White Vintage Style Top - Part 1
'Vintage Style' top with lace hem and scalloped frill on sleeves.
'Vintage Style' top with lace hem and scalloped frill on sleeves.The technique used to shorten this top can be applied to many other projects giving a totally different look each time.
We took a regular cheap white cotton top from Uni Qlo, ( or you could 'Upcycle' an old top), but felt the length made it look a bit frumpy and that the sleeves could do with a bit of a lift.
1. Decide how long you want your top to be.
2. Lay your lace out to decide which type you are going to use.
We took a regular cheap white cotton top from Uni Qlo, ( or you could 'Upcycle' an old top), but felt the length made it look a bit frumpy and that the sleeves could do with a bit of a lift.Here's how to turn the plain top into a beautiful 'Vintage Style' top.
1. Decide how long you want your top to be.You can go into the embroidery a little as it will be covered by the lace on the hem later.
It's very important to get the length right.
2. Lay your lace out to decide which type you are going to use.You can also at this stage, put the piece that you cut off from the scalloped hem, onto the sleeve to see what it will be like.
3. Put the top over the ironing board the right side up and press a small hem upwards (the opposite way to how you normally would turn a hem), about 3mm all round.
4. Lay the lace onto the Bond-a-Web and cut a strip about 2mm narrower than the lace.
Then when cool, peal back the backing paper to reveal the glue.
5. When you 1st start to apply the lace make sure you overlap the side seam, then press into place.
Put a small strip of Bond-a-Web in side seam and press into place.
6. Starting from the side with no opening in the lace, stitch Imm in from hemline all the way round
Then come up the side seam still using a straight stitch and then use a Zig Zag stitch to follow the line of the scallops all the way round the top
Make sure you come down the side seam where the lace is joined to secure in place.
Now you've completed part 1 of your 'Vintage Style' white top.
3. Put the top over the ironing board the right side up and press a small hem upwards (the opposite way to how you normally would turn a hem), about 3mm all round.
4. Lay the lace onto the Bond-a-Web and cut a strip about 2mm narrower than the lace.You never want the Bond-a-Web to be wider than the lace or trimming, because it's only to hold it in place for sewing and it's a nightmare if ever it gets onto the iron.
Then when cool, peal back the backing paper to reveal the glue.
5. When you 1st start to apply the lace make sure you overlap the side seam, then press into place.
Put a small strip of Bond-a-Web in side seam and press into place.
6. Starting from the side with no opening in the lace, stitch Imm in from hemline all the way round
Then come up the side seam still using a straight stitch and then use a Zig Zag stitch to follow the line of the scallops all the way round the top
Make sure you come down the side seam where the lace is joined to secure in place.
Now you've completed part 1 of your 'Vintage Style' white top.For part 2 and the application of the scalloped frill onto the sleeves, go to Tutorial 5
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