Cutting the Neck for Kurti

Getting the neck design right, is the real challenge while sewing salwars.I use the following method to get my neck perfect.

1.Our Kameez has already been cut using the pattern we created before.What we have now is two pieces,front and the back piece.

2.In my pattern,back neck has been cut not just in the back piece,but also in the front piece.If you wish you may leave the front piece untouched.

3.Now to cut the front neck, we need
            a.The front piece of kameez.
            b.An interface (width=neck width+3" & depth= front neck depth+1")
            c.A piece of the kameez' cloth(width=neck width+4" & depth = front neck depth+2")
            d. A neck design.

       

   Here I used a different cloth piece as there was shortage of kameez' cloth.

 

4.Now fold the Interface and cloth piece in half,width wise as shown in the picture below.The front piece is folded in half lengthwise as shown in the picture above.(I think I am confused with the usage of lengthwise and widthwise!Hope the picture explains it all)

 

 

5.Draw the neck design (its half actually) on the interface as shown in figure below.

 

6.Now keep this interface over the cloth piece and the front piece of kameez, all 3 alligned neatly at the fold and cut the neck along the design drawn.

 

I did it in two steps.First kept it over the cloth piece and cut the neck as shown in the picture below.

 

Then I cut the neck on the front piece.

 

 

This is how I cut the necks.Sewing them will be depicted soooooon.Do not throw away any of these pieces.