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2. Using your sewing machine or serger, overcast the top edge of the pocket facing (see Chapter 6 for more information on finishing raw edges). 3. Set your machine like this: • Stitch: Straight • Length: Appropriate for the fabric (see Chapter 5) • Width: 0 mm • Foot: All-purpose 4. Fold the pocket facing (the top edge of the pocket) on the foldline toward the right side of the pocket. Sew the seams at both sides of the pocket, backstitching at the top and bottom, as shown in Figure 11-5. This hem at the top of the pocket serves as a facing, giving your pocket a clean, finished look. 5. Set your machine like this: • Stitch: Straight • Length: 3.5 to 4 mm/6 to 7 spi • Width: 0 mm • Foot: All-purpose 6. Easestitch-plus to shape the curved corners, as shown in Figure 11-5. (Check out Chapter 10 for instructions on easestitching-plus.) Sewing with the wrong side of the fabric up, easestitch-plus from about 11⁄2 inches above the curve to 11⁄2 inches to the other side of the curve, sewing 1⁄4 inch from the raw edge; then repeat for the other pocket corner.
Figure 11-5: Easestitchplus around each pocket corner.
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