Ensemble for a teenager

A flirty beret, a mini-skirt and a bag on a long handle made of bright knitwear are ideal models for cool weather.

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Patterns and instructions for berets and bags, see below, and you can sew a skirt additionally: even for a beginning seamstress it will be easy: two side seams, a drawstring for elastic at the top and a hem at the bottom.
Children's knit beret


Head circumference 51 cm
You will need:
Knitted fabric in a transverse strip of 0.40 m wide, 160 cm or a flap of fabric 40 x40 cm; circular knitted fabric in elastic band 0.10 m wide 50/100 cm
Recommended fabrics: only thin knitted fabrics in combination with a knitted fabric in elastic.
Allowances: for seams and cuts - 1 cm.
Cutting:
From a knitted fabric in a transverse strip:
a) round tulle with a diameter of 37 cm
From a knitted fabric to an elastic band:
b) a kashpen 42 cm long and 5 cm wide, in a ready-made look 2,5 cm
Sewing:
■ Stitch short sections on the staple. Divide the kashpen along the entire circumference into 4 equal parts and put marks with basting stitches.
■ Divide the round tulle with straight stitches into 4 equal sectors and seize along the entire circumference to a length of 60 cm.
■ Fold the kashpen along in half along the seamy side inwards and, taking together the open longitudinal sections and stretching, stitch to the top along the entire circumference, aligning the marks.
Layout Plans
160 cm wide cross-knit fabric
50/100 cm wide knitted fabric in elastic band
Attention: fold the knitted fabric in the face inward twice, lay the fabric face up in one layer.
Knitted bag
Size: 20 x 22 cm
You will need:
Knitted fabric in a transverse strip of 0.50 m wide 160 cm or a flap 60 x 45 cm; 1 zipper 22 cm long; interlining H 410.
Recommended fabrics: knitted or shape-holding fabrics.
Allowances: for seams and cuts - 1.5 cm
Cutting:
a) the main part of the bag is 44 cm long, 22 cm in finished form, and 20 cm wide
b) handle 104 cm long and 5 cm wide, finished 2.5 cm
Gasket: see layout plan. In addition, iron along a strip of gasket 2 cm wide along short sections of the main part of the bag.
Sewing:
■ Fold the main part of the bag across in half, face inward, and grind the longitudinal sections. Turn out the bag.
■ Fold the handle along, face inwards, and grind the longitudinal sections. Cut the seam allowances close to the stitch. Unscrew the handle, iron the edges and grind its ends to the upper cut of the main part of the bag at the side seams, face to face.
■ Sweep over the upper cut of the main part of the bag on the wrong side, unscrew the handle up. Stitch the main part of the bag 7 mm below the seams of the handle-sewing. On the zipper fasten the upper ends with braid, open the zipper and sweep under the upper edges of the main part of the bag between the handles so that the teeth are not visible, and the too long end of the zipper remains free (so it is easier to stitch the zipper).
Stitch the zipper at a distance of 7 mm, ending the stitch at the lower end of the fastener at a distance of 1 cm from the side seam. Close the zipper.
Layout plan and pattern with a width of knitted fabric 160 cm
Attention: lay the knitted fabric in one layer face up.
Material prepared by Elena Karpova