The Hailey Hoodie V Neck Hack free step by step tutorial, How to sew a v neck sweatshirt or top,

Hailey Hoodie Sewing Pattern V-Neck Pattern Hack 

Learn How to Sew a V Neckband on the 

Hailey Hoodie Sewing Pattern for Women

Pattern Hack by Stephanie Tharp *Her affiliate link is here

1. Cut your hoodie back bodice, then cut a 3 inch (or deeper) V on the front paper pattern piece. Cut your new front bodice.

2. Cut your sleeves and cuffs. Attach the sleeves to the front and back bodice. Sew bodice right sides together.

3. Using a basting stitch, stay stitch your V neckline, 2 inches up on the left from your v point and 2 inches up on the right from your v point. This reduces the chance of your v stretching out once the neckband is sewn.

4. Measure the neckline opening. I lay my measuring tape around it, take that number and multiply by .8 to get my neckline measurement. Here it is 21 inches x 0.8 = 16.8 so we can round up to 17. 

5. Cut a 5 inch tall by 17 inches wide neckband (you will use the width you got in the step above). You want the stretch going width wise, so the 17 inch side has the most stretch. **You can adjust the height here. If you want a FINISHED HEIGHT of 2 inches you want to cut a 5 inch tall neckband. 

6. Lay your neckband piece right sides together and find the center of the 2 inch side. Go over 1 inch onto your fabric and pin at this center mark. 

7. Sew from the top right corner to the pin, pivot and sew back down to the bottom right corner of your neckband. Cut out this sideways V shape. 

8. Fold the neckband down wrong sides together so you have a pretty V neckline on your neckband. Press with an iron. Baste the bottom left 3 inches and bottom right 3 inches of the v neckline using a 1/8 inch seam allowance to hold the neckband in place. 

9. Clip up to the V but not through it to give the V some ease. 

10. Match the neckband V to the hoodie V. Pin at the center along your basting stitch. This is to hold the V in place.

11. Turn the left side of the neckband and lay it flat onto the V neckline, keeping the center V's steady. Place a few pins going about 3 or 4 inches along the left neckline to get the V neck started. 

12. Sew using a 3/8 inch seam allowance. Pivot at the center V and continue with pinning and sewing the right side of the neckband to the right front neckline for about 3 or 4 inches. 

13. Flip neckband up and check out your center point. 

14. Pin the rest of the neckband evenly spaced throughout the rest of the neckline. Sew using a 3/8 inch seam allowance.

You did it!! Now you have a Bishop Sleeve V Neck Top that is even trendier!!

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 Women's Hoodie Sewing Pattern

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Come learn how to sew a women's hoodie! This women's hoodie sewing pattern pattern is great for a beginner and beyond! It will teach you how to sew bishop sleeves, how to sew cuffs, how to sew a knit neckband or how to add a hood and how to add a kangaroo pocket (optional)! Your sewing skills will sky rocket with all the tips and tricks I give you in this pattern - plus, timesaver, you can add a hemband instead of hemming! SO EASY!!

Grab your Hailey Hoodie Sewing Pattern HERE in the Pattern Shop!

Come over and check it out! The Hailey Hoodie Sewing Pattern for Women has arrived and I think you will LOVE sewing it and LOVE wearing it even more!

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The Addie Top bishop sleeve sewing pattern for women

Sew Along Day 5

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Welcome to The Addie Top / Dress Sew Along! I'm so glad you are here!

This week we are having an Addie Top sewing along and here is our schedule! I tried to include a little sewing each day, so at the end of the week you have a brand new top!

Monday: DAY 1 CLICK HERE choose your fabric and assemble your pattern

Tuesday: DAY 2 CLICK HERE measure for your size, cut the paper pattern and cut your fabric

Wednesday: DAY 3 CLICK HERE assemble the bodice, iron on the interfacing, attach the facing

Thursday: DAY 4 CLICK HERE Today we attach the sleeves, gather and 

attach the ruffle and sew down the side seams

Friday: add cuffs and hem your top or dress then start sending in those photos!!

Starting Friday through next Wednesday, November 27th you can add a picture of you wearing your new Addie Top in our facebook group and be entered to win some cool prizes!!
1st Place: a $40 gift card to Sly Fox Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
2nd Place: a $20 gift card to Seweird Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
3rd Place: a $20 gift card to Milly Mae Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns

Let's get started!

