How to sew pocket

There are different ways of sewing a Welt pocket, depending on clothes. One of them involves three parts cut: burlap, paper (the protruding part in the form of a valve) and the valance (it covers the eye lining). Usually so are the pockets of men's jackets, and sometimes trousers, jackets, coats and raincoats. Traditionally, the slits are arranged along a horizontal line or slightly slanted.

You will need

• - the main fabric;
• adhesive interlining;
• - iron
• - cardboard;
• - backing cloth;
• - transparent line;
• - chalk or remnant;
• - sewing machine;
• - overlock;
• needle;
• - threads;
• - a pair of scissors.

Instruction

1. Put the item on the table face up and mark pointed remnant or tailor's chalk the position of the pocket. For convenience, use a transparent ruler. Mark the line of the slot from 8 to 13 cm, depending on the size of the product.
2. It is recommended to make two cardboard pattern - leaves on the valance. Attach them to the "face" of the fabric and draw a circle around the top. The pocket will look like this: on one side of the paper (its outer part will look at the height of 2 cm), valance (it will close from the eyes of the burlap pocket).
3. Step back from the line of the pocket 1cm up and down and mark the distance line primaqiune leaves and valances.
4. Make some parts of the pocket. The width of the valance and the leaves equal to the length of a future section (for example, 13 cm) plus the seam (here: 7x16 cm, taking into account the bend in half). The size of the burlap pick up individually.
5. After the slit the edge of the fabric is not showered, in advance, reinforce the wrong side of the product adhesive interlining. Make this item an oval shape.
6. Also glue the underside of the leaves. In this place equity line of lining fabric perpendicular to the vertical edge of the main cloth – so the adhesive material will not stretch in the process.
7. Fold the leaf in half, the front of the top and outwrite a fold line. Edge detail sewn by hand or on the sewing machine. Also treat the valance.
8. Put the finished parts cut (except burlap) "face to face" on clothing, align the upper edge with the pocket.
9. Pristrochite parts along marked lines (see step # 3) and proceed to the most important thing - the slit pocket. Do it on the reverse side.
10. The scissors stop at a distance of 1 cm until the end of the markup; here cut diagonally towards the corners. A little (1-1,5 mm) do not bring the cut up to the stitching, otherwise the threads can be damaged.
11. Remove the parts of the pocket on the wrong side, and fold the leaf to a height of 2 cm and mimetite.
12. Frayed edges of the burlap and sew one edge to the leaf its primaqiune. Loosen the burlap and attrocity pocket on the front side to secure items.
13. The second piece of burlap to sew the free edge of the valance. The parts that were made in the context of the entrance of the pocket (see step # 9), secure with a few stitches from the wrong side of the work.
14. Sew together the two parts of "bag", sewn edges and outwrite all joints. You will only spread the product with a ready-made pocket on the table and secure the opposite ends of the leaves by machine stitching.