This can be a nasty little area to deal with. It is often forgotten about until the lining is all bagged. Then you are faced with a raw edge from the bottom hem edge to the jump in the lining hem. I've yet to see a pattern that refers to this either. Sometimes the lining can cover a lot of it. Sometimes it can be turned under with a tiny hem. If you deal with it before installing the lining you can finish it a couple of ways. One is to simply turn it under about a 1/4 inch and hand stitch. The other, and in my opinion a much nicer finish, is a simple little Hong Kong seam finish on this edge. Here's how I go about it.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
The Intersection of Facing and Jump Hem
This can be a nasty little area to deal with. It is often forgotten about until the lining is all bagged. Then you are faced with a raw edge from the bottom hem edge to the jump in the lining hem. I've yet to see a pattern that refers to this either. Sometimes the lining can cover a lot of it. Sometimes it can be turned under with a tiny hem. If you deal with it before installing the lining you can finish it a couple of ways. One is to simply turn it under about a 1/4 inch and hand stitch. The other, and in my opinion a much nicer finish, is a simple little Hong Kong seam finish on this edge. Here's how I go about it.
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I'm bookmarking this for the next jacket or coat I make. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat illustrated tutorial, Bunny! Thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to seeing the final product, I know you're getting close...
ReplyDeleteGlad to be of help. I will go put it in the tutes now.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I am bookmarking it too :))
ReplyDeleteNice finish. I do this sometimes - depends on how involved I want to be with the project. More often than not, I press the seam allowance of the facing/lining toward the facing and handstitch it down to the hem when finishing the hem.
ReplyDeleteKathleen Fasanella calls her tutorial on this very spot, "The Unnamed Tutorial", so I guess no one knows what to call it. Except maybe "that rotten little spot" or something more colorful. :)
ReplyDeleteThat space between youe nose and upper lip is called the philtrim.
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