Took me 3 years to figure out how to sew curved seams properly

I was making a dress for a friend's wedding last summer and kept getting these weird puckers around the bust. I thought it was just my machine tension being off, so I kept adjusting it over and over. Then my mom watched me for like 2 minutes and goes "you're not clipping the curves before you sew them, you know that right?" Been doing it wrong since I started sewing in 2019. Anyone else have a dumb sewing habit they didn't catch for years?

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fiona73713d ago

Wait, clipping the curves is actually a thing you're supposed to do? I always just wrestled with the fabric and hoped for the best. That explains so much about some of my lumpy bags.

william40713d ago

My first couple bags I just sewed the curves raw like a madman and they came out looking like a potato with handles. But honestly clipping them is overrated for some fabrics. If you're using something like a stiff canvas or heavy denim, clipping actually weakens the seam and creates little weak points. I stopped clipping curves on my last 3 or 4 bags and just used a shorter stitch length and pressed the hell out of them with steam. They came out smooth. Really depends on the material youre using.