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3). Stitch the waistband to the top of the skirt. Press the seam allowances toward the waistband.
4). Pin the waistband facing to the top of the waistband with the right sides together and raw edges aligned; stitch.
Press the seam allowance toward the facing and understitch (see page 37) 18 from the seamline. (Illustration shows
waistband without an extension.)
5). Press under the remaining long edge of the facing to the wrong side. Turn the waistband right sides together
again.
a) If there is no waistband extension, stitch the waistband side seam even with the edge of the skirt.
b) If the waistband has an extension, unfold the bottom seam allowances for both waistband and facing. Stitch the
side seam, pivot at the bottom edge seam allowance, and stitch along the creased fold to the edge of the
skirt. Backstitch. Trim the corners, turn the waistband right side out, and press.
6). Secure the bottom of the facing to cover the seam
allowance with either hand stitches or by stitching in the
ditch
from the garments right side.
If the waistband has an extension, hand-sew a hook
and eye to finish the waistband. Sew the eye to the
extension (or underlap) and the hook to the wrong side of
the left edge of the waistband.
stitch directly over the seamline, catching the bottom edge of the waistband inside the skirt. Its called stitching in the
ditch because your stitch line is sewn inside the indention of the original seamline, hiding the stitches.
) To lengthen the pattern, cut along the newly drafted line and spread the pattern apart the desired amount. Then
draw in new side seam, center-front, and center-back lines.
) To shorten the pattern, cut along the newly drafted line and overlap the pattern pieces to achieve the desired
length. Then draw in new side seam, center-front, and center-back lines.
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