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How to sew a jinbei collar
Here is a way of sewing a collar for this kind of a piece of clothing.
It’s the pink part of the drawing.
Fold the allowance seam of the collar
Then fold it in half.
Iron the edges to make it flat.
Open to start sewing.
To do so, we will insert a folded white piece of fabric half the width of external fabric.
Mark the middle of white part with a clip (as seen on the external fabric)
Match the clips.
Staystitch on seam allowance.
Make clips on back neck line
As it difficult to deal with corner curves…
… cut 9 mm long clips on the seam allowance.
Repeat it on the opposite side
Put the middle mark of the collar and the back seam together.
Lay collar stitch on outside back fabric.
Start sewing while making sure to align opposite fabrics on the right side.
Turn clip cut part to create a straight line of fabric.
Be careful not to sew other parts of fabric because of folds
Sew very carefully.
Don’t forget back stitching !
We’ve done one side
Sew the opposite part collar down.
Make the neckline straight again.
The collar is now fixed.
Let’s sew the tip of the collar
Cut the extra fabric.
Let a 1 cm seam allowance.
Here is what the collar folding must look like.
Reverse fold the tip and sew.
Pinch and push the extra fabric inside.
Fold the seam allowance inside the collar.
Sew the other tip of the collar the same way.
Cut the extra fabric and let a 1cm seam allowance.
Reverse fold the tip and sew
Place pins to prevent collar back from moving.
Pinning done !
Close it by handsewing or with a sewing machine, as you like.
If you chose handsewing, start sewing after hiding the knot inside
Stitch in 1-2 threads of fiber .
Make regular stitches of about 0.5-1cm width.
If you chose the sewing machine, baste the collar first.
Start sewing 2-5 mm from the edge while being careful not to sew above basting thread.
Pull the basting thread. You finished sewing the collar!