what do you need?
1. Stretch fabric/ jersey fabric/ old t-shirt fabric...
2. A readily made tights to act as a pattern
3. Tracing paper/ brown paper
4. Pen
5. Stretch needle fitted on your sewing machine. I use Klasse stretch needle.
6. Elastic waistband 3/4 inches.
Method :
1. Fold your tights in to half and lay it on the tracing paper. Mark around the tights leaving a 1/2 inches along the crutch's edge and 2 inches around the top and 3/4 inches for the bottom (for hem) of the tights.
2. Fold the fabric in to 2, and place the pattern on the fabric. Using the templates, cut two of these.
3. Overlock stitch the bottom of the tights and the top of the tights to prevent it from fraying.
4. Create a hem on the bottom of the tights, by folding 3/4 inches on the wrong side of the fabric and stitch the hem using the machine.
5. Pin the lower edge of the tights. Machine stitch the side edge of the tights.
6. Place one leg inside the other leg with right side facing. Pin around the crutch in V shape.
7. Machine stitch the crutch in V shape.
8. It should now look like a tights without a waistband.
9. Pin 1 inch hem on the top of the tights (wrong side facing), making sure the elastic waistband fits within the hem.
10. Machine stitch the hem at the waist area leaving 2 inches area unstitched to allow the elastic waist to be fitted within this area.
12. Place the elastic band inside the hole through the unstitched area guided by the safety pin. Once the elastic band reaches the other side of unstitched area, push the elastic band out from the hole. Machine stitch both ends of the elastic band. I usually zig-zag stitch to create a stronger stitch.
13. Tuck the elastic waistband into the hole, sealed the unstitched area by stitching it.
14. Voila! your tights are ready... I am making another 2 today...
Hey it's me again! 2 questions:
ReplyDelete1) What a "stretch needle"? Some special kind of needle for stretchy material right? What does it look like?
2) What function on your sewing machine did you use to sew the raw edges? I don't think my basic machine can do that.
Cheers!
Nasyitah
www.coloursofthedomesticgoddess.wordpress.com
hi CDG, yes there is a stretch needle. They look the same as the universal needle only that their point is less pointy or as sharp as the universal needle making them more suitable to work with stretchy material.
ReplyDeleteThe normal sewing machine would not be able to sew the raw edges. I used an overlocker machine to seal the edges ( Brothers 1034D or also known as Serger)