Sewing Tutorial: Faux layering belly band with a button up shirt hem

Tutorial: Faux layering belly band with a button up shirt hem

These belly bands are made for maternity, but I think I need them for my non-pregnant self. I work part-time at our library and there’s a lot of bending and stooping, which can be bad if your shirt isn’t long enough. These stretch knit bands are worn around your tummy and have regular button-shirt hems sewn to the bottom. The long shirt hems add length to a top or sweater while looking like perfectly layered separates. Brilliant! Heather from Feather’s Flights shares a tutorial at DIY Maternity showing how to make them.

Click below for her tutorial:

Tutorial // Belly Bands Shirt Hems, by Feather’s Flights

[photo from Feather’s Flights on DIY Maternity]

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