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Summary: After reversing sewn apron fabric you should inspect your work for errors or problems. Learn how to inspect an apron with expert tips from a seamstress in this free sewing video.
Misty Swift began sewing from home for herself and friends after being distraught over a beautiful bag she purchased only to discover it was horribly made and almost immediately fell...read more
"Ok. Once you have that part done, we want to go ahead and take out all the pins. And, then we're going to make sure that it came out. Before we do that, it's a good idea to trim your corners just a little bit. Because, the corners will fill out a little better then. Generally, I don't worry about the other parts usually do just fine. And, you want to turn it inside out. And, make sure all your straps are where they're supposed to be. Make sure they're not caught in anything else. And, then we are going to iron it after I make sure I pull all the edges out as far as you can get them. Just kind of work them in between your fingers. Pull them out. You can use your straps to kind of you pull it out. So, it's there right in there. And, go ahead and take an iron to it. And, the iron makes it so much easier to get a nice clean edge on it. If you try to sew it without ironing it, you're usually going to have problems with bunching and what not. Now on the bottom of this, this is the time that you could put something. If you wanted some lace or some kind of decorative anything to hang down at the bottom. This would be the time to put it in there. Because, we left the bottom wide open. My kids kind of like that rougher edge. So, I'm actually going to leave this edge out and trim the bottoms. And, I'll do a stitch here to secure it. But, I'm not going to finish off the edges. Because, they kind of like the raw edges. A little fun. Makes it look a little more homemade. If you do want to finish off the edge, all yo do is take both sides tuck them in get them nice and even. And, then you iron this part flat. And, when we stitch around the edges you would just stitch that to. I would suggest pinning it to make sure all the sides stay even. Like I said, we decided we want to leave this one raw on the end. So, I'm just going to leave it like that."
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bellenkids said
on 6/11/2009 ok this was such a blessing to me...just begin really sew and had one of those precut patterns with not so good directions. Thank you. Thank you. Do you have any more videos on sewing?