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Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows how to create a pattern for a modesty panel for shirts with low-cut crossover necklines. The modesty panel creates a piece of fabric across the lower portion of the vee that looks as if there is a cami layered underneath it. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Pins and Needles]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, modesty, panel, crossover, criss-cross, v-neck, neck[/tags]
The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!
It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.
Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.
I would like to insert something like this on a premade dress. The bodice is a cross over and goes a little too low. Any ideas?
Can you insert a piece of contrast knit behind, and then stitch in the ditch of the binding (if there’s binding on the edge) to keep it in place?