➡️ See below for the raw edge version
- Finishing the facing: stand in front of your garment and open the fronts and the facings as shown in the diagram below (to make it easier to understand, we have shown our garment without the shoulder seam lines, but they are of course there for you!)
- Make a 1 cm pleat at the bottom of the blouse and iron to mark the fold
- Repeat this operation a second time to obtain a double hem, like what we just did on the sleeves: fold again by 1 cm, iron and pin all the way, always taking care to respect the direction of the seam allowances on the sides (lying towards the back)
- Then fold down the facings, keeping the hems that we have just marked with the iron, and re-pin
- Sew with a straight stitch 0.7 cm from the edge, remembering to start and end with a backstitch. Iron everything to flatten the seams.
➡️ For the raw edge version, you obviously don't need to hem it!
- Raw edge finishing: as for the sleeves, simply straight stitch all the way, 1 cm from the edge. Start on one of the 2 side stitches (right or left) and go all the way around the garment, passing through the collar. Don't forget to make a backstitch at the beginning and end, as usual.
💡 Good to know: By doing this, your fabric may fray at its edges over time. The stitching we just made will "block" the fraying (your fabric will not fray beyond that). You can start fraying the edges yourself with your hands to achieve the result you like.
