Sew-along Part X: Pockets!
Dear sew-along followers! I apologize again for the belated post. Due to some complications with accommodation, during the last two weeks I lived lived in three different places and, as you can imagine, sewing was not easy in such conditions.
Now, the very last post of our sew-along about the pockets:
If you decided to make pockets, it's always a good idea to cut a paper pattern and play around with their placements on your jacket. Once you've decided on placement, number of pockets and their size, you can start sewing them from fabric.
When it comes to the pockets' construction, you can use either your sewing machine or stitch them by hand.
Sewing by machine is a very straightforward process: sew the fashion fabric and lining right sides together, leaving an opening at the bottom or side edge. Then, turn the pocket right side out and hand- stitch the opening.
To stitch your pockets by hand, turn the seam allowances of the fashion fabric and lining to the wrong side, press them and join them using fell stitches. Do not forget to reinforce the upper corners, especially if you are going to use the pockets and not have them only for decorative purposes.
You will end up with something like this. I used a scrap of my fashion fabric and a piece of muslin as lining to make it visually more appealing.
Fell stitches
The next step is to add the trim and buttons.
If your button is too heavy and distorts the look of the pocket, you can sew it through the jacket provided your pockets are purely decorative.
Source: TMagazine
Please don't be shy to show off your jackets either giving your blog's link in the comment or posting them on our Flickr group!
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