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Make Vests for Belly Dancers

Vests running under the breast

• Lots of commercial patterns.
• Recommend using drill as underlining. No lining necessary.
• Adjust pattern sides by lining front and back up at armpit and swiveling the pieces so the hems are in a straight line, on the grain.
• Stay stitch underlining pattern pieces.
• Sew underlining pieces together at side seams ONLY. Shoulders are last.
• Press fold at center back.
• Working from the center, crazy quilt fashion fabric to underlining.
• Trim and staystitch all edges again.
• Turn strap ends in towards each other 1/2". Baste in place.
• Recommend binding with 1.5" width fabric.
• Bind bottom of vest. You can use fabric cut on the straight grain for this part.
• Bind all other edges with BIAS.
• Trim edges at shoulders and staystitch the edges.

Fitting

This vest can be fitted to a dancer by

• putting triangular darts or straight tucks in the vest body - these will also act as self-boning.
• Adjusting the shoulder seam. Topstitch to the back .

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