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Every goth loves velours and long dresses. The summum is, ofcourse, long velours dresses! the only problem is that it's hard to make different combinations with a dress. A way to solve this problem is by making matching skirts and tops to make more combinations. The following top is easy to make, looks great and you can combine it with black (obvious!) or purple. needed: 2 m. black velours de panne 0.5 m. purple velours de panne matching thread (both colors) elastic (for your waist) a well fitting girly t-shirt you're willing to sacrifice 1. Take a thight fitting t-shirt that fits well. This means that you're not afraid of popping out any minute, you can move around easily and it follows the shape of your body. You found it? Now take it apart! Carefully remove the seams with a seamripper. It's important that you still know the front from the back (if you use a white t-shirt, mark it with a black marker) and were the sleeve touches the shoulder seam. If you lay them out in front of you, you'll have four patern pieces: front,back and two sleeves. 2. Now, lay these parts out on white pattern paper and trace the outlines with a pencil. Mark the paper patterns carefully (front, back, sleeve, and were the sleeve touched the shoulder seam). Now, take the front piece, fold it over on the middle front and draw a pretty shape like the one in picture 2. the folds is in the middle of the pattern to make sure that it's a symmetrical shape, but you can also choose an asymmetrical shape. 3.Cut a front and a back panel out of the black velours. Now, cut along the line you drawn on the front pattern. Take the upper part (the part you want to be purple), lay it flat on the purple fabric and cut it out precicely. Lay the black frontpanel down on a smooth surface and arrange the purple part on top of it. Pin it down securely. Sew it together (with a elastic stitch!) allong the edges of the purple pattern. 4. Sew the shoulder seams of the front and back together (good side of the fabric on the inside). Also stitch the sideseams together. 5. The t-shirt probably had short sleeves. Lay them down on the paper, and leave enough room on the lower side for extending the sleeve. Measure your arm. For this top, the sleeve has a tight fit and flares from the elbow. So, measure the lenght from elbow to the top of shoulder. Get a ruler and extend the outer lines of the sleeve so the sides are as long as the elbow-shoulder length. 6. Cut a circle out of paper (inner circle has a diameter of 10 cm, outer circle has a diameter of 60) and be carefull with the hole in the middle, it is easy to make it too big. Now, stitch the armseam of the sleeve so you get a tube. Arrange the lower part of the sleeve (the circle) on the upper part of the sleeve like the picture to the right.(black is the pretty side of the fabric, white is the inside) Stitch it together along the lower line. If you turn it inside out, you have something like the picture to the left. 7. This is the hardest part. Attaching the sleeves! Turn the body with the purple pattern (that you already sewed together) inside out. Leave the sleeve the way it is, with the pretty side on the outside. Pin the sleeve from the inside of the body into the armhole. Remember you marked the place were the sleeve touched the shoulder seam? Allign this mark with the shoulder seam. Pin the sleeve into place securely and turn it inside out to see if it would look good if you stitched it together. Turn it back, adjust untill you're satisfied and stitch with a zig-zag/stretch stitch 8. final touches: fold in the lower seam of the shirt and make a tunnel for the elastic. Pull the elastic through, close the tunnel. Finish the edges of your sleeves with a broad zig-zag stitch along the edge. Fold in the edge along your neck and stitch it neatly into place. |
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