is quite simple to draw up a new neck, thereby extending the life of your favorite product. But if there are no handmade abilities, it is undesirable to experiment, so as not to spoil the clothes. You can do decoration and simply decorate the collar with interesting materials.

On any product, you can make a neckline, both in children's dresses and in adult clothing. The material of the product also does not play any role. The only difference is the accessories and fabric that are used for decoration:

• The design looks plain and multi-colored beads looks very interesting. You can create any composition or application from it.
• In addition to beads, you can use rhinestones or sequins that are sewn around the entire perimeter of the collar zone.
• The collar can also be decorated with stones, if the chosen style does not contradict this decoration.

Important! You can also decorate the cuffs to match the collar, in which case the integrity of the image is maintained.

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Processing the neck of a dress with an oblique trim

The neck of the knitwear can be processed with an oblique trim. This type of processing is one of the easiest and most affordable methods.

Important! This method is used when applying the overlay procedure for the armhole of shirts, dresses that do not have sleeves, summer blouses.

How to beautifully design the neck of a dress with an oblique trim:

1. First you need to cut a small strip of material of the desired length in the diagonal direction with respect to the lobar and transverse threads of the fabric. Be sure to add 2 cm to the stock. The entire strip without indentation is 3 cm.
2. The prepared inlay must be folded in half and ironed.
3. Next - evenly expand the strip of material.
4. Fractional sectional sections of the fragment must be turned upside down and ironed in turn.
5. To avoid too large a cut, you need to smooth the non-woven on the glue.
6. In parallel with the neckline, allowances must be cut.
7. We pin the inverted detail of the tape with sewing pins to the neckline with the front sides, then sweep it.
8. After that, the take-up needs to be opened up.
9. The part should be applied to the material at the seam stitching site, secured with sewing pins or swept.
10. Next, from the outside you need to sew with a sewing machine.
11. At the end of the process, it is necessary to try on our clothes, remove the extra basting threads.

Important! In stores, a ready-made oblique edging is sold. In order not to waste time manufacturing the necessary part, you can buy a slanting inlay in the form of a finished tape. Processing with an oblique inlay does not deform or clog the fabric. In the absence of a sewing machine, it can be made manually.

Recommendations when working with a slanting inlay:

• So that during processing there is no curvature of the material, you need to gently iron the non-woven with the iron on the wrong side. The marking of the stitching must exactly match.
• It is imperative to control the cut of the product so that it is smooth and does not puff.
• When processing the armhole of a product, it is mandatory to first draw up side sections of clothing. If you want to make a fastener on a neck, then in this case it is first necessary to process material of shoulder seams. Before overcasting seam allowances, they need to be ironed.

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Processing the neckline of the dress by turning (video)

There is another way in which a neckline for a dress is machined by dressing. This method is much more time-consuming compared to other methods. But for an elegant evening outfit and a strict business suit - this is the only suitable option.

Important! The advantage of this type of processing is that the outer thread is not visible, the material lies perfectly evenly and beautifully, which favorably emphasizes the advantages of posture and the figure of the owner of evening attire.

Round neckline

How to beautifully design the neckline of a dress by wrapping:

• To build the correct pattern, you must first try on the product. This procedure allows you to create shape-accurate parts. In addition, you can use special patterns-blanks for dresses or apply patterns for needlework.
• To trim the neckline with a grinder, you need to prepare it. We fold all armholes, side and shoulder seams in half.
• We cut blanks along the contours of the product or according to the patterns, which should be from the same fabric as the clothes themselves, or you can use a substitute. This is very important for the natural shape of the texture. Such a fabric is called doubler, it is much cheaper than a similar expensive fabric.
• If patterns are used, then when constructing a pattern, we still use the outline of the sprout, dorsal middle suture, neck, armhole, shoulder seam and side lines.

Important! It must be remembered that copies of the elements of the gate and sprout are made intact, and the back and shelf are cut out bent along the fold line of the doubler. You don’t have to make allowances for the stroke.

• Cut copies of patches are pasted on the wrong side of the product.For such parts, the remains of the fabric are used after cutting.
• Then we cut the details, leaving 1 cm of space for covering the sides and shoulders.
• Now we grind our workpieces and iron the seams.

V neckline

To make a V-neckline of the dress you need to turn the duplicate inside out, make small notches in the corners and at the top. We grind the armholes in the same way as the round neckline.

Important! To make it more convenient, you need to add an allowance for the manufacture of sidewall seams for the design of side seams. Now you can adjust the size of the product, while not cutting the parts. With this procedure, the dimensions of the lining and allowances for the side seams should be the same.

How to sheathe a V-neck of a dress by wrapping:

1. Stitching shoulder seams on clothes.
2. We trim the lower sections of the linings.
3. Using the overlock, we process the indentation at the seams, after which we iron them.
4. Slices of the inside of the linings are made with an overlock.
5. The front sides we fasten the grinders with patterns of the neck and armhole.
6. We grind the elements of the parts together.
7. Cut off the seam allowances that are close to the stitch.
8. We sew side seams and linings with a sewing machine in a single line.
9. We overcast and iron the left allowances.
10. Turn the lining on the wrong side.
11. We trim the edges of the lining.
12. We attach the lining to the shoulder and side sections.

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Stock footage

Thus, the neck of the product is processed at home. The quality of the design process is no worse than any studio. The main thing is to do everything carefully and scrupulously.