Altering A Peasant Top

With courtesy of STITCH TO STITCH 's photos I wanted to show you how to alter a regular peasant top style.

Amanda is currently offering this adorable fitted peasant top in her store. She used Whimsy Couture's sewing pattern for EASY PEASANT TOPS/DRESSES and added widely spaced rows of elastic thread.

To purchase this adorable top for $16.00 in white, gray, brown or black please go to STITCH TO STITCH



To achieve this look sew in rows of elastic like this:

1. finish the top as usual until you reach the step to sew front and back together
2. lay your front (then back) onto your work table with right sides up and place a long ruler or lip edge ruler across
3. draw a line with a fabric marker (washable) where you want the rows of elastic to be
4. repeat with back side making sure you draw the lines at exactly the same position
5. there is no set rule where to sew in the rows of elastic but recommended it to sew 2-3 rows close together and then sew wider spaced blocks of several inches
6. if your machine creates trouble with shirring please read two of my posts on the right side bar under "tutorials"