Professional tailors are able to seamlessly sew where no one has sewn before, but for the rest of mortals there is a technique to do it - baste "temporary" pieces of fabric by hand to stitch your fabrics together properly before putting them on. into the sewing machine and attach them "permanently".
Steps
Method 1 of 2: By Hand
Step 1. Thread the needle and tie a knot in the thread
Step 2. Join the fabrics and start sewing with a traditional stitch
Nothing decorative here, just up and down, up and down. You can reposition the fabrics between the stitches if necessary and make any kind of adjustments that seem useful to you.
Step 3. Remove any basting stitches when you are happy with the result and make permanent stitches
Method 2 of 2: Machine
Step 1. Set the maximum possible length of the stitches in the machine
Step 2. Pin with care
Step 3. Sew slowly, making any necessary adjustments
Step 4. Check the cut and shape
Step 5. Set the normal stitch length (normally 1-5 - 2.5mm) and sew "permanently"
Step 6. Remove any basting that you see on the outside of the garment
Advice
- You can baste by hand or machine, depending on the circumstances and needs that arise from your sewing project.
- The goal of basting is to make a temporary seam that can be easily removed and can be redone if the stitching is not coming as you planned. This saves you a lot of painstaking work: removing a tighter seam if things go wrong.
