I appreciated everyone's advice to fix my messy bellpull corners. This morning I flipped the bellpull inside out again and really examined my work.
First of all, I had left pretty generous seam allowances. Like near to 3/4", so I trimmed those back to a scant 1/2". The linen I used was quite stiff, and between that stiffness and the extra fabric in the seam allowance, my corners were doomed from the start.
As lots of you mentioned, I had trimmed the corners on the diagnonal, but I trimmed them even closer.
Then I turned it to right side out again, used my smaller knitting needle to push the corners a bit, and now they're still a little "dull", but worlds better than they were before.
I tried pulling the corners from the front with a thick needle, but either I'm a spaz or a chicken, because I just couldn't see any different results. I think that's a skill that I need to see in person.
NOW...I have a winter bellpull to finish and even though my house has turned into one giant dust bunny (trust me...that's not as cute as it sounds), I think I'm going to strike while the iron is hot and finish it.
And now I'm going to head off to the sewing machine, where I must repeat in my head:
Right sides together.....Right sides together.....Right sides together
Glad you managed to neaten your bottom, lol
ReplyDeleteLook forward to seeing your winter bell pull finish :-)
Dust bunnies are okay until they start talking to you or you to them, then you've got trouble!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to add, forget the year, just appreciate the finish! I hope you've had sucess with the winter bell pull. Looking forward to seeing it!
I have only finished one bellpull. The edge was hemstitched, because that's what the instructions called for on that one. If I ever do another one, I think that I would do it that way again...rather than putting a backing fabric on it. It is less bulky, so maybe you could try that?
ReplyDeleteI suspect the extra stiff linen is the culprit. It's really hard to work with when finishing. I'm glad to hear that you've managed to get a better result this time. I had to laugh at your sewing mantra. I made a little pincushion a few years ago where I put it together inside out. Doh!
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