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    tutorial for ruched tank/swim top w/shelf bra-dwnl

    this is a pattern you will make according to your own dimensions. most suited to swim fabrics and cotton/lycra fabrics. my bust fluctuates with Sawyer's needs, but am about 95cm. i'm using metric as the math is easier for me and i'm a canuck.



    all you need to do is cut rectangles. i used about 3/4 of a yard of fabric but you will need more or less- have about a yard on hand to be sure. the only other notion you need is some light 2.5cm/1 inch wide elastic- i used FOE, about 2m. i didn't add seam allowances so the top it would fit snug.

    first take your bust measurement. divide it in half for your front and back pieces, and measure just below your armpit to wherever you want it to land on your hips for the side measurement...

    then you will deduct about 8 cms from the front panel and from the back to account for the side panels.

    i went with:
    a 40cmx50cm front piece
    a 40cmx50cm back piece
    two strips 8 cmx50cm for the sides
    and 4 pieces for shoulder straps: 7x30cms

    for the shelf bra i used my measurement from a rtw tank with shelf bra. the pieces will be slightly smaller than your front and back pieces in width.

    i went with a 38cmx15cm front
    and a 38cmx10 cm back.

    larger busted women will add to the second number, smaller women will decrease.

    here are my pieces laid out:


    1)first you will construct the bodice. when sewing the narrow side panels to the front and back pieces you will pull the side pieces taut to create the ruching. first get the two pieces started normally to get your needles into the work about an inch. then pull the side piece and serge. you will have about 15-20 cms of the side panel leftover which can be serged and cut off before hemming.

    here the side panel is on top and the front panel is on the bottom:


    here the side panel is on the bottom and i'm serging it to the back.


    serge the side panels to the front piece, then serge the back piece on in the same way to create a tube. press SAs to the front and back panels and topstitch.

    you can try it on at this point to determine where you want your straps to be: (wow am i lookin' busty!)


    2)mark your strap placement on the front panel, making it equal on each side. do the same for the back, setting the straps 5 cms or so farther to the middle (so they don't slip off the shoulders).

    construct your straps by sewing them in pairs, RS together, turn and topstitch close to edge.

    3)prepare the shelf bra. serge the front and back panels RS together to make a tube. (the front will be longer than the back)
    you could sew your elastic into a loop, then mark into quarters and sew it on, but i just serge it straight on pulling gently and overlapping it a ways onto the WS. i know this isn't too scientific but it works for me! if you do this the first way, you'll need to take the measurement of your shelf bra's circumference and subtract a few cms so it eases the top in.

    when doing the bottom, i serge the elastic straight on starting in the middle of the back panel. when i get to the longer front part i draw the elastic over and just cut off the excess to make a curve. same when i got front to back, if that makes sense.

    here's where i'm creating the curve:


    turn the elastic once and stitch it up so it won't be against your skin on the bottom of the shelf bra.

    now to join it all together:
    place shelf and bodice RS together with straps in between. i only pin the strap to the front to start. you can serge, but to create less bulk i sew these two together. once the front has been sewn, i then pin the straps to the spots on the back, and continue sewing. turn the top RS out and topstitch around the bodice top.

    keep your sewing buddy happy during this step so your stitching is nice and even.



    hem, and it's done!



    please lmk if there are any glaring errors. and please post your creation (and the modifications you make) in the runway. but if you just want to be picky and nitnat at me, wellllllll....
    ~~~k'reen~~~ proud and happy wife to Clark, mama to keoni, (b. june 2003), holden, (b. nov 2006), & sawyer (b. nov 2008)

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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    What a great TUTE!! I hope I can loose some weight so I can look good wearing this one.

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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    I need some tanks for summer.... Now I'll have to find some fabrics for them....
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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    What a great top!

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    Weighed 7lb 6oz, 21 in long.
    Totally adorable!



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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Awesome tut. Thanks!
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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Any help with spagetti straps?

    I love the tute, especially the shelf bra part
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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Thanks Kreen! I will definitely make myself one or two for this summer! Thanks!

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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Thanks so much for the tut, I have been trying to figure out a more supportive tankini top I could make for summer! Nothing's quite the same after you nurse 4 kids.

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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Wow, very nice!
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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Oh very cool. I was just thinking about this today when I found some cute swimwear fabric. Now dd and I can have matching swimsuits. Is that too cutsie?

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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Nice! So what fabric did you use? Is that a cotton/lycra fabric on the striped fabric?
    Also, it looks like you have the same Brother serger I do. What was your tension set at? I have a really hard time getting mine right. TIA!

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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    Great tute ~K'reen!! Thank you!!!
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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    I wish i'd seen this er....5 years ago? LOL....
    I kept thinking there had to be a better way to do nursing bras for me. I hated hated HATED all the nursing bras I could find in my size (at largest was 36J) and stumbled across the cami with builtin bras, maternity, and loved them for being around the house and nursing. I could shove a whole prefold in there in lieu of wearing nursing pads. He!

    but the skinny straps hurt my shoulders and once I dropped a few cups I had to tighten the straps quite a lot and made it harder to get my boobs out.

    no chance of it now, but if I could do it again i'd make (or at bare min, modify) a cami with a wider strap like you did, do either a eyelet, Dring, or fabric strap and pull strap through and use poly snaps to set high and "low" so I could flip my breast out easy to nurse.

    ah well....live in learn eh?
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    Re: tutorial for ruched tank/swim top with shelf b

    I have just the fabric to try this!

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