1. Lay each cuff right sides together, pin at the 4 inch short end and sew using a 3/8 inch seam allowance. Press seam open with an iron. 

2. Fold the cuff in half so it is a shorter loop (2 inch tall loop) and press with an iron.

3. Run a basting stitch around the bishop sleeve's edge, leaving a 6 inch tail at the beginning and end. 

4. Gather each sleeve until it is the width of the cuff. 

5. Slide the cuff over the sleeve's edge, with raw edges touching and pin.

6. Sew using a 3/8 inch seam allowance.

(or check out the video HERE to watch how to gather it with clips)

7. Try it on, mark hem, press up hem with an iron, pin and sew your hem!
You're done!! 

SHOP WOMEN'S PATTERNS HERE

I hope you loved sewing the Addie Top with us! We have the Hailey Hoodie bishop sleeve pattern that just hit the shop! Check it out here! You can take these skills you learned and use the bishop sleeve on any pattern you like! I think you will definitely like the fit of the Hailey! It's a slim fit hoodie, bishop sleeves, elongated cuffs, optional kangaroo pocket, optional hood or neckband. Plus, there will be a V-neck hack next week and inside pockets! Stay tuned!

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5 Simple Steps to Increase Etsy Views

5 Simple Steps to Increase your Etsy Views

We have all been there and I have too! You created a product, took great photos, wrote a listing description, shared it on social media and waited for sales. And waited. And waited. Then you posted on social media again and waited. But sales never came, so you waited some more. You tweaked your descriptions, worked on SEO and then sat back and waited again. After a while you were so discouraged that you wanted to give up, but you knew you had a great product. 

Don't give up! Maximize your etsy views with these 5 simple steps. 

I use these constantly to grow and improve my etsy shop where I have over 27,000 sales and am in the TOP 1% of all Etsy sellers. I design and sell pdf sewing patterns for women and children that are instant download, reprintable anytime and easy enough to sew for beginners! I hope my experience can help you!

1. Create a community and share more of yourself and your items.

 People need to know you! Let them know where to find you! Pick 2 forms of social media and start there. Do you prefer instagram? Show up. Every single day. Post a new photo of a product, inspire others through your words or favorite quotes, share a picture of you making your item, show off your workspace, take them through your day on IG stories...let them see you being you! Show them that you are the expert on creating your product. Prefer facebook? Start a facebook group where you can share the same things. (My group is where I get to know my customers, ask them what they want next, show them sneak peeks, let them share what they make and more!) Let people know about your instagram and facebook groups in your etsy shop listings and shop announcements. You can post your etsy shop link to your instagram and facebook group and also add the same links in your product description. Sharing more of yourself and your items, will bring more views to your shop. Consistency is key.

2. Get your products out into the community. 

Find influencers and get your product in their hands. Who are your favorite people to follow? In my business since I sell sewing patterns, I connect with fabric store owners! I send followers their way, share about their sales, sponsor a prize when they are doing a giveaway and in return they sponsor a prize when I am running a sew along or contest! We serve each other! Find your people. Connect with them. Start commenting regularly on their instagram or blog posts. Be yourself. Once you have a relationship established find out what they charge for a sponsored post. Sometimes they will offer a review in exchange for a product. Just make sure their audience is the the same audience you are looking for as your customers. Don't just go after the big influencers with huge audiences. Vary it. Start small by finding micro influencers (smaller audiences under 1000) and offering them a product in exchange for a review. The more exposure you get, the more traffic your shop gets.

3. Create Communication - Build an Email List of Interested Customers

Once you build your community you need to stay in regular contact with them. The best way to do this is to create an email list of people that are interested in your product. The way to get them to sign up for your list is to create value for them. Do you sell jewelry? Offer them a free download that you create to show them 20 ways to wear the hottest new trend. Do you sell wooden signs for weddings? Show them 20 wooden sign inspiration photos and include a few of yours in there, too! Offer value with what you know. What makes you the expert? Share that knowledge with them. People want to know what you know. Offer them an opportunity to stay in contact with you and learn from you, then commit to showing up in their inbox once a week. Stay consistent and connected to them. It builds your reputation as an expert and they will want to hear from you again and again. 

