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Make Your Own Perfect Fit Dolman Top!

Create your own perfect fit dolman pattern!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/make-your-own-perfect-fit-dolman-top • Posted by JeanineThomlinson

A quick 30 min project to make your own Dolman top pattern! This Tutorial will show you how to draw your own pattern for a dolman top using a tee you already have as a guide in very simple steps. Creating your own pattern will allow you to get the ideal fit you want!

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

A quick 30 min project to make your own Dolman top pattern! This Tutorial will show you how to draw your own pattern for a dolman top using a tee you already have as a guide in very simple steps. Creating your own pattern will allow you to get the ideal fit you want!

Instructions

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    To Create your own pattern you want a tee that is close fitted but not super tight on you. For a Dolman top you will want to fold the tee in half and add some width and a little curve under the arm. Make sure you have an inch of "sleeve" portion to the dolman pattern for hemming the tee. I drew long lines for indicating where I wanted the neckline to be at the top and the front. The ideal fabric for this is something like a bamboo lycra I used this fabric from the Fabric Fairy https://www.thefabricfairy.com/products/charcoal-and-grey-micro-stripe-bamboo-lycra-knit-fabric

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    Here you can see the necklines easily. A higher neckline for the back (if you want).

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    Cut out your pattern piece - here you can see how it compares to the tee. I rounded the edges of my dolman pattern a little for a little up on the sides at the bottom.

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    Now, with right sides of fabric together, sew up the sides and the shoulders on both sides. On the shoulders you can use a serger or basic zigzag/ lightning bolt stitch. For the sides - if you rounded them like I did - use a lightning bolt and stop about a 1/4 to a 1/2inch before the bottom edge.

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    The reason you stop before the bottom edge is so when you get to hemming you can easily just fold and hem

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    Hem all your edges (neckline, armholes, bottom edge) by folding a 1/4inch and sewing with your lightning bolt/zigzag stitch.

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    All done!!! I added a little graphic to the front by using my cricut and some iron on vinyl.

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    a view of the back.