Friday 13 May 2011

New things! Week 4


Putting a flap into a jetted pocket – for my sample, I only did the jets, wanting to get the hang of how to do the ‘simple’ ones before I attempted the flapped ones.
Pad stitching – looks dead easy, is very straight forward, but is time consuming and requires regularity of stitch length, width and spacing.  This was particularly challenging working green on the shoulder canvas which was a difficult contrast to see – to be done in daylight only.
Working on the centre front edge – more stayflex that would probably have been some kind of canvas in yester year, and working with the very small seam allowances
The lapel being separated from the beginning of the collar – this needed precision and guts to cut right down to the sewing line
The lapel iron-aid – this is a very narrow wooden spit on a block that you slide your newly sewn lapel over to help you press it into a very crisp corner, neatly turned and flat as a pancake.


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