Supplies
Tools
- Sewing machine
- Scissors
- Needle
Materials
- Rectangle of fabric 34 cm x 110 cm (13.6 inches x 44 inches) (for the top)
- 2 rectangles of fabric 6 cm x 20 cm (3.4 inches x 8 inches) (for the straps)
- 3 buttons
- Thread
Directions
Dimensions for a 4 year old girl
Main section of the Grecian style top
- Put a hem along the top and the bottom of the fabric, 1 cm away from the edge.
- Turn in the hem twice on the width of the top at 1 cm for the finish.
- Make the buttonholes on one of the hems at: 3, 1.7 and 13 cm (1.2, 0.68, 5.2 inches) from the top of the blouse.
- Sew the buttons onto the other hem.
- Create/insert 2 smockings on the top of the dress:
- the 1st at 5 mm (0.19 inches) from the top hem.
- the other at 10 mm (0.39 inches) from the top hem.
Straps of the Grecian style top
- Stitch all along the width of the straps.
- Overlock and turn the fabric round.
- Repeat this action so that the seam is in the middle.
- Sew one end of one of the straps 5 cm (2 inches) from the edge of the back of the blouse, with the seam on the inside of the blouse:
- sew the other end at 19 cm (7-3/5 inches) from the edge.
- Follow the same steps for the other straps.