How to sew a belt for a dress made of fabric?

All the girls think that their wardrobe is not too diverse, not stylish enough, there is always something missing in it. Therefore, they try to dilute it in every possible way with bright, fashionable details, to make it more attractive. Those who can not afford to spend a large monthly amount of money to upgrade the wardrobe will be helped by accessories. Fans of dresses will certainly appreciate the various belts, emphasizing the figure favorably, attracting special attention to it. Their varieties are huge, so every fashionista can find the perfect option for herself, which can complement both the everyday, and romantic or business image. Why not try to solve the situation with additional accessories? For example, you can think about how to sew a belt for a dress with your own hands. In this article, examples will be given of sewing the simplest models of belts, each of which can be mastered even by a beginner seamstress.

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General recommendations of

Before you sew a belt for a dress, you should decide on your desires, decide what form to give to it, because there are a lot of them. Going to the store to buy cloth, the necessary tools, materials, answer a few simple questions:

1. Why do you need a belt. That is, for everyday wear, evening dress or business suit.
2. It must be suitable for a particular outfit or be universal.
3. You will use it as a decorative element or to maintain the shape of a certain outfit.

Important! As soon as you answer these questions, you will immediately be able to finally determine which accessory is necessary for you in a particular case. Belts can have different shapes - medium, wide, narrow, in the shape of a corset, curly, with a large number of decor elements, simple, on fasteners or ties.

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How to sew a simple belt for each day?

Agree that there is nothing simpler than the everyday fabric belt, which is suitable for almost any clothing. Therefore, he must be present in any wardrobe.

For the manufacture of this wardrobe item you will need:

• Measuring tape.
• Monochrome or colored textured fabric - it all depends on which shade you will wear most often.
• Needle, thread, scissors, soap or chalk.
• Sewing machine.
• Decoration elements, accessories.
• Non-woven fleece.
• The corsage belt.

Now let's take a closer look at how to sew a dress belt from a fabric:

• Using a measuring tape, take measurements from the waist, multiply the resulting volume by two. That is, if the waist size is 60 cm, then the belt will have a length of 120 cm.
• From the fabric, cut a strip 120 cm long, and its width should be twice the width of the finished belt plus 1 cm. For example, if you need a product sizein 5 cm, then the workpiece will need to be made 11 cm.
• From above and below this strip measure 0.5 cm, draw soap or chalk with thin lines.
• Bend the belt along in half, line attach to each other, make a stitch.

Important! It is recommended to start it on one side of the belt, continuing to sew on the drawn line. Note that the second side can not be stitched, then to turn it through it.

• Belt turn out on the front side, sew a side cut.

Here is your universal belt ready!

Important! You can tie it with an ordinary knot, knitted for a tie or two bow - here the main thing is not to restrain your own imagination. Although the belt turned out to be simple, it will work for all occasions. If you make it black, then you can wear it with dresses, sarafans, skirts or trousers.

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How to sew a belt for an evening dress?

A simple belt for a dress with your own hands made of fabric you have already made. It's time to think about creating something more complicated, for example, sew an accessory for an evening outfit. Of course, there will be more time, but nothing is complicated.

Today, at the height of popularity are wide belts with fasteners. Therefore, the creation of something like this, we now consider:

• As in the previous version, first we measure the volume of its waist. Given that the belt will be on the fastener, you need to add 4 cm to it, and then to the seam 2 cm. In this case, it will be tight, secure, comfortable sitting at the waist.
• To keep it in good shape, it should be strengthened with non-woven fabric, because of which the belt will decrease by a couple of centimeters, which should be added to its final length. That is, having a waist with a volume of 60 cm, the fabric will need 68 cm in length.

Important! The width is better if it is 5-6 cm, so that it does not create during the wear of unpleasant sensations.

