Flamenco skirt with your own hands

When it comes to flamenco, everyone remembers the image of a dark-haired, burning beauty in a long skirt with flounces and a rose in her hair. This sensual Spanish dance has recently become very popular with us. Flamenco rhythms have conquered many people who have devoted themselves to this dance. In addition to the correctness and correctness of movements, the costume is of great importance, since it must fully correspond to the style. If you have the opportunity, you can buy already ready, but the flamenco skirt with your own hands - this is quite feasible task, even for the master without experience. How to sew it, we will consider.

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Choosing an outfit for flamenco

The costume is the basis of the whole image of a dancer. Therefore for today the assortment of styles, colors and textures is simply huge. But despite such a wide range, many are faced with a problem in choosing a stage outfit.

Important! The costume for flamenco depends entirely on the style of the dance. Before choosing it, you should clearly understand which direction of flamenco you will dance.

Farruka

Bright and expressive style. Therefore, the outfit should emphasize the confidence and independence of the dancer. Since these properties are more inherent in the masculine character, hence - the costume must be chosen based on this.

Important! For this direction, the trouser suit in combination with a shirt, a corset and a hat is most appropriate.

Suit for sevillany

You could see it on numerous postcards and advertising booklets. It consists of this outfit solely from a bright dress with the presence of all kinds of drawings and patterns. In the classic version, the dress encircles the body of the dancer to the knees, and below - dissolves in a large number of frills or frills. When choosing a costume for the Seville, one should take into account the fact that the general image should carry in itself fun, energy and joy.

Important! In this dress, sometimes at the bottom of the skirt is sewn a special wire, which allows the dancer to make a wide step.

Bata de cola

Everyone's favorite skirt with a long "train", on which are located various frills and flounces. She dresses for the execution of salt, alegrias and guahiro.

Important! The weight of such a skirt usually reaches 7 kilograms, so a newcomer should not wear such an outfit.

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costume Most often, dancers choose not a one-piece dress, but a suit. This is due to the fact that the dress is intended solely for performances in only one flamenco style. As for the costume, this is a more universal thing, since the top remains the same, but the lower part can be changed. Therefore, if you still decide on a suit, then you should follow several rules when choosing the top part of your outfit:

1. You can choose absolutely any style, the only requirement is that it should be tight-fitting.
2. The upper part of the suit can be presented in the form of a shirt or top. A bright accent in this case will be the numerous flounces on the sleeves.
3. The color solution of the top should be in the tone of the skirt or in a completely contrasting color.

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Separate skirt

As for the skirts, their main feature is that on top they fit the figure, and from the bottom - they expand. They are decorated with a lot of flounces and frills. This style is intended to demonstrate the beauty of the figure of the dancer, but at the same time - did not hamper the movements during the dance.

Most often, such skirts are sewed solely by fashion designers and experienced tailors, as for a simple lover - this is quite a difficult task. Well, if you masterfully master how to sew and do not frighten you with complex shapes, then it will not be difficult for you to sew a skirt for flamenco yourself.

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We sew a skirt for flamenco yourself

The simplest and basic shape of this skirt is the skirt-sun. In order to make it, you will need the following materials:

• 1.5 meters of fabric for a burgundy-colored base;
• 2.5 meters of black fabric;
• 25 meters of black oblique beika;
• Lightning;
• Hooks for fastening;
• 1 meter tape with a width of 3 centimeters;
• Drawing accessories;
• Millimeter paper;
• Sewing machine;

Threads and needles in color.

Important! When choosing a fabric, it should be borne in mind that it should be light and flowing.

Operation:

• On a fabric basis, draw a circle with a diameter of 150 centimeters. In order to do this, you need to fold the fabric four times, then using a lace and a remnant to draw a quarter of a circle. After - the fabric must be unfolded, thus gradually finishing the parts of the circle. Cut it out.
• Inside the finished workpiece, cut another circle, the diameter of which will be equal to the volume of your thighs divided by 6.3.

Important! The center of the skirt must be shifted, so before drawing the inner circle, it should be about 20 centimeters from the center.

• Next you need to do flounces. To do this, from the black material, you need to cut 15 squares of 50x50 centimeters.
• On each of the squares you should draw a circle with an external diameter of 25 centimeters, and internal - 5. Make a straight cut from the outer to the inner circle.
• Next, all the circles should be sewn into one tape and processed with an oblique bake.
• The received shuttlecock is weighed to the finished workpiece.
• Sample the product, measure the distance from the edge of the workpiece and to the place where the belt will be. To this parameter, add 2 centimeters to process the joints.
• From the main fabric should be made a coquette and sew it to the skirt.
• Then stitch the zipper and sew the hooks.
• In order to complete the product, you need to cut off the necessary length of the tape and attach it to your belt.

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How to sew a skirt for flamenco double sun?

• Measure the waist circumference. Next - half the girth of the waist needs to be divided by 6.3.
• Lay the fabric on a flat surface, from the corner draw a radius equal to the parameter that you calculated in step 1.
• Next, determine the length of the skirt. To do this, from the radius measure the desired length, make a note and connect the points.

Important! It should be remembered that with a pattern on the scythe, the fabric will most of all hang in the center. Therefore, the line should be adjusted to 1 centimeter towards the waist.

• The resulting part must be cut in half.
• The finished element should be attached to the waist. If everything has coincided, then we can boldly start to cut out the second part of the product.
• In order to make the second workpiece, you need to do the same as with the first: outline the radius, measure the length and cut.
• Sweep workpieces.

Important! In order to check the correctness of the cutting, the edges should be raised above the head. If everything was done correctly, then they should come together.

• After you have tried on the product, you need to make the necessary adjustments. If everything is ready, you can safely proceed with the subsequent stitching and decorating.

Important! By the same scheme you can make a triple sun skirt. The only difference is that you will need to cut not two but three details. Calculation of the radius is done as follows: waist circumference / 3 / 6,3.

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How to make a dress for flamenco?

In this case, you do not need to separately make a pattern dresses for flamenco. You can only limit yourself to the skirt pattern. This is due to the fact that this outfit is not intact - in fact, you will need to cut out the lower and upper parts separately.

Important! When sewing a dress for flamenco, you should understand what it is intended for: training or speaking. This is due to the fact that the stage costumes are made exclusively from thin materials, which must be combined with the lining. Therefore, for training they are not suitable.

If you get carried away with this direction of dance, you do not need to spend fabulous money on stage costumes. You can create an ideal outfit that will emphasize all the dignity of your figure, while harmoniously blending into the image of the burning dancer. Ideas of styles you can draw from the Internet, but the above tips and recommendations will help you to implement them.