Sewing Technique - Armhole Facings

Sewing Friends:

One of my students asked, “How do I sew my armhole facings on my sleeveless garments so that 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 will never get it to lay well in the back of a sleeveless garment.  It will always poke out because it is off-grain.  In other words, the back of the armhole facing pattern piece is a different grain than the back of the garment.  This is what causes it to poke out.

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

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Sewing technique - Belts and Sashes

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Sash belts are very popular right now.  They make great gifts and are a fun sewing project.  Kids and adults wear them around their waist, as a headband, tie them on their purses, around their legs, anywhere they want to 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 made of straight of grain fabric, but because of a tricky sewing technique, it 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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