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Jan 20, '10 3:37 PM
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Kwick Sew 3299. This is my first T shirt and first sewing for DH. Ran out of sale fabric after pre-washing/drying so used a different color for sleeves and trim.

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Tags: patterns, cover-stitch, serging, pattern review, binding, hem, t-shirt

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mtgranny wrote on Jan 20, '10

Full view of finished sleep shirt. I altered the pattern length and made a slit on both side seams for ease.

mtgranny wrote on Jan 20, '10, edited on Jan 20, '10

Front (right) side view: I serged on most of the neck binding except for that area around the V. I took in the binding bulk and used my sewing machine to adjust the V neck binding so that it laid flat.

mtgranny wrote on Jan 20, '10, edited on Jan 20, '10

Back (wrong) side view: I used my sewing machine. First I used an overlock stitch so that I could see what I was doing under the pressure foot on that V neck area when I attached the binding (darker thread). Next I used it with a straight stitch to take in the V neck binding so that it laid flat. I would like to learn how to serge the entire binding on my next project.

mtgranny wrote on Jan 20, '10

The serge edges were too bulky to fit under the pressure foot without jamming so I started a few inches away and then serged to the seam. It still jammed a bit. Then I tried using a folded scrap to get it started and it did better but I need some practice.

mtgranny wrote on Jan 20, '10

Here is the underside of the 2 needle cover stitch hem. I wasn't sure how to handle the short thread tails that occurred after I used a folded scrap to get it started.