The Cassandra Stays Sew Along: Boning Channels
Here are some techniques to make marking and sewing the boning channels in the Scroop Patterns Cassandra Stays easier!
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The Cassandra Stays Sew Along: Testing, testing…
Testing with your assembled layers also gives you one final chance to make sure that your chosen fabrics are the right strength. If they feel too weak at this point you can always add one more layer of buckram or interlining before sewing the boning channels. It’s very hard to add an extra layer that provides any strength once the channels are sewn!
The Cassandra Stays Sew Along: Cutting Out & Basting
First, double-triple-quadruple check that you have made all your alterations to your pattern piece. In English we say ‘measure twice, cut once’. I had a sewing student from Latvia, and she said in Latvia they say ‘measure seven times, cut once’. That’s my kind of risk-adverse cutting!