[Roos_Girl]

I've been busy again this week. I got two little girl skirts made that I've sold and most of the tank top blouse for myself constructed. The next step on it is making bias for the trim areas. Wish I had just made the length a little bit longer. Maybe I could take it apart and add a coordinating fabric in the upper torso area to add some length. So here's a question if someone wants to take a stab at it. Is there a good tutorial anyone knows of to show how to sew elastic onto clothing, say in areas at the bottom of sleeves or under the bust line for an empire waist kind of look?

[Roos_Girl]

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[Albion Wilde]

Those skirts are so cute!

[buckeye49]

the PBS show Sewing With Nancy used to have videos on the internet, don’t know if they are still there, since I don’t think the program is still on. I watched her on Sat morning for years, she covered EVERYTHING there is to know about sewing. I miss those programs, that’s how I used to start off my weekend on Sat mornings.

[PistolPaknMama]

Is there a good tutorial anyone knows of to show how to sew elastic onto clothing

You want to sew it directly onto the sleeve and not in casing, like covered with hem tape or inside a hem?

[Library Lady]

I had not done any sewing for several years, but now that I am retired I am excited about it. I have been buying fabric galore. I don’t think I will use it all before Jesus comes, but I will have fun looking at all the pretty material.

Today I sewed a lounger out of inexpensive material, pretty much to try out a new pattern. I found out that I am now three sizes in one, going from top to bottom... large, larger, and largest. LOL! I can see that I have to do quite a bit of adjusting. The neckline is so large I’m going back and adding elastic to take it up. It is true that the really good seamstress is one who can hide her mistakes. Looks like I will get a lot of practice before I get there.

[rbbeachkid]

I always make a casing for my elastic. Make sure that you don’t pull it tight. the elastic should comfortably fit around the body part, not stretched.

There are 2 ways to make the casing. The most common is what you did on the skirt.

The second way is to sew a strip, a little wider than the width of the elastic to the wrong side of the (for example) sleeve, where you want the gathering.

Insert the elastic and then sew the elastic into the seam.

I can’t seem to find a YouTube video for this - maybe I will do one and post it to you.

Hope this makes some sense. Tough to explain with no illustrations.