Front Assebly with a Couple of Sides

Thursday, Januaru 27-  Side panels & assembling the front

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You should have 4 side panels, 2 of which you ironed on the interfacing on Monday, that look like this:

Place each set, right sides together and sew the short straight edge & the curved edge, ensuring you backstitch at the beginning & end of each seam.  Make sure you lift the machine's foot to make the 90 degree turn.

Just like I did with the front lining after I sewed it to the front panel, trim one raw edge of your 2 pieces of fabric, clip the curves carefully, and clip off the corner of the salvage on the turn

Turn, again using an object like the previously mentioned knitting needle and press with your iron.  Here is one panel before turning and ironing and one after:

Once you've turned both of the side panels, top stitch like you did on the front panel, 1/4" from the edge on the 2 side with the seams, again, lifting the sewing machine foot to make the 90 degree turn.  Iron.

Line up the 2 notches on the open edge of each panel with the notches on the outside of the front panel and pin.  Using the longest stitch on your machine, baste the sides of the panels to the sides of the pants.

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The front is DONE!  (well, except for button holes and buttons)  Tomorrow we move onto the back panels, place the elastic, and sew both sides together.  Good thing there's a whole weekend for everyone to get all that done!

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