How to Stitch ‘Inside to Outside' Corners

On that jacket I pieced from different denim/chambray fabrics this summer, I selected a pattern with these inside/outside corners as the sleeve insertion method. Check them out here: I must admit that I temporarily panicked when I could not find my instruction sheets from the pattern - but knew that all I had to do was to get the pattern pieces out to 'visualize' these corners. ANYWAY - Here are some 'how-to's for this Technique Tuesday post…. This is always tricky – but successfully done – shows you really know how to 'boss the fabric' around! 1. Stitch right along the stitching line (5/8″ in this case) on the uppermost portion of this 'corner, pivoting exactly at the corner'. Clipright up to the spotwhere you pivoted. See the photograph below. This reinforces this corner. 2. Opening up this clip, pin the stitching pivot on this piece EXACTLY to the intersection of the two seam lines on the other piece. Precision is important. See the photograph. 3. When stitching the two together, stitch right to the pivot intersection point, stop with the needle down RIGHT ON THE POINT. Then flip the excess up, out of the way as you see in the photograph, I have done. Note the fold going upwards, to the left of the presser foot. 4. Press from right side – checking your work This 'inside to outside corner' should look like mine. There are TWO of these corners in the image below: at the top and the bottom of the brown-backed lime polliwog fabric. Subscribe now I'm not sure what exactly it is about the PROCESS of manipulating/engineering with fabric, but I tell my sewing students often: 'Just boss that fabric around!' For me, that is therapeutic…as there is SEW much in life one has NO control over…to at least 'control' fabric - it is just FUN! I do hope you agree - and if you agree with my sewing 'philosophy' that you teach others to do the same. One way to do that is to SHARE this post with others. Just click on the button below. Share