Modkid Sunny Days Tank

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• Step 1

  Using a water-soluble marker, mark a straight line
  down the lengthwise center on the right side of
  each Strap.
  On both Front and Back Main pieces, mark in
  from each side edge, along the top of each piece,
  according to the following chart:
  (This will mark the outer edge of each strap.)

• 

  Step 2

  Pin the Front and Back Main pieces right sides
  together and serge the raw side edges, fig. 1.
  Press seams to one side.

• 

  Step 3

  Using the rolled hem setting on your serger and
  a textured thread (like Whooly Nylon) in your
  upper looper, create a contrasting lettuce rolled
  hem along both long edges of each strap, fig. 2.
  Also, create a lettuce rolled hem along the top
  and bottom raw edges of the Main piece, fig. 3.
  To give it the “lettuce” effect, slightly stretch your
  knit fabric as you are feeding it into the serger.

• 

  Step 4

  Load your sewing machine with coordinating
  regular thread on the top and elastic thread in
  the bobbin. Create three rows of shirring down
  the center of each strap using the center line as
  a guide. For the first row of shirring, line up the
  edge of your presser foot with the center line
  you marked in Step 1, and stitch 1/4" away from
  that mark. Trail off slightly at the end and stitch
  your second row of shirring now directly over the
  center line mark. Trail off the end again, then line
  up the edge of your presser foot with the second
  line of stitching (also the center line) to make
  your third row of stitching. Backstitch at the end
  to reinforce. Shoot each strap with a little steam
  from your iron and watch it shirr up completely,
  fig. 4.

• 

  Step 5

  Attach the straps to the Main piece: Turn the
  Main piece inside out. Place a strap 1/4" down
  from the top edge of the Main piece with the
  wrong side of the strap facing the wrong side of
  the Main Piece. Line the outer edge of the strap
  with the mark you made according to the chart in
  Step 1. Pin in place. Stitch 1/4" in from the raw
  edge of the strap, fig. 5. Fold the Strap up and
  stitch again, 1/4" from the folded edge. Repeat
  for each strap, both front and back, fig. 6.

• 

  Step 6

  Shirr the top of your tank: With the tank right side out,
  start at the left side seam (viewer’s point of view) of your
  bodice. Line up the edge of your presser foot with the
  top rolled hem and backstitch a few times to start. Stitch
  your first row all the way around the tank, stitching over
  the areas where you stitched down the straps. Once
  you’ve made a full circle and are nearing the left side
  seam again, begin stitching at a slight downward angle,
  lining up your presser foot with the first row of stitches.
  Keep sewing around in a spiral fashion until you have
  made the desired number of shirred rows (5 to 8,
  depending on the size), and backstitch at the end, fig. 7.

  Leave your thread tails long and, using a hand needle,
  bring the front thread tails toward the inside of your
  garment. Tie off the tails and trim the excess thread. On
  the outside of the garment, topstitch along the side seam
  over the shirred portion, to reinforce further.

• 

  Step 7

  Use the steam from your iron to shirr up the tank
  completely, fig. 8.

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