Sew a mitre using these step by step instructions using this pattern.
You can purchase a mitre pattern from our store by clicking here. |
1. Place your mitre pattern on your folded fabric so that you cut two of them. |
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2. Also cut a piece of interfacing - the pattern piece is called insert. |
3. Then cut one of the gusset pieces and two of the other pieces in satin. |
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4. Place the mitre interfacing pieces on the mitre pieces cut out of brocade wrong sides together. Glue in place. |
5. Pin the overlapping edges of the mitre piece over the interfacing and pin in place. Leave for now. |
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6. Stitch the lappet pieces together leaving one end open. Clip the corners. |
7. Turn the lappet pieces right side out. |
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8. Press the two lappet pieces. |
9. Pin the two lappet pieces to the wrong side of the mitre piece as shown. |
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10. Place the satin mitre pieces on the brocade/interfacing mitre pieces wrong sides together. Pin in place |
11. Stitch trim to the right side of the brocade mitre pieces. Stitch in place.
12. Slip stitch the two brocade mitre pieces together. |
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13. The end result will look like this. |
14. Then add the gosset. |
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Pin it into place between the tops of the two mitre pieces as shown. |
Slipstitch in place. |
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