Required material:

We recommend a jersey or knit fabric.

long-sleeved sweater

sizes 34-42	outer fabric 1.20m	140 cm wide
sizes 44-50	outer fabric 1.40m	140cm wide
short-sleeved sweater
size 34-42	outer fabric 0.90m	140m wide
size 44-50	outer fabric 1.10m	140m wide
all sizes	insert 0.40 m	0.9 m wide

Cutting:

Seam allowances are included - 1cm wide or as marked!

Cut the pattern pieces out of your outer fabric. Lay the fabric with the right side facing up. Lay the selvedges parallel to the middle so that you can lay the back and collar on the fold. The pattern pieces should all be laid with the writing facing up. Always align the grain arrow on all pieces in the same direction and parallel to the selvedge of the fabric. Transfer all notches from the pattern by making a 3mm long cut with scissors or chalk. Notch the seam allowance on the fold of the fabric because this is always a middle.

You will need fabric:

• 1x back part in the fracture
• 2x front part opposite with insert part at the neckline
• 2x sleeves opposite
• 1x document at the back in the fold, with insert
• 2x ribbons

Sewing instructions:

Seam allowances are included - 1cm wide or as marked!

To sew this T-shirt you will need a sewing machine and an overlock sewing machine, or alternatively the zigzag stitch on your sewing machine to neaten the cut edges.

Be sure to use a jersey needle and a stretch stitch, i.e. if you are sewing with a home sewing machine, you should use either a zigzag stitch or the three-part stretch stitch and then finish all seam allowances again with a zigzag stitch or another similar stitch to prevent them from fraying.

In addition to the description, the colored lines on the pictures show you where a seam needs to be sewn or something needs to be glued.

When sewing, pay attention to the seam allowance included in the pattern. Seam allowances that are not specifically marked are 1cm wide!

Have fun sewing!

First, neaten the bottom edge of the back facing and the entire front edge of the front piece.

Then sew the back facing right sides together to the back piece, cut the seam allowance in the curves and stitch it down from the right side onto the facing.

Now place the front and back pieces right sides together and close the shoulder seam including the facing in one go. The seam allowances are neatened together and ironed to the front.

The front neckline edge can then also be ironed over.

To prevent the facing from constantly "creeping out", you can stitch it all the way through the back piece.

Now it's time for the sleeves. You sew the sleeves in "open". This means that the sleeve is inserted before the side seam is closed. This is the simpler option for jersey.

Place the sleeve right sides together on the armhole of the front and back pieces, close the seam, neaten the seam allowance and iron it into the sleeve.

Pay attention to the snaps so that the right and left sleeves are not confused.

Now you can sew the side seam in one go. Place the front and back pieces right sides together, close the side seam from the hem to the sleeve hem, neaten the seam allowances together and iron them to the front.

The sleeve hem is then neatened, ironed up 2 cm and stitched.

Next, neaten the hem, iron it 2cm upwards and stitch it down.

Final spurt!

You sew the front center together, right sides together. Pay attention to the seam allowance and the marking on the cut, because this is where the tunnel for the ribbon is created. The seam allowance is ironed open. A small fold is created at the top of the neckline.

Interlude:

If you are using a ready-made ribbon, you can skip the next 3 steps. I make the ribbons from the leftover piece of thin denim fabric.

You fold the strip right sides together lengthwise in half and stitch it

Now take a darning needle (which has a rounded tip), a sturdy thicker thread (this minimizes the risk of the thread breaking when pulling it through), and sew the thread at one end.

Now push the needle and thread through the "tube" with the needle head first until you have turned the entire strip inside out.

Your ribbons are ready

Now, for the finale, it gets a little fiddly again: you fix the ribbons with a few stitches in the front center of the neckline in this small fold....

...and stitch the seam allowance from the front center in place very closely, but you must not stitch the ribbon that is now running in the seam allowance!

You can tie knots in the ends of the ribbon or sew them together.

Your Chania is ready!

If you don't know what to do next or if you have any questions, please send us an email at info@schnittmuster-berlin.de. We will answer you as quickly as possible.

Have lots of fun with your new designer piece!

Best regards, your Schnittmuster-Berlin team.