tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post9005835501240875333..comments2024-02-06T21:27:50.918-06:00Comments on The Old Fashioned Baby Sewing Room: Lesson 5: Seaming/Sleeve and Side Seams on PriscillaJeannie B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05622479618143731970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-46715411419400599722010-02-10T19:43:22.592-06:002010-02-10T19:43:22.592-06:00Diana, it sounds like you are doing a great job!! ...Diana, it sounds like you are doing a great job!! I am afraid I could not do a Collar lesson in time for you to use it on your bubble. A couple of tips. Starch your fabric well before you cut out the collars to prevent stretching. Trace the stitching line on the collar and stitch on the traced line. After stitching, stitch again 1/8" away from the first stitching line, toward the outside of the collar using a short stitch length. Trim right next to the outside stitched line. I will put that on my Lesson list of to do's. Thank you for visiting me here in my sewing room!Jeannie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05622479618143731970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-61244151136634935262010-02-10T18:48:57.300-06:002010-02-10T18:48:57.300-06:00Thanks for the tips for the button holes and for t...Thanks for the tips for the button holes and for the french seams, I used for the bubble that I am making for my baby girl. I was having trouble stitching the shoulders, the fabric was creeping under the foot,a nice lady at It’s Sew Heavenly in Lafayette told me that I had to pull the thread a little bit more when I started the stitch and start sewing from the arm to the neck. I was also having trouble keeping the 1/8" allowance but I got a 1/4" quilting Foot from Brother (SA125), it worked wonders for me. the right front edge provides a guide for the 1/4" inch seams and the left side is a guide, for the 1/8" seam is created and it had a small hole as you reccomended so it holds the fabric. I was wondering if you can give a tutorial for collars, this is the next step on my bubble and I am having a hard time understanding how to put it together (I'm sorry, I am just a beginner)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602712759303967507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-37952314813938387822010-01-25T20:35:37.987-06:002010-01-25T20:35:37.987-06:00Hi Gigi, Most people actually take up more than th...Hi Gigi, Most people actually take up more than the seam allowance when they make French Seams. You can carefully mark the seam allowance on a scrap of fabric to check this out. So your first seam is 1/4" and you use your quarter inch (quilter) foot. Go back and measure to make sure it is still 1/4" after you stitch. Trim to a scant 1/8". That means to"almost" 1/8". So really you are trimming to just barely under 1/8". If you trim, there won't be fuzzies. The inside toe on my presser foot is 1/8". Yours might be too. Check to see what you can line up your fabric with to get it 1/8". Hope this helps.<br /><br />Glad my button hole tips work for you. If you wait until the end to make them, they never feed right.Jeannie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05622479618143731970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262518710925242693.post-86517236236057395772010-01-25T20:16:09.536-06:002010-01-25T20:16:09.536-06:00Okay, Jeannie, I realize I have been getting to th...Okay, Jeannie, I realize I have been getting to the buttonholes on my babyclothes and stopping--never to complete them! With your directions, I had to stitch buttonholes early on--they look fabulous. My problem is my french seams--I went back and reread directions. I can get all the way to the final stitching--I either have seams that are too large or else I have fuzzies somewhere along the seam. They just don't look as neat as they should. I used my quilting foot for the l/4 inch seam--but couldn't decide which foot to use to go back and stitch the l/8 inch to enclose my trimmed seam. Any more advice? Thanks again for all your detailed tips.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071728923868301610noreply@blogger.com