week 3

Day nine- Tuesday 8^th May

10am -3pm

Today was a good day; I finally got the trousers hem done. I top stitched the binding that I had pinned in place at the end of last week, and then I sew together the side leg seams. When I was doing this is was careful to sew along the crease/fold that was there from last week, so when the hem was turned up it would fit nicely with the rest of the leg. Next I pressed out old folded hem edge and pressed in the new one.

The photograph above is of the next step, which was to hand-sew the hem up. This time I did I diagonal stitch, because this way the stitch is less visible on the right side of the fabric.

Before I could move on to the next step, I had to put the trousers on to a hanger and then hang them from a door frame to check the two legs were matching up properly. As shown in the image above. 

As the hems were finally matching I was able to move onto the waist band of the black trousers. First I ironed the lining so it was no longer creases and looking fresh, the lining gets creased easily because it has interfacing on the back of it. I trimmed down the seam allowance by 1/2cm , were the waistband was attached to the waistband lining, then matched the bottom edge of the lining to the 1/2cm, sew them together and then over locked it. When I was using the over locker I was careful not to cut away any fabric. Next I ironed down the new over locked edge and ironed the lining into place. The lining needed to fold down so it covers the over locked edge. 

The image above is of the hand-sewing stitch I did to hold down the lining. This was done at various points along the folded edge; it was not done all the way round so the lining can have some movement. 

This photograph shows the finishing task of the day; I cut out and interfaced two tabs for the bottom fastening for the trousers at the hip.

Just before I left with another intern, Sunny Williams ask me to buy him so calico for tomorrow and source white fabric for a photo-shoot.  The fabric had to be wide, cheap and not see through. as  we finished early today due to meetings Sunny had to go to, I went to Fabric Land on my way back home and picked up the items.