This post is from Pro Sew. It shows how to attach a patch pocket by sewing from the inside of the pocket, so that no stitching shows from the right side.
Bluff-stitching a Patch Pocket
Category: Tips and Techniques
How to Line a Sleeveless Bodice without a Front or Back Opening
Again, from the Slapdash Sewist, instructions and a video on lining a bodice without a front or back opening:
How to Line a Sleeveless Bodice without a Front or Back Opening
How to Line a Sleeveless Bodice
Great tutorial from the Slapdash Sewist:
http://theslapdashsewist.blogspot.com/2010/08/all-machine-clean-finish-sleeveless.html
This method works for a bodice with a front or back opening.
How to Install Sleeve Heads
Here’s an interesting, if complicated article on how to install sleeve heads in a tailored jacket. Using sleeve heads is worth the effort, as they make a big difference in the professional appearance of the finished sleeve.
Here’s the article, from The Sewing Divas, by Els…
Instuctions for Sewing Felt Undercollar
- Before you cut into the felt, suede, or ultrasuede trim away all the seam allowances surrounding the undercollar pattern piece
- Cut out one whole undercollar on the fold
- Pin this undercollar to the interfaced uppercollar, which has the seam allowances turned under (miter the corners of the upper collar), and catch-stitch the undercollar to the interfacing at the upper and side edges about 1/2″ inside the seam lines
- Baste the lower edge of the undercollar to the neckline seam allowance, placing the cut edge of the under collar along the stitching line
- Baste the undercollar to the uppercollar about 1/4″ (6mm) from all edges, then trim a scant 1/8″ (3mm) from all the raw edges
- Using a small blanket stitch, sew the undercollar to the uppercollar and neckline seams. (See diagram below:)
