KA HANAU 1:
Use the largest stitch on your machine and sew a row within the seam allowances of the shoulder and waistline on the TOP FRONT and BACK pieces. Sew between the facing marks on the FRONT pieces and between the facing and neckline marks on the BACK.
KA HANAU 2:
Gather the shoulder seam allowances of the FRONT and BACK pieces to 17cm.
Match the FRONT and BACK pieces RIGHT SIDES together. Pin and stitch the shoulder seams. Finish the seam allowances using zig zag stitch or an overlocker. Press the seam toward the back.
Fold back the facings and press. You may like to hem stitch the facing to the inside of the garment if it won’t stay flat.
Pro tip: use french seam finishing for sturdy and tidy seams.
KA HANAU 3:
Open up the TOP piece RIGHT SIDES up.
Top stitch the seam allowance flat to secure.
KA HANAU 4:
Waiho i KA WAISTBAND 1 NA AOE Akau me ka WAISTBAND 2. E humuhumu i nā ʻāpana humuhumu a hiki i nā māka. Peʻi a kaomi i ka WAISTBAND i ka hapalua o ka lōʻihi, mākaukau e noi.
KA HANAU 5:
Gather the waistline of the TOP pieces to fit the WAISTBAND.
Match the central and side seam points together. Overlap the TOP pieces by 2cm at the side and central points.
Ensure to pin the openings on the WAISTBAND carefully so they lay neatly when stitched.
KA HANAU 6:
E pelu i ka TIE i ka hapalua ma kona loa MA KA AE KAU. E kau i kahi kaula lōʻihi ma waena. E humuhumu i luna e hoʻopaʻa i ke kaula i ka TIE. E pine a humuhumu i ka haawina humuhumu. Huki akahele i ke kaula e hoohuli ana i na aoao akau.
Inā 'oe i kekahi loop turner:
E pelu i ka TIE i ka hapalua o ka loa a humuhumu i ke ala humuhumu. E huli'ākau aoao mai ka hoʻohana 'ana i ka ulana turner.
E hoʻopau i ka TIE ma ke kaomi ʻana iā ia a hoʻohuli i nā welau maka ma lalo o ʻelua a hoʻohana i nā humuhumu liʻiliʻi e paʻa. Or simply tie a knot at each end. Hookomo i loko o ke kāʻei, e hoʻokō 'ia.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mea hoʻopaʻa paʻa hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana me ka stitch zig-zag e hana i kāu mau pili..
KA HANAU 7:
NO KA LUMUKU AOLE
Follow the tutorial to make the SKIRT or TROUSERS.
Hoʻohālikelike i ke alo waena, back and side seams of the TOP and SKIRT or TROUSER RIGHT SIDES together.
Pin a humuhumu. E hoʻopau i ka hāʻawi humuhumu.
TOP
Hoʻopau i ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kaula.