Florencia and Jana (by email) both asked about the lapped, flat-felled split side seam, thank you for asking! Since I finished all my Christmas sewing today… and, can I just say; Whoopeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I had time to get out some scraps…
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In-seam pockets
An in-seam side pocket is a pretty simple, basic and close-to invisible pocket, and is a modification I make to a heckuvva lot of my own sewing projects. It can be added to most garments that are loose enough to allow you…
Gunmetal linen trousers to jacket-y thing
So new top… well, new? not really, this funky little jacket was until recently a pair of menswear-inspired, wide-legged, linen trousers, that have been sitting in my re-fashioning bag for a coupla years now. True! I took them out to wear as fancy…
One way to sew a flat-felled and split seam
A split side seam is a nice feature that adds a bit of visual interest as well as some wearing ease to a straight-hemmed garment, and flat-felling is a smooth and clean finishing technique for seams; but how to manage…
A self-rolling edge finish for knits
This is a sweet and pretty finish to apply to the edges of casual knit garments… and a more neatly-finished-on-the-inside edging, if slightly more involved, than a similar one I wrote previously. This is the edging technique used for this…
Keeping the lace pure and undarted in a fitted skirt
My lace design has regular repeating rows of curlicues, scrolls and flower motifs that I felt would have been spoiled by waist shaping darts; also the lace fabric is quite thick and darts would not have sat nice and flat…
HongKong seams and the hemline
Hong Kong seams are a tidy and very handsome way to finish raw edges… but what happens at the hemline? The seam gets folded up on itself twice, and if you are working with a flimsy fabric and especially if you…
Facings; some inner workings
I took a few photos while constructing the waistband of my new capri pants to illustrate a few of my own finishing methods, but first… Online sewing tutorials. Since starting my blog I have penned a few of my own…
