I spent last Saturday making the facing for See. I merrily cut strips (straight of grain), pressed hems and sewed. The whole process was going so well!
I put all the facing strips on to the piece and was about to press them all to the other side, when I realized, as you can see from the photo, that I had sewed them to the wrong side.
Sigh.
I ripped out all of the stitching, which wasn’t hard, but, apparently, required lots of sighing. What an idiot. Finally, I was done and sewed all the pieces to the front. I made a few adjustments that I was only able to do because I had noticed them while I was ripping.
The photo shows the facing before I pressed it to the back. Hopefully you can see two important things:
- the sides of the facing do not go all the way to the edge of the side – this is to minimize bulk in the corners
- the sides of the facing are on top – this is so that the top and bottom facing strips can encase the side strips and make a nice finished edge.
After I pressed the facing to the correct side (front to back), I made a tiny sleeve. I have been stitching away on the facing while watching TV. I have all but a few inches of the facing sewn on. The sleeve comes next. I hope to finish soon.
Previous Posts
- July 27, 2014 – More Progress on See
- July 22, 2014 – See Progress
- April 16, 2014 – See – Details
- April 13, 2014 – See
- April 13, 2014 – See – Faster Than I Thought