I have just been dong the irioning and now have an empty basket.
but alas there is more washing in the machine which will soon be in the ironing basket.
The pile included two princess line woven cotton dresses which I made a couple of years ago. The seams are mostly plain with the edges overlocked to finish the raw edges,
like this. The armscye seam, where sleeve joins to bodice, are finished
like this, as I was taught to do.
The open seams are fine in the skirt and other straight areas, but at bust line and mid back where the seams curve they don't lay flat!. I didn't clip because I was finishing with the overlocker, but it's got me thinking about what would have been a better solution:
Trimming seam allowances narrower?
Overlocking both sides together?
French seams?
Run and Fell?
I guess it's part of the reason why so much RTW is just stitched and overlocked in one pass even on woven fabrics.