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Cozy Wrap Sew Along – day 6
We did it! We made it to the last day of the sew long. Today we create the waist tie and show off our Cozy Wraps.
You should have 4 pieces left in your pile. You’ll be creating the “main” and “lining” of the waist tie by stitching two short ends right sides together. You only have two long pieces now that you are stitching wright sides together, along all 4 raw edges. Don’t forget to leave a 2-3 inch opening to be able to turn the tie right side out. Top stitch all around, or be lazy like me and just close the opening.
Give your tie a good steam press to reduce any waviness. Slide the ends of the tie through the tie openings of the side seams from the inside out. You can see this process in today’s video linked below.
What an amazing job you did this past week! I’m so proud of you all! Here is my finished tunic Cozy Wrap, I absolutely love it! Don’t forget to post a picture of your finished project in the comments of day 6 photo of the Cozy Wrap SAL album. We will choose the winners from that thread!
Cozy Wrap SAL day 1 | Cut fabric
Cozy Wrap SAL day 2 | Sew shoulder and side seams
Cozy Wrap SAL day 3 | Add bottom bands
Cozy Wrap SAL day 4 | Add neckband
Cozy Wrap SAL day 5 | Add sleeves
Cozy Wrap SAL day 6 | Add waist tie
Cozy Wrap SAL day 7 | Winners announcement
Cozy Wrap Sew Along – day 5
Welcome to day 5 of our Cozy Wrap sew along. Today is probably my favorite day because I get to make those cute, trendy gathered sleeves. The pattern includes a banded short sleeve, a cuffed regular sleeve and a gathered one.
If you opted for short sleeve, you will create the bands by sewing each one right sides together to form loops. I highly encourage you to pre-press the cuffs wrong sides together before creating the loops. Just like we did the past few days.
The standard long and gathered sleeves are attached in the round. That means you are sewing the side seams of the sleeves first. Matching the armpit seam to the sleeve side seam, attach the sleeves to the opening. If you opted for the gathered sleeves, you need to run a gathering stitch or two at the wrist. Pull the gathering threads so that the opening matches the cuff. I personally love gathering with my serger. Our P4P University Gathering blog covers a few gathering methods.
To attach the cuff, simply match the cuff seam to the sleeve seam and sew right sides together. We have a tips and tricks P4P University cuffs 101 blog that I encourage you to check out.
We are so close to finishing! All we have left to do is create the waist tie tomorrow. You can see today’s video below. Check in with your progress in the comments of day 5 photo of the Cozy Wrap sew along album.
Cozy Wrap SAL day 1 | Cut fabric
Cozy Wrap SAL day 2 | Sew shoulder and side seams
Cozy Wrap SAL day 3 | Add bottom bands
Cozy Wrap SAL day 4 | Add neckband
Cozy Wrap SAL day 5 | Add sleeves
Cozy Wrap SAL day 6 | Add waist tie
Cozy Wrap SAL day 7 | Winners announcement
Cozy Wrap Sew Along – day 4
Welcome to day 4 of our Cozy Wrap Sew Along. Easy day today! All we have to do is add the neckband…the very long neckband. You should have two narrow long strips of fabric (do not mix them up with the tie pieces!) Sew them right sides together on one end so you have an even longer neckband.
Fold the band wrong sides together and give it a good press…just like we did yesterday! Unfold it and fold each end right sides together, sew and re fold wrong sides together. You should not have a neckband with no raw ends anymore. Time to pin it to the neckline and front raw edge. I recommend pinning the center seam to the center back of the neckline first. Proceed with pinning each front raw edge to the band, right sides together, without stretching the band. The only part of the neckband that will be slightly stretched to fit it’s between the two shoulder seams.
After you serge the neckband on, you need to finish the serger tails. I cover a few ways to do that in this P4P University blog.
You can see in today’s video how I attach the neckband to my tunic Cozy Wrap. When you finish adding the neckband, give it a good press and add a picture of your progress to the comments of Day 4 photo.
Cozy Wrap SAL day 1 | Cut fabric
Cozy Wrap SAL day 2 | Sew shoulder and side seams
Cozy Wrap SAL day 3 | Add bottom bands
Cozy Wrap SAL day 4 | Add neckband
Cozy Wrap SAL day 5 | Add sleeves
Cozy Wrap SAL day 6 | Add waist tie
Cozy Wrap SAL day 7 | Winners announcement
