{"id":58365,"date":"2016-11-01T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=58365"},"modified":"2017-03-06T05:36:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:36:23","slug":"heart-cut-out-back-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/11\/heart-cut-out-back-tutorial.html","title":{"rendered":"heart cut-out back tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are happy to welcome Sarvi back to the blog. In the past she has stopped by for the Size 5 Project<\/a> and Tea Party Dress sew-along<\/a>. She did a fantastic series about preserving patterns<\/a>, which included several different methods: freezer paper<\/a>, Swedish tracing paper<\/a>, and carbon tracing paper<\/a>. Then she did another fun series all about photography that included photography 101: finding your spot<\/a> and photography 102: working with kids<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve got a fun project for you today. Sarvi created a lovely Fairy Tale<\/a> dress with a heart shaped cut-out back. She put together a step-by-step photo tutorial for us, so we can make our own. Here\u2019s the tutorial.<\/em>
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\n1)<\/strong> Trace the back bodice, and draw in the seam lines. Although I was only working with the center back edge, I drew in portions of the arm and neck seams as well, to help me with placement of my cutout.
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\n2)<\/strong> Cut out half a heart shape from a folded piece of paper, to be sure the halves are symmetrical. I made mine about the size of my palm. I used the edge of a cup as a guide to draw a smooth curve, and trimmed it a few times to get a shape I liked.<\/p>\n

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3)<\/strong> Add seam allowances to the half-heart, and cut out back bodice and lining pieces.<\/p>\n

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4)<\/strong> Cut out interfacing for around the heart, and along the center back edge. I used a very light weight one for the heart shape, as I’m using a very light fabric and didn’t want it to be too stiff. I used a bit firmer one for the edge where the buttons\/zip will go. You can use the paper heart as a guide for cutting out the interfacing but should probably make it a bit bigger than I did here, to reinforce both side of the seam.<\/p>\n

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5)<\/strong> Draw in your stitching line. I used pins to mark pivot points.<\/p>\n

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6)<\/strong> Stitch, trim seam allowances, and turn. I stitched about an inch down below the bottom point of the heart — when I insert the zipper, I will undo these stitches, but for now they help me with pressing.<\/p>\n

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7)<\/strong> Turning the piece and poking out all the points is fiddly. You can try to get extremely sharp points, and there are lots of little tricks for doing that, but I find that they tend to get a bit frayed\/blunted in the wash anyhow, so I leave them a speck more blunt.<\/p>\n

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8)<\/strong> Finish stitching the side seams, and then attach your skirt, skirt lining, and zipper as usual. For the top of the heart make two small thread chain loops<\/a>, and stitch buttons on the other side. You could also sew on two little hook-and-eyes. I have just pinned and basted mine together at this point as I’m still making some decisions about the rest of the dress.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Sarvi we have a cute tutorial on how to make a heart-shaped cut-out back. It looks lovely on the Oliver + S Fairy Tale Dress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7455,"featured_media":58380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[66,121,140],"class_list":["post-58365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-customized","tag-fairy-tale-dress","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heartcutoutF.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-fbn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10277,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/03\/how-to-preserve-a-pattern-introduction.html","url_meta":{"origin":58365,"position":0},"title":"how to preserve a pattern: introduction","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"March 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the next few days, Sarvi is going to explain several ways that you can preserve a sewing pattern so it can be used over and over again.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/HOW-TO.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10341,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/03\/how-to-preserve-a-pattern-carbon-tracing-paper.html","url_meta":{"origin":58365,"position":1},"title":"how to preserve a pattern: carbon tracing paper","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"March 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of our series on tracing and preserving a sewing pattern, Sarvi explains how to use carbon paper.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/carbon02-waxy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10321,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/03\/how-to-preserve-a-pattern-swedish-tracing-paper.html","url_meta":{"origin":58365,"position":2},"title":"how to preserve a pattern: swedish tracing paper","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"March 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of our series on tracing and saving a sewing pattern, Sarvi tackled Swedish tracing paper. 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