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From: gramfel
Date: 10-27-2004, 03:07 PM (1 of 4)
I have pattern pieces that I saved from years ago, but I have lost the directons. The daygown opens down the front, and I know how to sew the pieces together, but I don't know how to do the neckline. Can anyone give me some ideas? Thanks, Lulie 
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 10-27-2004, 06:47 PM (2 of 4)
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The ones I see in RTW have a bound neckline , sometime with a little decorative stitching..
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From: woodywoodpecker
Date: 10-27-2004, 09:14 PM (3 of 4)
| You could always make a facing from your exsisting patterns that you used. |
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From: Emmy
Date: 11-02-2004, 01:54 PM (4 of 4)
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I have pattern pieces that I saved from years ago, but I have lost the directons. The daygown opens down the front, and I know how to sew the pieces together, but I don't know how to do the neckline. Can anyone give me some ideas? Thanks, Lulie I'd use satin cut on the bias. Pick a colour from your fabric and you can make your own, or buy it, if you can find it. Making it is not that hard, you can buy a tool for folding bias tape, which speeds things up. If you don't want satin, just buy regular bias tape in a colour to match and use that. Then for trim, you could add little ribbon roses here and there. You can buy them at Walmart. You can do the bias binding longer than the opening and have it tie closed, which is one of the more common ways to close the top. Simply measure off enough to create a bow, and leave it long enough to give you that extra on each end. Pin the binding onto the neck edge, leaving the tie ends hanging loose. Then sew the binding on. When you do step two, to close the binging around the raw edges, you start at the end and close the binding to itself, then as you come to the neckline, you enclose the fabric as usual. Then going off the second tie, you sew to itself again. hard to describe but simple to do. If you are not sure, look for a baby's gown with tie closures and a bound neckline and see how it was done, or find a pattern for one and look at the instructions. Emmy 
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