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Originally Posted by MyDearSam  Do you stay stitch your curved pieces before sewing them? It's an extra step, but it prevents the fabric from stretching on the bias as you work with it. Stay stitching helps preserve the size and shape of the cut piece.
I tried to skip this on a dress I made for Sarah, and learned the hard way that it's worth the extra minute or two, LOL. It takes a whole lot less time to run a stitch than it does to rip out an entire seam - or cut a whole new piece when you rip the fabric!
Oh, and you can see what the others are talking about here: How to Clip Curves on a Seam Allowance |
This exactly. Often times when you are sewing a curve, the piece on the bottom curves the opposite way of the piece on the top, OR one piece (say the sleeve) has more length than the self (armhole). You need to put a stay stitch on the piece that is longer, and you can ever so slightly gather up the longer piece to fit into the smaller piece. This is how you do a puff sleeve, or a sleeve on a blazer with a big cap with no gathering whatsoever. I love that look.