| These two pieces will be sewn into the side seams and wrap around the front. In addition, I will being covering the belt buckle with the black fabric. My first try at one of the belt pieces did not work well. By the way, I used sew in interfacing on each piece to give a more stable and stiff belt. After turning the belt right side out, the shape was obviously out of wack. I had to recut that portion of the belt, but ran into another problem that we all have had at least once or twice. :) I poked through the end while turning the belt rightside out. I had to go through that whole tedious process of re-turning and re-sewing the curved end. What I learned and have decided is that for all future projects to double stitch end pieces like this and also corners pieces. Anotherwords, sew directly on top of your last row of stitching in critical areas. It reinforeces but honestly does not add bulk. As you can see in the collar below, the corners are sharp and near perfect. |
