DIY How to sew a wrap Top | sewing tutorial with pattern

hello everybody my name is isabel schulz and today we're making a jersey wrap top so it's a fitted top the top goes down just below your waistline about four or five centimeters if you are 168 centimeters tall which is my base height and we've got a v-neckline that should be reasonably deep it's actually the only thing that i have adjusted after receiving the feedback of my pattern testers reading them and having a look at their pictures was so insightful on the potential issues that you can run into with this pattern and that enabled me to introduce a troubleshooting part in this video after the tutorial per se so thank you so much you guys alright let's showcase a few girls i'm not showing all of them because for some there were issues for instance the v was a bit too deep and their boobs were sticking out so we've got at nijaku on instagram who did it with a velvety jersey fabric then we've got mariam seuss who made it in a 42 in a cotton with elastan the neckline was a bit too deep for her and a couple of other girls so that's why i rose to v by 2.2 centimeters then we've got at clara noir who's wearing a 36 she used sweater fabric without elastane and she made it with only the front layer then we've got cool stitches she used a soft cotton knit without elastane in size 36 then we've got mingle dot design who made a 38 the arms are a 40 using a cotton blend with 8 in a stamp then we've got min makes dot ph who used a cotton blend with zomerstan and she picked a 4d and larry pierce one who used a thin and quite stretchy synthetic fabric and she made it in a42 okay let's move on to the tutorial so the version that i'm making in this video is made of synthetic knit fabric fairly stretchy but firm and you'll be able to see the result at the end of the tutorial i'm showing you all the pieces of the pattern cut we've got the sleeves the back the front with its four layers because the front is double layered and the ties you might want to iron stabilizing tape or tape of stretchy interfacing along the edges of your fabric to prevent it from extending especially at the neckline or only at the neckline or the reason to do this also could be that your machine heats a jersey fabric and i also recommend that you add some of this tape at this lit through which the tie will go if you don't have any it's no big deal we're starting with the front so my front is double sided if you want to make it with just one layer of fabric i'll explain how to do that at the end of the video in the troubleshooting part so i'm laying the parts right sides together and i sew and sorry i only realized after the stitches close to the shoulders should be straight on like two centimeters and then you continue with the zigzag stitch you'll understand why when we move on to the shoulder seams now i'm gonna add the ties i'm attaching them to the ends of the front parts pin right sides together sew with a straight stitch because no need for stretch here and then we're sewing the whole tie and the bottom of the front in one shot i'm doing this bit with a straight stitch and then i switch to a zigzag [Music] you cut the corners a bit and you turn it around [Music] alright so now let's have a look at the back i'm gonna sew the hem of the neck i'm just gonna use my old technique here basting 1.5 centimeter away from the edge then i fold i pin and i sew using a zigzag and i'm also sewing the waist hem and finally i'm pulling off the basting thread now the shoulder seams i'm gonna hide the seam using a little technique i am sandwiching the back shoulder with the two layers of the front i'm showing you with another fabric in another color in case it enables you to see better [Music] i sew and i'm sewing without including the seam allowance here because we'll cut it off in a few seconds to avoid thickness [Music] and since i hadn't done straight stitches when i double layered the front earlier i made some now to secure the threads because i'm just gonna cut and um it's gonna unsew otherwise i turn around voila now i add the sleeves i pin i sew and i'm gonna finish the edges onto the sides one side will have the slit for me it's going to be my right side so i'm finishing the edges first only on that side i sew the left side which doesn't have the slit from the sleeve to the waist and for the right side i stop at the slit i finish the edges of the left side only [Music] final step the sleeve hems eye pin seam allowance is two centimeters i use a zigzag stitch [Music] and that's it so for this version i wanted to try to downsize i'm at 34 usually but here i went with a 32 and i wanted to see how tight it was gonna be i was imagining a ballet wrapped up and it's exactly how it turned out so i'm pretty happy about it okay this is the troubleshooting part where i want to address the most common issues that my testers have encountered and how to deal with them if your waist is large for instance say your body is a size 36 but your waist measurements are that over 38 that means you've got to adjust the pattern before cutting and i hadn't realized it at first but this pattern is quite waistline sensitive if your waist is bigger than your general size you won't be able to tighten the two sides of the front enough for them to cross at the desired spot on your chest let's imagine that i'm a 34 for instance but my waist is a 36 i will draw a line which will merge my two sizes now suppose you have bigger arms this was the case for several testers everything was fine but the arms so we thought maybe the fabric is the culprit not stretchy enough but actually often it was that they had arms that were of a higher size first of all you take your measurements to check to which size your arms belong and then you'll have to transfer the armhole and the sleeves of that side so have a look here i am showing you what the cutting line is for size 36 i've printed the second time the armhole and i am gonna take just the 40. [Music] now i stick to 40 on my 36 this way and i cut everything if you're tall you might want to lengthen the top and definitely you should lengthen the sleeve because i had like two three girls tell me that the sleeves were too short for them and one in particular said that it's just routine for her she always adds four centimeters just in case and this girl was one meter 73 tall now the final point if you want to sew the top with just one layer of fabric maybe because you don't have enough fabric or you don't want to use as much fabric or your fabric is thick for instance you take the back part and you remove half a centimeter at the neck and one centimeter at the waist that way the back and the front have the same seam allowances in that case the sewing steps are going to be a bit different you're first going to sew the shoulder seams then you will add the sleeves then you will sew the sides without forgetting to leave a slit open for the tie to go through then you can proceed to making all the hems the sleeve hems the neckline hem and the waist hem both your ties must be folded in two sued and turned upside down and then you can add them to the extremities of your front your top stitch and that's it alright i hope you liked it stay safe and i will see you soon

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Length: 10min 8sec (608 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 13 2020