Hello dear creative friends on Hive, glad to be here today after an unavoidable break, I hope you are all having a great day or night, It's finally that time of the year where I get to write my current semester exams, which has kept me away to study so I make good grades, how I have so missed being on hive, exams aren't over yet, but thankfully, we have a few days break before the next one.
The year is coming to an end and one of thiis year's goal was to try and use up any lleft over fabric I still had littering my sewing space, and today using a very small piece of fabric, I creatively made a cowl neck, backless top, which is perfect for the current hot weather, the heat has been over bearing of late, and breathable cloything is wnat we need now,
Though this would serve as indoor rather than outdoor clothing, except of course my sister is going to the beach, this outfit was made for her, I guess she can decide to wear it anywhere she chooses to.
Take a look, no, this is not a giant spider, but the same cowl neck backless top, it's pretty much one of the easiest things to sew, that even a beginner in sewing can make, and I will make sure to simplify the process for you all. I made use of a vintage fabric which wasn't even up to a yard, and also a matching coloured thread, and of course, my sewing machine.
- The first process was cutting out a rectangle with a fold on the upper side of the rectangle, with a length of 29 inches and a width of 22 inches.
- Then I shaped the other open ends to form the trapezium shape, measuring about 19 inches on the other side.
- Next, I cut out four belts of length 30 inches and sewed them to the first, the folded upper sides, then I measured from the top to the waist area, then sewed the belts to both sides, which will help tie the belts around the neck and waist area
- Then I sewed around all edges, leaving a small space for turning the blouse to the good side, then topstitched it. And that completes this cowl-backless top-making process.
I hope you enjoyed reading through. Will you be recreating yours?
All images used in this post are mine.