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title: "Diana draped top: Sewing Instructions"
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### Step 1: Finish the back neckline
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- Cut a strip of main fabric the length of your back neckline, and around 3 cm wide.
- Press a fold into this strip, 1 cm from the edge.
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< Tip >
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For woven fabric make this a bias cut strip.
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For knit fabric make a strip with the stretch of the fabric running along the long edge.
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< / Tip >
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- With _good sides together_ align the non-folded edge of the strip with the back neckline.
- Sew the strip to the back neckline and trim the seam.
- Turn the strip to the wrong side of the fabric and _topstitch_ along the folded edge to keep it in place.
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### Step 2: Close shoulder seams
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- Finish the raw edge on the front neckline in a way that suits your fabric (if it doesn’ t fray, you can leave it unfinished).
- With _good sides together_ , place the front on the back aligning the shoulder seams.
- Fold the front neckline seam allowance over to the wrong side of the back.
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< Note >
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If you have a lightweight woven fabric you can fold this edge up again, so it will form a narrow double hem afterwards (it can help to press these folds first).
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- Stitch the shoulder seam, enclosing the raw edge of the back neckline in the fold.
- Turn to the right side and press.
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### Step 3: Finish front neckline
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- Press the hem formed in your fabric by the folds you made at the shoulder seam when you closed the shoulder and topstitch close to the edge.
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### Step 4: Attach sleeves
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The sleeve will be inserted flat, meaning the armhole seam will be sewn first and the sleeve and side seam will be closed in one go.
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- With _good sides together_ , matching notches, pin the sleeve head along the armhole.
- If necessary, ease in the sleeve head at the top, between the notches.
- Sew, finish and press the seam.
- Repeat for other sleeve.
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### Step 5: Close side and sleeve seam
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- With _good sides together_ pin the front to the back along the sleeve and side seams, making sure to line up the armhole seams.
- Sew, finish and press the seam.
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### Step 6: Hem
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- Finish the sleeves and bottom hems in a way that works with your fabric choice.
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< Note >
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Again, this can mean folding the hem under twice and _topstitching_ , finishing the raw edge with a serger
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or zig zag stitch and folding it under once or leaving the edge raw, folding it under once and
trimming close to the stitching.
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< / Note >
### Step 7: Enjoy!
You're all done! Now go enjoy your new top!