Hi Everyone Again,
I’m now at the point in this project where I need to make a decision for the lace trim that will be sewn along the armscye. I stopped at Hobby Lobby yesterday just to see if they had anything and wouldn’t you know it they did!
This is actually a stretch lace that I cut in half.
The lace uncut above and cut in half below…
I first pinned the lace in place and stitched along the stay stitching line. Oh, but before I forget, I did remove the waxed paper, didn’t want to sew that in!
Then I carefully cut off the excess lace from both the trim and the yoke and then ran a zig zag stitch for one more pass to lock everything in place.
Mom mentioned if I was concerned about the lace holding up on its own to support the rest of the garment. That is a good question and to be quite honest I have had the same reservation too but think it should be okay. This is after all a sample. In another version I could always add a backing to this section to give more support. It is something to think about. On that same note I have thought about adding a lace overlay to the band section that will be coming up next…
It is coming together!
~Stay tuned!
~Cathy
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looking very pretty, light and fresh
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this is coming a long great! love how you are documenting the whole process!
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