Allysse Riordan3d ago

#Crochet and #Sewing folks, I need your help.

I'm making a crochet pencil case. I'm planning to line it with some cotton fabric.

There are three separate panels (two in the images) to be sewn together. Should I line the crochet pieces before I sew them together or after?

I will be doing the work by hand as I don't have an easily accessible machine.

My sewing experience is limited to reattaching a button and making one or two wonky pouches, so assume I know next to nothing about it.

Show threadLea<33d ago
@allysseriordan im not 100% sure what you mean by lining the pieces tbh and I don’t have much experience with sewing but to sew two crochet pieces together you don’t need skill, you should just insert the stuffing needle into the edges like you would with a decrease and then on the other side too, I find that to look the most seamless
Idk if it helps I’m sorry!
Show threadAllysse Riordan3d ago

@Lea_loves_books thanks :) That is useful to know for the crochet pieces.

What I meant by lining is adding some cotton fabric to the crochet pieces. I'm going to put a few sharpish thing in the case, so I want some cotton fabric between the tool and the crochet work so it doesn't catch on it. Does that make more sense?

Show threadLea<33d ago
@allysseriordan ohh yes I see
Id say do the lining after sewing the pieces together, that way it’s easier and you have to just sew 4 lines and not 8 :)
Show threadAllysse Riordan3d ago
@Lea_loves_books thanks. After seems to be the consensus so I'll go with this :)
Show threadLea<33d ago
@allysseriordan alr, if you have any questions I can maybe answer js ask lol
Also have fun!
Show threadAllysse Riordan
@Lea_loves_books thank you ^^
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