Sewing Sunsets

This is a picture of the finished facing.  In the past, I’ve sewn the facings that are sewn on to a dress or blouse that has buttons and buttonholes, but this nightgown is a pull over style, so the facing is one piece, after the shoulder seams have been sewn and pressed open.  I serge finished the raw edges and then pinned and sewed the facing to the neckline of the garment.  The nightgown shoulder seams were sewn and and pressed open first. 

I know it’s a little hard to see, but the picture above shows the right side of the garment after I sewed the facing to the neckline.  At the slight “V”, I clipped to the stitching and because these were curved seams, I clipped the curves.  Even though the pattern didn’t tell me to do so, I chose to understitch the facing.  This was very easy since it was one piece.  I placed the seam allowance toward the facing, and sewed close to the seam, right on the facing.  After the neckline was pressed, this kept the neckline facing from rolling to the outside.

In the picture above, you can see the seam allowance under the facing.  I chose to use the free arm of my sewing machine to make sewing the neckline facings easier and also to make the understitching easier as well.

The rest of the nightgown was very easy to sew, and believe it or not, after sewing the facings, this garment was almost finished.

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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