4. Seek feedback from your customers/audience.

Ask your audience what they want from you. My customers give me the most engagement when I ask them what they are looking for in my next season's designs. I respond to each comment in our facebook group (if I can keep up!) and ask them more questions about it or tell them it's a great idea or let them know I am adding it to my inspiration list! This not only lets them know that I listen to my audience but I truly value what they have to say. Your audience has the answers. You just need to ask them. If you ask them what they want and create what they want, they will be shopping from you when you list it!

5. Listen to customer feedback/reviews and use them to improve.

There is so much value in customer feedback. Listen to it to improve your product or service that you are offering. Every single time. If multiple customers are saying the same things about your products that they are unhappy with or happy with, listen to them. You want to sell the best product or service that you can. Respond to their feedback and be thankful for it whether it is good or bad. Most people don't leave reviews, so when someone does, use that information to make your product even better or if it's positive feedback embrace it! Enjoy it and be glad that you can help give your customers exactly what they are looking for! Constantly improving your product will gather attention from past customers and likely make them repeat customers. If you offered them value and a memorable experience before they are most likely to return to your shop to check out future offerings! When you do improve a product, relaunch an item or create something new....let your customers know! Use your email list to spread the word and link it back to your shop to show them where they can find it. 

I hope these tips help you increase views to your etsy shop or ecommerce store. 

Jenny Hall

E-Commerce Business Coaching

over 27,000 etsy sales

Etsy shop since 2011

www.etsy.com/shop/SeaminglySmitten
www.seaminglsymitten.com

The Addie Top sewing pattern Sew Along Day 4 Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns for women, learn how to sew bishop sleeves, bishop sleeve sewing pattern

The Addie Top bishop sleeve sewing pattern for women

Sew Along Day 4

The #addiechallenge is here! Sew something for yourself before the holiday rush begins!
Don't forget to add a photo to instagram with hashtag #addiechallenge and #seaminglysmitten and/or add one to our facebook group HERE to be entered to win some fabulous prizes! 

Welcome to The Addie Top / Dress Sew Along! I'm so glad you are here!

This week we are having an Addie Top sewing along and here is our schedule! I tried to include a little sewing each day, so at the end of the week you have a brand new top!

Monday: DAY 1 CLICK HERE choose your fabric and assemble your pattern

Tuesday: DAY 2 CLICK HERE measure for your size, cut the paper pattern and cut your fabric

Wednesday: DAY 3 CLICK HERE assemble the bodice, iron on the interfacing, attach the facing

Thursday: attach the sleeves, ruffles

Friday: add cuffs and hem your top or dress then start sending in those photos!!

Starting Friday through next Wednesday, November 27th you can add a picture of you wearing your new Addie Top in our facebook group and be entered to win some cool prizes!!
1st Place: a $40 gift card to Sly Fox Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
2nd Place: a $20 gift card to Seweird Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
3rd Place: a $20 gift card to Milly Mae Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns

Read to get inspired? Of course you are!! Check out these awesome tops and dress below then head on over to grab a copy of your pattern...you know you want to try those sleeves, am I right?!?


If you want to watch the VIDEO you can watch it HERE in our facebook group!

Day 4

1. Lay your bodice right side up. Match the center of the sleeve armhole curve to the center of the left bodice shoulder seam. Pin. Make sure you do not pin the facing down. 

2. Take the left edge of the armhole curve and match it to the left edge of the bodice's armhole. Pin. Repeat for the right edge. 

3. Pin the entire sleeve to the armhole. Repeat for the other sleeve. Sew them both using a 3/8 inch seam allowance. 

4. Use two parallel basting stitches to gather each ruffle to the same width of the bodice. 

5. Pin the ruffle right sides together onto the front bodice, evenly spacing the ruffle. Pin. Repeat for the back ruffle and back bodice. Pin. Sew using a 3/8 inch seam allowance.

6. Lay your top right sides together, matching from the sleeve's wrist edge, down the sleeve, down the bodice and down the ruffle. Pin. Repeat for the other side. Sew using a 3/8 inch seam allowance.

7. Try on your top or dress INSIDE OUT. Pin on both sides if you need to take in the width at the waist or hips. Take off the top or dress and sew along your pins to taper the dress as needed.

You're done!! See you tomorrow to add cuffs and a hem! Thanks for sewing along!

The Addie Top Sew Along Day 3, learn how to add a facing to a bodice, how to sew a v neck facing

The Addie Top bishop sleeve sewing pattern for women

Sew Along Day 3

The #addiechallenge is here! Sew something for yourself before the holiday rush begins!
Don't forget to add a photo to instagram with hashtag #addiechalleng and/or add one to our facebook group HERE to be entered to win some fabulous prizes! 

