Santa Fe women's double-layered top - sewing tutorial
BEFORE SEWING
This top can be made from jersey knits, interlock knits, lightweight stretchy knits.
We recommend to use specialty needles when working with knit fabrics (for example, STRETCH, SUPER STRETCH, JERSEY, etc.). They have a ball-shaped needle point that pushes the knit loops apart without piercing the threads.
If you do not have an overlock, you can stitch details together on a sewing machine using a zigzag stitch.
FABRIC CONSUMPTION (CM / IN)
60 centimeters or 23,622 inches for all sizes. Please remember about shrinkage and buy 5% more than required.
Also you need 2 meters (86,6 in) of clear elastic 0,5 cm width and a small piece of interfacing.
2 small buttons or snaps.
SPECIFICATIONS
(№ – Name – Pieces’ quantity)
Main fabric:
1 – Front – 2
2 – Back – 2
SEWING INSTRUCTIONS
Place the back (2) and the front (1) right sides together.
Pin the side seams and stitch on the overlocker. Press seam allowances towards the back.
Put one top into another right sides together. Align right sides and side seams. Sew upper edge on the overlocker, putting clear elastic inside the seam (put it under the overlocker’s foot). Pull the clear elastic on a little while sewing the rounded area. Press.
Interface places of buttons’ and button holes’ placement on all the details wrong side.
Turn the garment right side out. Flatten it out and press.
Repeat for another pair of pieces, leaving a 2-3 cm hole in one of the seams This part is going to be our inner layer.
On the garment’s right side align inner and outer layers’ side seams. Fold hemline’s seam allowances inside in this place and mark it with a pin.
Pull the marked place through the hole in the side seam.
Pull the rest of the lower edges, aligning them together. Pin and stitch.
Turn the garment right side out. Hand stitch the hole.
Make button holes and sew on buttons. Or install snaps as on picture.
