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Design Highlights

puffed sleeve
long sleeve
v-neck
tie front style

Alice Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern Overview

With this pattern, we've taken all of our best practices and techniques from creating sewing patterns for women of all sizes and put them into one easy-to-understand package.

Sewing Level

Alice front tie top sewing pattern is great for an beginner sewing enthusiast

More Of What's Inside Our Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern

A printable PDF sewing pattern format (You will need Adobe Reader on your computer to open the PDF files)
Measurement sheet and size chart
Step-by-step guide on how to cut and sew
Assembling the pattern pieces
Step by Step Instructions with Illustrations
A variety of sizes available (from 2-22 US / 34-56 EU)
A4 paper and Letter format for printing at home
A0 for printing at the copy center on A0 paper rolls
Projector files for projecting the patterns directly onto the fabric using the home projector

Supplies

Sewing Your Perfect Size Top

Here's what you'll need to get started:

Your Alice PDF pattern
Preferred fabric
Color matching sewing thread
fusible reinforcement tape for the neckline
4 buttons for cuffs
fusible interlining for cuffs
sewing machine

Seam Allowances

1 cm

Recommended Fabric: a lightweight woven fabric is always a good choice.

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How to sew it

Sewing A Crop Top - Sewing Instruction

Once everything is set up, let's begin sewing. We have included easy-to-follow instructions with our pattern.

Just follow along!

Sewing the bodice

Sew the shoulders and sides of the front and back bodice, right sides together, using a 1 cm seam allowance. Press the seams. fig 1

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 1

Apply fusible reinforcing tape on the edge of the lining neckline, on the wrong side. fig 2

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 2

Sew the bow element (item5) with the front lining (item 6), right sides together, using a 1 cm seam allowance. Press the seam open. fig 3

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 3

Sew the shoulders and sides of the lining, good sides together, and press the seam open. fig 4

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 4

Sew the lining and the main fabric on the neckline and hem, right sides together, all the way around. fig 5

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 5

Sew a 1 mm topstitch through the lining, catching the seam allowance also. Trim the seam allowance in the curved areas. Turn the fabric inside out through the armhole and carefully press the neckline and hem

Sewing the sleeve

Apply fusible interlining on the cuff pieces

Sew the bias tape on the sleeve slit: Place the bias strip to the sleeve slit edge, right side to right side. Sew the bias to the edge using the edge of the machine foot as a guide. Wrap the folded edge of the bias to the wrong side of the garment. Place the folded edge to the sewn line and topstitch at 0.1 cm fig 6

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 6

Sew the side seam of the sleeve . Press and overlock the seam fig 7

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 7 8 9

Take 1 piece of cuff and bend 1 cm inwards, wrong side to wrong side, of the top part and press fig 8

Join the side edges of the cuff piece (right sides together) using a 1 cm seam allowance. cut the corners and turn the cuff inside out. Press to form the final cuff. fig 9

Take the sleeve and sew one row of gathers at 0.5 cm and the second row at 1.5 cm on the bottom part. Sew at a great pace and leave long tails of thread for gathering. fig 10

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 10

Place the bottom of the sleeve that is going to be gathered to the top of the outer cuff right, side to right side.

Gently pull on the two ends of the thread on the wrong side-the fabric will gather along the thread. fig 11

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 11

When all the gathers are in place, sew the sleeve and cuff together, using a 1 cm seam allowance. Press the seam gently

Turn under the seam allowance of the under cuff and pin in place around the cuff edge, taking care to insert the seam allowance inside the cuff. Make sure the two leading front edges of the cuff are symmetrical.

Use a flat top stitch to secure the under cuff at the cuff edge. Sew at 0.5 cm. fig 12

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 12

Between the sleeve notches, insert two rows of gather stitches, one row at 0.5 cm from the raw edge and the second row at 1.5 cm. Sew at a great pace; fig 13

Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern - sewing instructions 13

Place the sleeve into the armhole, right side to right side. Match the notches and the underarm seams. Pull up the gathers to make the sleeve head fit the armhole. Pin from the sleeve side.

Sew the sleeve in the armhole at 1 cm from the raw edge. press gently and remove the second gather stitch. Overlock the seam

Make 2 buttonholes on the upper side of the cuff at the point indicated by the pattern markings. Sew the buttons on the underside of the cuff.

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ALICE - Tie Front Top Sewing Pattern