Top tip
Why not get scrap-busting and use different fabric from your stash to create a dramatic mixed top of prints and solids?
CUTTING: 45"-wide fabric
60"-wide fabric
FOLD
FOLD
MATERIALS & TOOLS:
SIZING: BUST
WAIST
HIP
36”
37”
39”
10
38”
39”
41”
12
40”
41”
43”
14
42”
43”
45”
16
44”
45”
47”
18
46”
47”
49”
20
48”
49”
51”
8
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• 1.4m of 45”-wide or 1.1m of 60”-wide cotton fabric • 50cm of lightweight fusible interfacing • co-ordinating thread • templates provided on pattern sheet or downloaded from www.lovesewingmag.co.uk
NOTES: Seam allowance is 1.5cm unless otherwise instructed
HOW TO MAKE: 1 Neaten the seam allowance of the back
bodice panels, at the centre back and with RST sew together at this edge. Press the seam open. (See Pic A.) 2 Repeat for the front bodice panels and press the seam open. 3 Top-stitch the CF and CB, a few mm on each side of the seam, securing the seam allowance underneath. 4 With RST join the assembled front and back at the shoulders. Press the shoulder seam open and neaten each shoulder line edge using zigzag stitch or an overlocker. (See Pic B.) 5 Apply interfacing to the facing WS of the facing pieces. Then with RST join front and back facing at the shoulder seam. Press the shoulder seam on the facing open and neaten the outer edge of the facing using zigzag stitch or an overlocker. (See Pic C.) 6 Position the facing and top RST at the neckline, matching the shoulder seams. Sew in place using a 1cm seam allowance. 7 Clip and notch the curved seam allowance, taking care not to snip into the stitching line. (See Pic D.) Press the facing over to the inside of the garment. 8 Top-stitch the neckline 3cm from the neckline edge, sewing through all the layers. 9 Fold the cuff in half WST at the long edge and, with the top opened out on your worktop, attach to armhole, matching the raw edges.