Sentences with phrase «seam allowance because»

I added quite a large seam allowance because I wanted mine to be slightly bigger than the jacket I used.

I simply took two pillow forms, cut two pieces of drop cloth one inch bigger on each side (I like 1» seam allowances because I'm not a very good seamstress!)

Not exact matches

Either reason, it doesn't really matter in the end because she, fortunately, included wide enough seam allowances for me to make the necessary adjustments with no problems!

Because I was afraid of the hatband also being too small which would result in the hat sitting on the top of my head like a pancake (strangely enough... not the look I was going for), I measured my head and then cut my hatband out at that measurement + seam allowance, sewed the hatband together at the sides, and tried it on to make sure it fit.

I don't allow for seam allowances in a pillow cover because I want my pillow form to fill the cover.

Because the fabric should fit snugly over the pillow form, this measurement includes a half - inch seam allowance.

Personally, I find garments with back zips much easier to tailor, especially for beginners, because you often can leave the zipper alone and tailor your garment based on the fabric in the side seam allowances.

The reason I like to pin inside the seam allowance, rather than exactly on top of the seam stitch line, is because this tape is a little inflexible.

Slot seam allowances usually have to be widened (and adjusted if the slot seam is spread), because not only will they be topstitched away from the center, but there has to be enough fabric to finish off the seam allowances cleanly, usually in tandem with the edges of the underlay, by serging or machine - overcasting.

It's important to use a 1/4 ″ SA here because the zipper is 1 ″ wide, and if we use two 1/4 ″ seam allowances we are subtracting 1/4 ″ from each half circle but adding 1/2 ″ in the middle of the zipper.

Then I added a seam allowance of an inch, which ended up being too big because I wanted to get four stockings out of my drop cloth.