باترون عباءة الكتف

With your arms at your sides, have someone measure from one wrist to theother going across the back of the shoulders.
Purchase twice this amount of 60" inch wide fabric.
Fold the left and right edges so that they meet in the center.
Pin in several places to hold the fabric in place.
Referring to the diagram: Cut a V-neck in the top layer of fabric.
Stitch the seam line across the top.
At the upper left and right corners, cut openings for your hands.
The center seam of the abayah may be closed in several ways:
1. The easiest thing to do is simply stitch the entire seam all the way upto the neck.
2. You could also stitch from the bottom, half-way up, then insert a longzipper, or even several snaps or velcro.
Cut the bottom of the abayah, large and round.
Finish the neck opening, and cuffs with satin ribbon or bias binding.
Hem the bottom.