Trim seam allowances, clip corners and turn through the zip.
Trim the seam allowances a bit less than 1/4 ″.
Trim seam allowances and turn through and press.
Trim the seam allowances and clip curves, being careful not to clip all the way through the stitch line.
If you are using pinking shears,
trim the seam allowances at this point (very slightly) to leave a zig zag edge.
I like to
trim my seam allowance off the edges before I turn it to reduce bulk.
Then,
trim the seam allowance as close to the 1/8 inch stitching line as possible.
Hi Maria, you shouldn't do - depending on how wide your stay tape is you will likely
trim the seam allowance down a few mm away from the edge of the tape.
Press, and
trim seam allowance to 1/4 ″.
Trim the seam allowance on your waistband and then fold the waistband up and press it smooth and flat.
To finish,
trim the seam allowance close to stitching.
Trim the seam allowance, turn through and press.
Trim seam allowance, clip corners and turn through.
Before turning, I used pinking shears to
trim the seam allowance down.
On the thickest set
I trimmed the seam allowances differently on each fabric to reduce the bulk when they were turned the right way around.
Trim seam allowance, turn through and press.
Not exact matches
and then
trim with a
seam allowance.
To create a French
seam, sew the 7/8»
seam allowance first, then
trim the top layer back half - way.
Trim away any excess batting fabric and just leave enough for the
seam allowance.
inside the
seam allowance, then
trim as close to the second
seam as possible (picture 5):
Grade the
seam allowances -LCB- cut one
seam allowance narrower than the other -RCB- and
trim to a point.
The excess above the seamline will be
trimmed back to the
seam line plus
seam allowance (1 cm).
(No, you don't have to worry about the ends being pointy, as this is in the
seam allowance and will be
trimmed away anyway.)
Trim excess
seam allowance.
Before we
trim the extra
seam allowance, let's check to make sure our zipper tops line up.
STEP 7) Sew the pieces together, with slightly more than a 1 cm
seam allowance to sandwich the crochet
trim, and leaving a 4 cm opening, stay stitching on either side of the opening.
11) Use pinking shears to
trim away the
seam allowance of the pocket, cutting very close to the stitching line.
Step Five: Add 6 cm to each measurement (2 cm for a fold - over
seam allowance and 4 cm for extra give in the
trim).
Remove pins, tacking and gathering stitches, and
trim back the
seam allowances.
Trim and press open
seam allowances.
Machine stitch taking a 1.5 cm
seam and
trim and press open
seam allowances.
Remove all tacking and
trim and press
seam allowance away from the top piece.
Trim across the corners and press open
seam allowances.
Right sides facing and matching raw edges, stitch the back skirt piece to the main seat piece and
trim and press open
seam allowance.
Remove tacking and
trim the batting back to the
seam allowance all round, clip
seams at corners and turn through.
Step 5) Carefully
trim back the
seams (and interfacing) and snip into the
seam allowance at any curved points or corners, being careful to avoid the stitching.
I
trimmed the fabric to the same size of the napkins, plus an inch all around for
seam allowance — mind you, the napkins were not perfectly square, nor were they even the same size.
8)
Trim and press open all
seams, clipping the corners and snipping into the
seam allowance around top of the side strips for a neat finish.
Trim short edge
seam allowances and turn through.
Step 5)
Trim and clip
seam allowances, turn through the envelope opening and press.
Trim and press open the
seam allowance.