Tutorial: Girl's Gathered Top

Well, here's the tutorial I mentioned. It is to make a simple girl's top.



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For the strap, you can use a ribbon. I used the waistband recycled from the skirt. To create the strap, I borrowed from my other tutorial, that's why the fabric looks different:

Insert the strap through the front casing, and you get a cute little halter top.
However, I have stubborn little girls with "I can do it myself"-itis, so I decided to sew the straps onto the back piece:


Here's another one made, using the fabric and straps from one of my tops:

Lengthen the top, add some ruffles, and you have yourself a cute nightgown: