Sewing It Up! Jalie 3132
- At March 20, 2014
- By Kelly
- In Patterns, Sewing for Me
- 0
It is common to hear people say they are afraid to sew with knits, but I really like them. Knits always seem more forgiving to me when lining up seams.
This is the hip length short sleeve version of this top. Normally, I have to add length to tops, but this one feels like it may even be a touch long. When it came time to topstitch, I used a spool of regular sewing thread and filled a bobbin so I would have thread for both needles. Since the underside of the fabric is white, I just went with white wooly nylon in the looper of my coverstitch machine.
Even more important, I used the iron before coverstitching. I have a tendency to be lazy and just run hems through without first pressing them. But, look! Things turn out so much better if they are nice and neatly ironed first.
Why can’t I remember this and always spend the extra 60 seconds with the iron?