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Sewing Instructions

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Technical Sketch

Knits, No Waist Seam, No Seam, Center Back Seam, Full Fitted Sleeves, Wide Scoop Décolleté,
Back Curved Seam and No Zipper, Neckline Facing

Sewing Instructions
Sewing the Shoulders

- With right sides together, pin Front to Back at shoulders, then stitch. Finish the seam
allowances separately and press open.

Sewing Center Back Seam

- With right sides together, pin Back sections together and stitch at the center back seam. Finish
the seam allowances separately and press open.
Sewing Side Seams

- With right sides together, pin Front to Back at right side seam, then stitch.
- Stitch the left side seam from armhole down to the zipper notch.
- Finish the seam allowances separately and press open.
Setting Side Seam Invisible Zipper

Note: Use special invisible zipper foot when stitching invisible zipper. Zipper can be trimmed
(remove the excess zipper length from the bottom, secure the new end of the zipper by stitching
over the zipper teeth using a bar tack).

- Pin the remainder of left side seam, then baste from zipper notch to the hem. Press open.
- Pin the closed zipper tape face down to seam allowances, placing zipper teeth on seamline,
aligning centers and matching notches (so that it opens from the hem). Baste.
- Undo the basting stitch that was keeping front and back side seams together.
- Open the zipper. Position left-hand groove of zipper foot over teeth and stitch close to teeth,
starting at the top of the edge and stitch up to the zipper notch. Backstitch at the beginning and
the end.
- Position right-hand groove of the zipper foot over teeth and stitch the zipper tape to the right
opening edge, starting at the top of the edge and stitch up to the zipper notch. Backstitch at the
beginning and the end.
- Undo the basting stitch. Press.
- Stitch or hand sew the end of zipper tape to seam allowance, keeping the garment free when
stitching.
Setting the Sleeves

- Easestitch the sleeve cap between small circles, leaving long thread tails. Stitch at 1/2" (1.3
cm), using long machine stitches, then stitch 2nd row 1/4" (6mm) away inside seam allowance.
- Stitch the underarm seams.
- Use 5/8" (1.5cm) narrow hem at lower edge: turn the hem in, then press. Ease in fullness if
necessary. Open out hem, turn in again so that raw edge is aligned along with the crease, then
press. Turn in along the crease and stitch.
- Insert one sleeve into the armhole, right sides together, matching notches and seams. Match
the center sleeve notch with the shoulder seam. Adjust the ease of the sleeve cap, by pulling
thread tails, then baste and stitch.
- Stitch again 1/4" (6mm) away inside the seam allowance. Serge the seam. Press seam towards
the bodice.
Neckline without Facing

Mock Coverstitch (pic. 1)


- Using an overlock machine, serge the entire edge of the seam allowance.
- Turn in seam allowance and press.
- Sew two rows of medium size stitches, 1/4" (6mm) apart from one another.

OR

Zigzag Stitch (pic. 2)


- Turn in seam allowance and press.
- With a short stitch length, zigzag seam allowance at raw edge.

Hem

- Turn up the hem along foldline. Zigzag stitch hemline around circumference of the garment
(pic. 1) or sew with a double-needle from the right side of the garment (pic. 2). Press.

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