Beginning the design process!
Take a few minutes to become familiar with the parts of the gown before going any further:
1: the yoke/bodice
2: the sleeves
3: the gown length
4: the hem treatments
The yoke or bodice:
the sleeves:
hem treatments:
These are only some ideas of the more popular choices and can be modified to your own specifications:
1: plain hem---no lace, there could be lace extending from the bottom of the slip-that way keeping the gown available to be worn by a boy or girl.2: narrow hem with a finishing lace.
3: narrow hem with wide gathered lace.
4: several rows of different laces sewn horizontally
5: same as #4 finished with a wide gathered lace or a finishing lace.
6: fancy with lace insets.
The hem treatment should depend on the embellishment on the front of the gown skirt. The more elaborate the skirt the plainer the hem should be and vice versa. The hem treatment should not take away from the rest of the gown---only enhance it!
