i can never get added things to go on straight. do you guys add pockets onto the fabric prior to turning the fabric into clothes? do you add appliques/pockets after the fabric has already taken 'clothes' shape? when i add pockets, they start flat, but end up either being crooked or just not lying flat. they're very difficult for me to do, and make my somewhat professional looking clothes look very ammeture.
I guess it varies on the piece I am making..usually for appliques, I do them first and then 'build' the skirt/dress/whatever around it. Pockets on clothing I usually add last. I pin them on with tons of pins so it doesn't move around when I am stitchin it on.
I do the same as Cre... I work around appliques or embroidery But Pockets i add on last... And Pin are your best friend with pocket
Appliques & pockets on bags I add before I put them together because of the lining ~ but I always add pockets on clothing last. As for appliques on clothing, it really depends how large it will be. I patch as much as the fabric together as the applique will cover, then do the app. The more fabric you are working with the harder it is to turn the design, so I would never want to work on a finished peice.
Hey sistah~ Pockets are all about the pins and hem. When preparing a pocket, take a hem gauge and fold the amount of fabric *for your inside seam* over it. Then press this down. Pin pocket in place, and prepare to sew it on. I actually like to find a perfectly matching thread *to the fabric - if solid in color* and after ironing I stich it once *to get a good flat-ness to it* Then pin it on and stich it to the skirt. As for applique...find a roll of heat bond at your local craft store. It gives you directions on the package on how to use it. Then it will stay right where you want it on your fabric. Note: to get that really tight zig-zag "satin stich" that will prevent your applique from fraying, turn your stich legnth down from 2.5 to .5. Then you won't have to back stich Peace and Blessings
wow, hmm...that heat bond stuff sounds cool...i'll have to check it out. thanks, everyone, for the inspirations...
I made my first pocket the other day, and I did it different than the "norm" I think, but it turned out great and was easy. I cut out a rectangle (6.5"x8") of my fabric and of a medium interfacing. I sewed the fabric onto the interfacing, right side against the interfacing all the way arround. I then trimmed the fabric to within about 1/8" of the stitch, cut a slit in the bottom of the interfacing (.5" from the bottom edge) and inverted the fabric. I then had a flat rectangle with finished edges. I just pinned it onto the pants and sew the three sides down. Maybe it's not unique, but it's quite and easy.
