Thursday, December 24, 2009

Method of stitching a neck with fitted facing










Using these drafts cut facing pieces (figure 1)


Method of attaching facing to the Garment


Stay stitch the neck of the garment and the facing,
Stitch shoulder seams of the garment and the facing keeping the same seam allowance. Open the seams and press. (Figure 2)
Fold the lower edge of the facing by ¼” and press. Keep the facing flat on the garment, right sides together, matching the shoulder lines and the contour of the neck. Baste them together. Machine stitch on the seam line. Trim the seam by ¼”. Clip the curved edges and cut the corners a little, taking care not to cut the stitching. (Figure 3 )
Press the seams towards facing secure them by under stitching on the right side of the facimg.Turn the facing inside on the seam line such that facing is not visible from the right side and it lies flat on the garment.Press.Secure the facing against the garment with short hemming stitches Figure 4
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6 comments:

Mangal said...

thanks for the fantastic and clear instruction facing different neck lines .

Anonymous said...

Hi Vani , my name is Shereen from SA and I am so glad to find your site . I started my dressmaking course and have made several saree blouses and found some nice solutions on your site . So interesting intellegent .Thank you kindly .Shereen

Anonymous said...

Hi Vani

Such a wonderful site . I will use information from here all the time to do my sewing . I am doing a sewing course ut am struggling with my homework .Thank you
Shereen

Unknown said...

hi mam. this is hamsaveni.viewed ur method of stitching a neck with fitted facing.when tried with this, i was not able to get the neck shape design when completed. it will be easy for me if i watch the video of stitching this neck design. kindly arrange for the same.
thank you.
rgds
hamsaveni

Unknown said...

hi mam. this is hamsaveni.viewed ur method of stitching a neck with fitted facing.when tried with this, i was not able to get the neck shape design when completed. it will be easy for me if i watch the video of stitching this neck design. kindly arrange for the same.
thank you.
rgds
hamsaveni

Unknown said...

hi mam. this is hamsaveni.viewed ur method of stitching a neck with fitted facing.when tried with this, i was not able to get the neck shape design when completed. it will be easy for me if i watch the video of stitching this neck design. kindly arrange for the same.
thank you.
rgds
hamsaveni