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Making a Hidden Placket Help!
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7111	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/28/13 1:13 PM I'm trying to design a Sure Fit blouse with a hidden placket. I've seen some tutorials online, but am a little fuzzy minded. Is the extended facing, aka, placket, folded like an accordian? Or is it folded in a roll fashion, such as over and over, rather than over and under. Also, how many of you use two pieces of folded fabric, instead of just the one folded many times? Can you point me to some more tutorials? (I'd like to be able to print the notes to take to my sewing room as I don't have a laptop) Also, do you topstitch on the outside edges? Does the placket blow open, exposing the buttons in a windstorm? Not that it would matter to me, but I want to be sure how it's assembled. ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair
CM_Sews Intermediate CA USA Member since 9/18/04 Posts: 1485	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/28/13 1:33 PM Your question piqued my interest. I have a basic idea of what a hidden placket is and how it works, but I also am rather fuzzy on how one would sew it. I found this amazing video (How To Create Hidden Button Shirt Plackets) that explains it all, even stuff I hadn't thought about (making the under placket slightly narrower than the top placket) and the nuances of button placement. CMC ps: Belatedly, I realize that this is not something you can print out and take to your sewing room, but I found it very informative. -- Edited on 1/28/13 1:35 PM --
Sewandwrite   Advanced Beginner MD USA Member since 5/16/08 Posts: 693	Login to reply to this post In reply to CM_Sews << Like this post Date: 1/28/13 4:50 PM CMC, that video is amazing. The woman who presented it really understands how to teach. Thanks for posting.
GlButterfly Intermediate CA USA Member since 8/28/08 Posts: 2425	Login to reply to this post In reply to Miss Fairchild << Like this post Date: 1/29/13 2:29 AM Miss F, were your questions answered with that video? I've made a few blouses with a hidden placket and they don't blow open, but one pattern did say to sew a few hand stitches in the area between the buttonholes. ------ I have not yet begun to procrastinate
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7111	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/13 4:14 PM Cool! That's the best one I've seen. I folded up a piece of paper with her same markings and I can use that. Thanks all! ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair

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