64 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
64 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
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## Finish the back neckline
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Cut a strip of self fabric the length of your back neckline, and around 3 cm wide.
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Press a fold into this strip, 1 cm from the edge.
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<Tip>
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Make this a bias cut strip if you are using a woven fabric,
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or a strip with the stretch direction running along the long edge if you are using a knit.
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</Tip>
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Align the non-folded edge of the strip with the back neckline with good sides together.
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Sew the strip to the back neckline and trim the seam. Turn the strip to the wrong side of the fabric
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and topstitch along the folded edge to keep it in place.
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## Close shoulder seams
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Finish the raw edge on the front neckline in a way that suits your fabric
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(if it doesn’t fray, you can leave it unfinished).
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Place the front on the back with good sides together, aligning the shoulder seams.
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Fold the front neckline seam allowance over to the wrong side of the back.
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If you have a lightweight woven fabric you can fold this edge up again, so it will form a narrow
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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.
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Turn to the right side and press.
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## 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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## Attach sleeves
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The sleeve will be inserted flat, meaning the armhole seam will be sewn first and the sleeve
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and side seam will be closed in one go.
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Place the sleeve head along the armhole, with *good sides together* and matching notches.
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If necessary, ease in the sleeve head at the top, between the notches.
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Sew, finish and press the seam.
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## Close side and sleeve seam
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Place the front on the back with good sides together so the side seams and sleeve seam
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match and the whole thing starts to look like a shirt.
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Make sure the armhole seam lines up across the front and back.
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Sew, finish and press the seam.
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## Hem
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Finish the sleeves and bottom hems in a way that works with your fabric choice.
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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
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trimming close to the stitching.
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