Now we'll move on to the visor's topstitching. We've decided to space them 1 cm apart at a time, but you're free to make them more or less, more or less spaced apart. It's really a matter of taste.
➡️ As an exception, we recommend not using backstitching at the beginning and end of your topstitching, so as not to overload the hat. Backstitching is considered unsightly in sewing. Instead, we suggest leaving a bit of thread at the beginning and end of your topstitching, and making small knots by hand on the wrong side of your hat to secure them. Doing this will prevent us from ending up with a row of backstitching on the right side at the end:
- Place your needle right on the side seam of the Visor to start, 1 cm from the edge
- Stitch all around the Visor, without making a stop stitch, either at the beginning or at the end.
- End your stitching exactly where you started it, and leave a little tail before cutting.
- Using your sewing needle, bring the front thread to the wrong side and tie the two threads together. Trim any excess threads.
- Repeat this operation as many times as necessary, then iron everything again.
💡 Tip: Use your sticky note as a guide. Your sewing machine's needle plate serves as a guide if you want to sew 0.7 cm, 1 cm, etc. from the edge, but the grooves rarely go beyond 2 cm. Draw marks on your sticky note, spaced 1 cm apart, and place it on your needle plate. All you have to do is follow these marks to sew all the stitches on your Visor.
⚠️ Be careful if you're a beginner: this step isn't complicated in itself, but you can easily end up sewing a bit sloppy by trying to go too fast! The problem is that if the first stitch isn't straight, the second one will be even less so - since it's parallel to the first, and so on. So take the time to sew all these stitches at your own pace, and stay calm 🧘♀️
