Sewing Sunsets

It is still way too cold today!  At least we don’t have ice today, but it’s still much too cold for my taste.  Of course, yesterday was a perfect sewing day and I made a huge mistake; I actually planned to sew.  Yep, you guessed it!  Real life interrupted again!   However, I can’t complain too much because this time, the interruptions were very pleasant ones.  And I did get to do a little sewing in spite of Real Life.

Yesterday, we talked about  applying fusible interfacing.  That’s actually a nice thing to do on a cold winter day. After the facings have been interfaced, it’s time to sew them together and then sew them to the neckline of the garment.  This particular facing is a bit different that what I’ve shown you in the past.  The pajama top that I’m sewing is a pull over top so this facing is one piece, which is very easy to sew.

The first step is to sew the shoulder seams of the facings together and press them open.

After I pressed the facing shoulder seams open, I serge finished the raw edges of the facing.  The next step is to sew the facing to the neckline of the pajama top, and even though the pattern didn’t tell me to do this, I chose to understitch the facing.  Because it’s one piece, it was really quite easy.

Sewing facings: www.sewseamless.com/Page6.html and www.sewseamless.com/Page16.html

Understitching: www.sewseamless.com/Page7.html and www.sewseamless.com/Page16.html

Happy Sewing!

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