Welcome to The Addie Top / Dress Sew Along! I'm so glad you are here!

This week we are having an Addie Top sewing along and here is our schedule! I tried to include a little sewing each day, so at the end of the week you have a brand new top!

Monday: DAY 1 CLICK HERE choose your fabric and assemble your pattern

Tuesday: DAY 2 CLICK HERE measure for your size, cut the paper pattern and cut your fabric

Wednesday: assemble the bodice, iron on the interfacing, attach the facing

Thursday: attach the sleeves, ruffles

Friday: add cuffs and hem your top or dress then start sending in those photos!!

Starting Friday through next Wednesday, November 27th you can add a picture of you wearing your new Addie Top in our facebook group and be entered to win some cool prizes!!
1st Place: a $40 gift card to Sly Fox Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
2nd Place: a $20 gift card to Seweird Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
3rd Place: a $20 gift card to Milly Mae Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns

Read to get inspired? Of course you are!! Check out these awesome tops and dress below then head on over to grab a copy of your pattern...you know you want to try those sleeves, am I right?!?


If you want to watch the VIDEO you can watch it HERE in our facebook group!

DAY 3

1. Iron on the interfacing to the WRONG side of the front and back facing pieces. Make sure the shiny side is facing down. That side of the interfacing has the glue.

2. Sew your front and back facing together at the shoulder seams. Press seams open.

3. Serge or zig-zag stitch around the outer edge of the facing.

4. Pin and sew your front and back bodice right sides together. Press seams open.

5. Lay the bodice right side up and spread out at the shoulders. Lay the facing right side together (with the interfacing facing up) and match the shoulder seams. Pin all the way around. Sew using a 1/8 inch seam allowance.

6. Clip into the entire neckline every 1/2 inch, up to but not over the sewn line you just made.

7. Turn facing to the inside of the bodice. Press well with an iron. 

8. Topstitch using a 1/8 inch seam allowance.

You're DONE for TODAY! Check back tomorrow to attach the sleeves and ruffles!

Addie Top Bishop Sleeve sewing pattern for women Sew Along Day 2, How to sew a bishop sleeve top

The Addie Top bishop sleeve sewing pattern for women

Sew Along Day 2

The #addiechallenge is here! Sew something for yourself before the holiday rush begins!
Don't forget to add a photo to instagram with hashtag #addiechalleng and/or add one to our facebook group HERE to be entered to win some fabulous prizes! 

Welcome to The Addie Top / Dress Sew Along! I'm so glad you are here!

This week we are having an Addie Top sewing along and here is our schedule! I tried to include a little sewing each day, so at the end of the week you have a brand new top!

Monday: DAY 1 CLICK HERE choose your fabric and assemble your pattern

Tuesday: measure for your size, cut the paper pattern and cut your fabric

Wednesday: assemble the bodice, iron on the interfacing, attach the facing

Thursday: attach the sleeves, ruffles

Friday: add cuffs and hem your top or dress then start sending in those photos!!

Starting Friday through next Wednesday, November 27th you can add a picture of you wearing your new Addie Top in our facebook group and be entered to win some cool prizes!!
1st Place: a $40 gift card to Sly Fox Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
2nd Place: a $20 gift card to Seweird Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
3rd Place: a $20 gift card to Milly Mae Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns

Read to get inspired? Of course you are!! Check out these awesome tops and dress below then head on over to grab a copy of your pattern...you know you want to try those sleeves, am I right?!?


If you want to watch the VIDEO you can watch it HERE in our facebook group!

Day 2

1. Let's measure to cut your bodice. Measure your full bust. Add 2.5 inches to that number. Divide that by 4. That is the width of the bodice that you want to use from the fold line out to under the underarms.
2. Measure from your shoulder down to where you want the end of the bodice to attach to the ruffle. Add one inch to that. Measure from the top of the bodice down to that length. That is the length you want to cut.
3. Measure from your sleeve down to your wrist, with your arm bent. Add 1 inch to that. That is the length of the sleeve from the armsysce down to the sleeve hem's edge that you want to cut out.
4. Measure from where your bodice will end/ ruffle with begin, down to where you want your top or dress to end. I chose slightly above the knee. It is 20 inches long. So I will cut a 20 inch long skirt from the pattern piece.
5. Cut out a your paper pattern pieces for the bodice, sleeve, skirt or top ruffle, front facing, back facing.
6. Cut your pattern pieces out using your fabric.
7. Cut out your interfacing piece. Cut around each interfacing piece 3/8 inches. This trims it down so the interfacing will not be in the seam allowance.
8. Come back tomorrow so we can start sewing!

