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How To Sew Armhole Facings For Sleeveless Garments

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Sewing Technique - Armhole Facings

Sewing Friends:

One of my students asked, “How do I sew my armhole facings on my sleeveless garments so that cheap port folio they don’t poke out in the back?”

Well, first of all, if you are trying to sew a one-piece (front and back together on one pattern piece) armhole facing, you cheap port folio will never get it to lay well in the back of a cheap port folio sleeveless garment.  It will always poke out because it is off-grain.  In other words, the cheap port folio back of the armhole facing pattern piece is a different grain than cheap port folio the back of the garment.  This is what causes it to poke out.

If you cheap port folio have an all-in-one front and back armhole facing pattern piece for cheap port folio a sleeveless garment, the best thing to do is throw that cheap port folio pattern piece away and draw your own two piece armhole facings that cheap port folio will fit into your garment perfectly.  This is very easy to do.

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Sewing Technique - The Magic Sash

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Sewing technique - Belts and Sashes

Sewing Friends:

Sash belts are very popular right now.  They make great gifts and are a fun sewing project.  Kids and cheap port folio adults wear them around their waist, as a headband, tie them on their purses, around their legs, anywhere they want to cheap port folio tie a sash. 

I absolutely love to demonstrate how to sew this sash.  It is a “WOW” every time!

I call this particular sash, “The Magic Sash”.  The sash is cheap port folio made of straight of grain fabric, but because of a tricky sewing technique, it cheap port folio comes out bias. 

Mrs. Edna Bryte Bishop made this sash belt famous many years ago.  I’ve been teaching it since the early ’60’s and it is always a “hit”.

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