Sewing tutorial-9. R61 Gathered dress

 1. Apply interfacing to the wrong side of back button placket (4cm/1.6” wide).


2.  Fold and press the 1cm(0.4”) from the raw edge to the wrong side.

3. And fold and press 3cm(1.2inch) to the wrong side again.  Repeat with the other piece.

4. Pin and sew the shoulders of front and back together with right sides of fabric together. 
Serge or zigzag stitch the shoulders together as shown. 

5. Press seams towards the front.

6. Press 1/4″(1cm) bias bindings in lengthwise.

7. Then fold the 1cm(3/8inch) from the raw edge to the wrong side. 
Then the fold  3cm(1.2inch) to the to the right side as shown. Then pin them for fixing.

8. Now pin your bias tape to the bodice neckline with right side together. 

9. Sew along the neck line as shown.


10. Trim the points on any sharp angles and cut half of the seam allowance along the curve.

11. Turn the button placket part inside out. 
 And fold the binding to the inside of the garment, rolling the seam line in slightly to hide it on the inside of the garment.  Fold the raw edge of the binding under along the line you pressed earlier, and pin this  fold to the inside  of the neck line.  Continue to press the binding to the other side. 


Topstitch the binding to the neck line close to the inside fold.


12. Then edge stitch button placket as shown. Repeat with the other piece.

13.Make the button holes as shown.

14.Using your CB (center back line) as a guide, lay your left piece overlapping the right piece 
and pin  in place. Sew the baste stitch.

(optional) 15. You can pin the piping into place before you get started. 
On the right side of your fabric, machine baste the piping facing inwards matching 
the raw edges as picture shown.
 

16. Sew each sleeves to the Front and Back as picture shown. Serge them together.


17. Press the seams to towards dress(bodice).

18. Pin and stitch the front and back together as shown, right sides of fabric together. Serge or zig-zag seams together. 

19. Sew a parallel row of long (gathering) stitches around the front, back and sleeves each. 
 (Stitch length long, tension low/loose)

20.  Then gathering the front, back and sleeves each as shown. 
Do this on both sides until your front fabric is the same width as the front and back edge.


21. Match the skirt to bodice waist line with right sides together as picture shown.



22. Align the skirt and bodice right sides together. 
Pin all the way around  waist line and sew as shown.  Serge or do zigzag the raw edge.

23. Edge stitch along top line.

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