Viridias cute smocked shirt (9242 Views)

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  Step 1 of 17

  I took the pattern from an old shirt of mine. You can use any pattern for an short-sleeve-shirt, for example the Lydia-pattern. The diagram shows how to alter the pattern. The front piece is cut horizontal a few centimetres above your bust line. The pieces that are going to be smocked are made a bit wider (as the blue lines show). The smocked piece in the middle of the upper front has to be cut separately. There is also an additional facing for the upper front so that the elastic doesn’t scratch you. But you can leave that out if you want to.

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  Step 2 of 17

  First you smock the insert for the upper front piece. You cut a few pieces of the elastic band in the width you want the finished piece to be. Then you stretch the bands and sew them with a zigzag-stitch onto the left side of the fabric. This should be the result.

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  Step 3 of 17

  Then you sew the insert between the two pieces of the upper front.

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  Step 4 of 17

  Then you gather the middle of the lower front piece so that it has the width of the upper front piece. Sew the two pieces together.

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  Step 5 of 17

  Put the back and front piece together (right sides facing each other) and sew the shoulder seams.

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  Step 6 of 17

  Fold the bias binding in the middle.

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  Step 7 of 17

  Pin it onto the neckline and sew.

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  Step 8 of 17

  Place the front facing onto the front piece (right sides facing), the bias binding lying between the two. Then sew the facing onto the neckline.

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  Step 9 of 17

  When you turn the piece around it should look like this.

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  Step 10 of 17

  You can handstitch the lower edge of the facing onto the front piece. Then put front and back together (right sides facing) and sew the side seams.

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  Step 11 of 17

  You can also handstitch the facing onto the shoulder seams.

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  Step 12 of 17

  Now for the sleeves: Sew the side seams and the hem. Then smock the middle of the sleeve right above the hem by cutting pieces of elastic cord, stretching them and sewing them with zigzag stitch onto the left side of the fabric.

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  Step 13 of 17

  That’s how it came out on my sleeve.

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  Step 14 of 17

  This is the right side.

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  Step 15 of 17

  Now you only have to insert the sleeves and sew the hem and you can enjoy your new summer-shirt. :-)

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  Step 16 of 17

  This is the right side.

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  Step 17 of 17

  Now you only have to insert the sleeves and sew the hem and you can enjoy your new summer-shirt. :-)