{"id":284,"date":"2013-01-25T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T00:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailysew.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:50:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:50:18","slug":"hand-stitching-the-pockets-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/hand-stitching-the-pockets-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Stitching the Pockets On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UtV-fWVMefw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe the difficulty I had with these patch pockets. Patch pockets, right? Easiest pockets there are but not this time. Here are my four stumbling blocks;<\/p>\n<p>First, I lost motivation. I had to stop sewing completely for a week as we went away for the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Second, placement of the pockets was difficult due to the fabric&#8217;s pile. Like the pattern pieces when I was cutting the fabric out, the pockets floated on the coat and every time I went to pin down a side or corner the other side shifted. Ugg.<\/p>\n<p>Third, the pattern said to hand stitch the pockets onto the coat. I was a little surprised. These pockets are going to get a lot of use, including putting keys in them. I don&#8217;t fully believe hand stitching is going to be strong enough for coat pockets. However, I threaded my needle and began to stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, that pile again. The reason I fell in love with this fabric on the bolt is the same reason I&#8217;m cursing this fabric as I have to work with it. The pile makes it very difficult to see what you&#8217;re doing when hand stitching. But wait&#8230; the pile also hides any ugly stitches. So, they equal out. The difficulty seeing leads to ugly stitches which are covered by the same thing that makes it difficult to see. Okay, moving on.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth reason for my troubles, and the biggest reason, pulling. I hate it when a fabric pulls. It screams something is wrong and on this high sheen fabric the pulls are lit up in neon. I thought it was caused by the pins holding the pocket in place so I tailor basted the pockets onto the coat. Then I thought the facing underneath was the instigator and had no idea what to do. Then I just figured I had procrastinated too long and let this little patch pocket get the best of me. So I toughened up, picked up the needle and just started sewing on the side that wasn&#8217;t pulling. I&#8217;ll figure it out when I get to that side, I thought. I&#8217;m not sure I recommend that because if your fabric is pulling, stitching it down isn&#8217;t going to release the pulls. Mentally though, I had to get started back on the project. Even if it meant ripping out the stitches later.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I got lucky and the pulling went away as I sewed the pocket down and took out the tailor basting (probably part of my problem).<\/p>\n<p>What lesson can be learned here? Patience, perseverance and thinking before purchasing pile fabrics. Probably something else too but I&#8217;m just happy to have it behind me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe the difficulty I had with these patch pockets. Patch pockets, right? Easiest pockets there are but not this time. Here are my four stumbling blocks; First, I lost motivation. I had to stop sewing completely for a week as we went away for the holiday. 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