• Cut a strip of the necessary width and length. It is not difficult to determine these quantities, as we have already shown, it is possible to do everything according to the above scheme in the case of a simple belt.
• Bend the product in half, line the middle line with soap or chalk.
• Sew the corsage belt from the wrong side. In this case, the length of the tape will be equal to the length of your belt less 2 cm, which we took on the seam. Using a sewing machine on the underside, sew the tape to one part of the product, stepping back 1 cm from the edge.
• Inside outwards, fold the belt in half, sew only on three sides.
• Unscrew the product on the front side, gently sew the edge left open.
• Sew buttons, decorative fasteners or hooks in the form of hooks - choose the option yourself.

Smart belt from the band with your own hands for the dress is almost ready, it remains only to decorate it with rhinestones, beads, appliqués, fabric flowers, embroidered with beads or beads. Variants of decorative design, in fact, there can be many, and, each of them in its own way gives accessories sophistication, style, beauty.

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How to make your own hands a belt with a buckle?

Perhaps the above options for accessories seem too simple? Then read the idea of ​​how to make a strap for a dress with your own hands with an original buckle. In this case, of course, it will take even more patience, time, effort.

Methods and materials

There are two ways of making belts with buckles - classic, accelerated. For work you will need a fabric, leather or quality substitute with a longer waist circumference of 15 cm, buckle, lining-seal of the same size.

Important! For the manufacture of high-quality leather or a substitute, sealed with a rigid non-woven or special lining with a seal for the belts. It should be noted that the lining in this case is cut out without allowances for seams.

Tailoring technology - option 1

First, let's look at how to make a dress belt for yourself using the classic method:

1. From the fabric, cut 2 strips to match the width of the belt you want, the length is equal to the waist circumference with the addition of 15 cmTake into account the allowances for seams, not more than 0.5-0.7 cm.
2. Cut out the strips of the same length and width from the lining as in the belt, but not taking into account the allowances for the seams.
3. Pull out the sealant or interlining on the outer part of the belt from the wrong side.
4. To the wrong side, sweep the allowances on the slices of the outer piece strictly along the edge of the seal. At the corners, allowances should be slightly tucked.
5. Same in the same way the allowances on the slices of the inner part.
6. Both parts iron iron, fold them in such a way that the wrong sides are inside, grind everything with the help of English pins.
7. Along the edges on the front side, sew the belt by tying the inner part.

Tailoring technology - option 1

How to sew a wide belt for a dress according to the accelerated mode, consider further:

• From leather or fabric, cut one strip so that its length is equal to the length of the product with allowances for seams, the width corresponds to the double width of the belt.
• Take a seal of length equal to the length of the belt, the width of the corresponding one part of the finished product. The allowances are not taken into account here.
• Strip of cloth or leather folded in half and along, so that the front side was inside.
• Sew the longitudinal sections.
• Fold the product in such a way that the seam is in the middle, smooth the allowances on the seams with an iron.
• Process short cuts. First, cut off the sections at one end, giving them the necessary shape. Cut the allowances on the seams, leaving a few millimeters.

Important! For convenience, you can use special templates.

• Remove the belt on the front side, iron iron, paying maximum attention to the edges and ends.
• Insert the gaskets into the joints to the seams using an adhesive base, iron the iron belt.
• On the contours, sew the product.
• Back from the free edge of 3 cm, make a small hole, cut a circle using an awl or hole punch. Handle it with a stitching seam, straight into it, thread the stud.
• Wrap the end of the belt with a jumper, to the underside, sweep it in a zigzag or oblique seam, and attach everything.
• Punch the blocks on the opposite side. At the same time, one should be at a distance equal to the waist circumference, the rest should be at intervals of 3 cm.
• The buckles can be tightened with the same cloth as the belt. Cut out of it two pieces in the size corresponding to the size of the buckle with the addition of allowances for stitching. Fold the details in the face, chalk the markup. Close the line by cutting the fabric along the short sections for the jumpers. Unscrew the part and put on the buckle.

So we learned how to make a simple, elegant or original dress belt with your own hands. The options discussed above are fairly simple in terms of execution, do not require serious temporary and financial investments. But by making such accessories, you noticeably dilute your daily and business wardrobe.