facings

For Flair and Finesse, Turn Facings Face Out

For many of us, learning to apply a facing was one of our earliest garment-sewing lessons. We stitched, trimmed, graded, pressed, understitched, and pressed again, hoping for a neat, clean…
Closures: “Finding My Own Way” by Joanne Fray

There is more than one way to finish a neckline.
Sew a Slipstitch and Blind-Hem Stitch by Hand

Follow along with Threads Contributing Editor Kenneth D. King as he shows how to apply slipstitches to anchor fabric layers together, and how to sew a blind-hem stitch that secures…
Video: Watch this Essential Sewing Technique to Improve Interfacing Application

Watch this Essential Techniques video that goes along with an interfacing article inside Threads #195.
How to Create Facings

Learn how to draft and sew these supportive edge finishes.
Attach an All-in-one Facing to Sleeveless Garments

Discover two methods for installing an all-in-one facing that finishes the neckline and armhole.
Four Smart Ways to Finish a Facing Edge

In Threads #185 (June/July 2016), Daryl Lancaster teaches the essentials of drafting and installing facings. Learn the best ways to finish those facing edges.

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