December 19, 2011

Simple Way: Adding Seam Allowance

Like others I love to make clothing from pattern catalogs but almost all of the time the patterns exclude the needed seam allowances. I found this cool trick a few months ago for adding the seam allowances by accident and forgot to post it for the rest of you.

Image and Idea from: five green acres
 
Sense the distance between two pencil tips held side-by-side equals 1/4" and most all patterns need 1/4" this is perfect for adding the needed allowances. 
Go to Five Green Acres for the full tutorial.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Brilliant!