Summer Internship: Day 49

As I left yesterday from the studio, I had began ironing my outer seams to prepare it to be sewn after it was serged.  This method, along with others, helps the garment not to fray.  It also gives it a clean, finished look to have the edges concealed.  The fabric I am working with for this is a very light knit so sometimes it tends to want to slide and pull as it gets through the machine.  I have learned that stiffer material as I had worked with in my last look, are a little bit easier to work with.  However, the jacquard is also a woven versus a knit so it does not give a lot of ease as a knit does.  There are many pros and cons for both materials, but right now my main concern is working with knits.

I went through and tucked in the serged edges with pins and then was able to sew a cover stitch over that.  This took a little bit since the fabric is so long and flowing.  Once this was done I could attach my collar and then sleeves.  Finishing touches were added but I still have one step left before the garment is complete...a button!  I have never stitched a button hole so I am going to spend some time learning tomorrow on my machine.  Fingers crossed, everything will run smoothly!  

In the mean time, this is the work I have done so far on the sweater:

  
Tomorrow I will be working on the button as well as making leggings to match this sweater from the collection!