Stitching is Fun !

1.Making a Kurti / punjabi suit 2.Pre cut suit - 2 pieces one each front & back and 2 sleeves 3.Mark all pieces with X on back to identify easily 4.Also mark F (front) or B (back) to differentiate the pieces 5.Stitch the shoulders and the sides of Front & Back holding them together 6.Now, your side stitch will end at hip notch;fold the cloth from hip till bottom to make side slit 7.You may use allpins for needles to hold the cloth together and for ease of stitching 8.If you wish to hem the side slits,increase the stitch length to 5 otherwise 2.5-3 will do   9.Stitch all four sides of side slits 10.In case of shortage of cloth for sleeves, we may add cloth as side panel or joint to increase width of our sleeves;like we have done here 11.Hold all pieces together using pins 12.Now stitch the sleeves and remove the pins 13.After stitching the sleeve,turn it inside out 14.Place this sleeve inside of our armhole ...