{"id":24308,"date":"2014-08-05T06:23:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=24308"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T18:07:19","slug":"see-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/see-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"See Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"See<\/a>
See – All Wrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"See<\/a>
See – Facing on Correct Side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The photo shows the facing before I pressed it to the back. Hopefully you can see two important things:<\/p>\n

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  1. 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<\/li>\n
  2. 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    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.<\/p>\n

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