The Addie Top Seamingly Smitten Sew Along Day 1

The Addie Top bishop sleeve sewing pattern for women

Sew Along Day 1

The #addiechallenge is here! Sew something for yourself before the holiday rush begins!
Don't forget to add a photo to instagram with hashtag #addiechalleng and/or add one to our facebook group HERE to be entered to win some fabulous prizes! 

Welcome to The Addie Top / Dress Sew Along! I'm so glad you are here!

This week we are having an Addie Top sewing along and here is our schedule! I tried to include a little sewing each day, so at the end of the week you have a brand new top!

Monday: choose your fabric and assemble your pattern

Tuesday: measure for your size, cut the paper pattern and cut your fabric

Wednesday: assemble the bodice, iron on the interfacing, attach the facing

Thursday: attach the sleeves, ruffles

Friday: add cuffs and hem your top or dress then start sending in those photos!!

Starting Friday through next Wednesday, November 27th you can add a picture of you wearing your new Addie Top in our facebook group and be entered to win some cool prizes!!
1st Place: a $40 gift card to Sly Fox Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
2nd Place: a $20 gift card to Seweird Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
3rd Place: a $20 gift card to Milly Mae Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns

Read to get inspired? Of course you are!! Check out these awesome tops and dress below then head on over to grab a copy of your pattern...you know you want to try those sleeves, am I right?!?

Day 1. If you want to watch the VIDEO you can watch it HERE in our facebook group!

1. Print your pattern. If you are printing in A0 you will print the last two pages of the pattern at a copy /shop or on a large format printer.
If you are printing A4 or letter size, make sure your printer is set to Page Scaling NONE or print at 100%. Make sure your 1 inch square or 5cm square measures correctly.
2. Take pages 1-4 and put them into a stack. Trim off the bottom and right edge of those pages. Then lay side by side, matching up the diamonds. Tape at the top, bottom and diamonds to attach.
3. Take pages 5,6,7 and repeat this process to assemble the next row.  Once you assemble 5,6,7 attach it to the row above it. Continue until the pattern is complete.
4. Choose your fabric and pop it into the washing machine!
5. Come back tomorrow to figure out your size, cut your pattern pieces and cut out your fabric!

See you soon!

How to sew a bishop sleeve top for women, Seamingly Smitten sewing pattern

Come learn how to sew a bishop sleeve top for women with our Addie Top sewing pattern for women! This new bishop sleeve top can be made out of your favorite woven fabrics and can be made into a top or a dress. Ya'll I have already made two of them and I cannot stop wearing my red buffalo plaid fabric one! And, lucky for me, they match with my red cowboy boots! I got these boots about 9 years ago in Austin, TX and look forward to wearing them all fall and winter long!! Except, I live in Louisiana where it only gets cool here a few months if we're lucky....so I live in them during that time! I call it RED BOOT SEASON and I do a little happy dance when I walk out into the kitchen each morning! Not kidding. My kids will tell you! So, if you have red boots or your favorite pair of fall/winter shoes....go flaunt them! Come summer you wish you would be able to wear them!

Want to grab the latest pattern and join us for our SEW ALONG? Come grab the pattern and hop on our to our facebook group here to join us!

This sewing pattern for women prints on A0, letter and A4 paper and teaches you how to sew a bishop sleeve, how to add interfacing, how to sew a v-neck facing, how to add cuffs to a bishop sleeve, how to ruffle your fabric and how to add elastic into a seam! Whew! So much to teach you and I hope you love sewing it!! We are also running a sew along today through Friday! Each day I will add a video on our facebook page so you can follow along!

Starting Friday through next Wednesday, November 27th you can add a picture of you wearing your new Addie Top in our facebook group and be entered to win some cool prizes!!
1st Place: a $40 gift card to Sly Fox Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
2nd Place: a $20 gift card to Seweird Fabrics and 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns
3rd Place: 3 free Seamingly Smitten sewing patterns

Read to get inspired? Of course you are!! Check out these awesome tops and dress below then head on over to grab a copy of your pattern...you know you want to try those sleeves, am I right?!?