Girls grow up to be princesses if treated appropriately. This requires dresses, skirts, bows and ruffles. In fact, clothes in a girl's life help her in the formation of her own "I", determining her gender role in society. Beautiful clothes form a sense of beauty from childhood. This stays with the girl for life.
Variety of dresses
Indeed, the game of mother-daughter in childhood smoothly flows from a woman into adulthood. Any mother tries to dress up her daughter like a doll. This is an essential feature of motherhood and quite natural. Moms of boys were a little less fortunate in this matter. The scope for creativity in outfits with boys is a little narrower than with girls. And the girls are happy to support this game and let their mother decorate and decorate them.
The main attribute of a girl's beauty is a dress. And there are a lot of dresses for babies. Prices for this product vary greatly. Doesn't always existthe opportunity to purchase the model that you like. The most common outfit is a dress with a yoke. The coquette is very convenient for a child's figure in the sense that girls have not yet formed proportions. Therefore, dresses that have a waist do not fit the girl's figure too well. A dress with a yoke makes it interesting to beat a child's outfit.
What is a coquette?
Everyone has heard many times about dresses with a yoke. So what is it? A coquette is a piece of clothing. It is located from the line of the neck and shoulder and ends above the chest. Interestingly, it can be not only in dresses. Skirts and trousers are decorated with this detail. In this case, the yoke is located on the waistline and can be overstated.
Coquette is also called the part of the shirt that connects the collar with the sleeves. Coquettes for children's dresses come in several types: round, square, triangular. From the names, the basic shape of the part is clear. Coquettes may contain additional bends. This detail of a dress or blouse becomes an ornament in itself. The yoke is most often made from the same material as the entire product, but in two layers.
Coquette decor
A dress with a yoke can do without additional accessories. If you want to decorate the model, then the part can be made of a material with a contrasting color. You can decorate the coquette with embroidery. Then the product acquires an ethnic character.
For evening dresses, this part can be made of lace, close or,on the contrary, opposite in color. Such a dress with a yoke for women becomes especially elegant. The addition of an openwork insert with sequins or shiny beads will make the outfit simply magical.
An interesting solution is the edging of the yoke with a different shade. This decoration is suitable for strict office dresses. The model becomes more interesting. In a boring dress code, a bright yoke edging becomes a fresh note.
Decorative accents are often used in wedding dresses. In this case, the designer's imagination gets free. Coquettes are decorated with rhinestones, flowers, openwork elements.
Coquette Story
Coquettes in Russian outfits can be found in the sundresses of ordinary peasant women. Marfushenka-darling from the film "Morozko" dressed up in a red sundress with a yoke. Such trapeze sundresses were typical for sewing peasant sundresses of the seventeenth - eighteenth centuries.
In Europe, the coquette appeared much earlier. Such dresses can be found in the portraits of the Flemish and German painters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was used in the case when it was not possible to cut a dress from a solid linen and fit it beautifully on the figure.
How to sew a dress with a detachable yoke?
The yoke dress pattern is a little easier than a regular dress. Such outfits are good to sew on girls. The easiest way to tailor a round yoke. In this case, such a piece of clothing will simultaneously perform the function of the neck and sleeves. Small instruction:
- To build a coquetteit is necessary to measure the girth of the neck and the length of the collarbone.
- From mathematics, we take the formula for the circumference of a circle and calculate the radius from both numbers. Get the inner and outer radius of the coquette.
- To the figures obtained, add three centimeters for the seams and the allowance.
- Fold the yoke in half and attach to a sheet of paper.
- Next, measure the length of the dress and measure it down from the yoke.
- You should draw a trapezoid that ends with a yoke at the top. Under it, make armholes for the sleeves.
- To the resulting trapezoid, also add two centimeters for the seams and assembly.
- You can transfer the pattern to the material. On the yoke it should be noted where the trapezoid will be sewn.
- Followed by the assembly and processing of the model.
Children's dress with a round yoke is ready.
Other options
Another simple version of a dress with a yoke for a girl is as follows:
- For its pattern, you will need any ready-made dress, preferably a straight cut.
- It should be attached to the pattern paper and circled.
- From the neckline in front and behind, lay down eight to nine centimeters and connect in a semicircle with the upper point of the armhole for the sleeves. The dress is divided into two parts: a yoke and a trapeze.
- Each detail must be transferred to the material, not forgetting the allowances.
- Next, you should sew the dress and process the seams and edges.
- Coquettes for both versions of the dress can be sewn from a material whose color is different from the colorthe dress itself.
For the third variant of decorating such a dress, it is necessary to cut the trapezoidal lower part a little wider and, when sewing with a yoke, make small folds. A little more skill is required here.
Crochet yoke dress
Knitted dresses with openwork patterns look very original on little fashionistas. Even not very experienced knitters can make such dresses with a knitted yoke. For each dress model there is a special description of the patterns of the coquette itself and the canvas. Coquettes can be round and square. The first is much easier to tie, the second will require care and perseverance.
Square yoke for dress contains less patterns and doubles as a sleeve. Which form to choose is purely a matter of taste. The principle of knitting the product is approximately the same. Usually the pattern of the yoke and the main fabric of the dress differ from each other.
Round yoke knitted from the neck down.
It is necessary to dial a chain of eyelets so that the child's head passes.
In the next row, double crochets and air loops alternate. The subsequent rows are knitted by alternating knitting from one loop of two columns without a crochet and air loops.
A couple of three rows are knitted like this, and then the number of air loops increases to two and then to three.
The width of the yoke is selected individually for each model. When the yoke is finished, it is visually divided into four parts (two sleeves, back and front). Finished insertshould be folded in half and continue knitting in a circle in those places where the back and front of the dress. Sleeves remain loose.
Square coquette
The square shape is a little more difficult in technique. The main difference is that the increase in loops does not occur along the entire length, but in strictly defined places - at the corners of the part. These places of increase form a kind of raglan and go from the neck to the armpit. The sleeve in this case turns out to be a “wing”.
The yoke ends, usually in the middle of the chest. Next, you should connect the opposite corners of the part and start knitting the fabric of the dress itself. Usually a square yoke does not contain a pattern and consists simply of single crochets. It can be decorated with small beads, weaving them into the detail. To do this, use the hook of a smaller number.
Combination model
Recently, a combination of materials of different textures in one model is gaining popularity. A dress with a yoke is the best suited for such experiments. You won't find these things in a ready-to-wear store. They are made exclusively to order and for a certain figure.
A combination of a knitted top and a fabric dress becomes a frequent option. Or vice versa. Such models are practically not sewn for children. Patterned bottoms are more common in adult dresses. The coquette in this case has an elongated shape - an oval or a rectangle. The part is not knitted in a circle, but remains open and thenfastens with a button.
Most often, these models are decorated with beads of various sizes. The beads are not sewn on, but are knitted into the fabric of the part. In a word, the coquette decorates the dress very much. Knitted bodices can be inserted not only into a dress, but also into a blouse. In this case, the knitting should be as thin as lace. Such an unusual insert can refresh a thing that has lost its relevance.
