THE COLLAR, Part 2- HotPatterns Blouse, Continued….
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I finally completed some more sewing of this HotPatterns Blouse…despite being on strong medication while I stitched!
Previously I showed you how I construct a collar. Now I will show you how I sew the stand to the collar before attaching the complete “collar unit” to the neck-edge of the blouse. Please note that all collar seam allowances have been trimmed to 1/4″ for ease of construction.
Here is one piece of the collar-stand. I have pressed up 1/4″ on the straight edge of the stand as shown:
Next, I took an extra step and quickly basted this piece to the “UP-side / right side / Public side” of the collar. This stand piece will be the “inner band” when the blouse is complete.
Then, I made a “collar sandwich”….with the collar stands matched right-sides-together, and the collar between them. I stitched them together using small stitches when sewing the curved edges.
Here is a close-up of one end of
the stitched collar unit
ready to be turned and pressed.
After turning and pressing, here is the finished “Collar Unit”….ready to be sewn to the neck-edge of the blouse!
Labels: HotPatterns, Sewing Tutorials
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