How to make the front opening

We will make the front opening that is often seen on cut and sewn clothing and blouses.

Prepare two pieces of cloth for Front Fly and two pieces of fusible interlining, respectively.

First, apply the fusible interlining symmetrically to the back side of the Front Fly.

The black numbers are the dimensions of the seam allowance.

After attaching the fusible interlining, sew the Front Fly fabric to the "Body".

Align the blue and yellow dotted lines with each other, but firmly fasten them with marking pins to prevent misalignment.

Once fastened, sew, but leave a 1.5 cm seam allowance open.

The seam allowance width is 1 cm. sew along the fusible interlining.

Always do a reverse stitch at the beginning and end of sewing.

This is the back side of the "Front bodice". After checking for any misalignment, pull out the Baste threads.

Fold over the seam allowance at the seams and Front Fly edge by 1 cm using an iron.

After drawing a line on the back side of the body the same way as the red line,Make a cut with the red line.

I made an incision.This is what it looks like from the front side

Once the incision is made, iron the Front Fly fabric to create the shape.

The image above is the back side. Iron the pattern to cover the seams that have been sewn together.

The seam allowance portion (bottom side) of the Front Fly is processed.

Right side together and fasten with a marking pin.

Stop the front fly with a marking pin.Both left and right.

Front Fly(left) overlaps the bottom side.This one is sewn with a seam allowance of 1 cm.

Sew the underside of the Front Fly together with a 1 cm seam allowance.Leave 5mm as shown in the image.

Cut the unneeded seam allowance before turning inside out.

Turned over.Front Fly is 5mm out from the sew stop.

Front Fly(right) is the same as Sewing stop position.Sew with 1.5cm seam allowance.

Cut the seam allowance that will get in the way before turning this one over as well.

Front Fly(right) is nicely finished with Sewing end

When the hem of the Front Fly is neatly finished.Next, sew the Front Fly from the front side with a sewing machine.

Both right side and left side,Sew with edge-stitched seams.

Sew the Front Fly (left) tightly until just before the end of the Front Fly and reverse stitch.

Sew the Front Fly (right) to 1 cm before the end of the Front Fly.

Reverse stitch at the beginning of a stitch, but no reverse stitch is needed at the end of a stitch

Fasten the triangle created by the incision to the top of the Front Fly (left) with a marking pin.

Fasten the triangles and the Front Fly with marking pins so that they do not shift.Sew the white dotted line with a sewing machine.

Sew like the yellow dotted line.

This is the part where the two Front Fly pieces are sewn together, so sew them tightly.

At this time, sew the edge-stitched seam line properly.

"Body"(right side)(wrong side) to make sure that the sewing line is finished so that it is not visible.

The front opening is now complete!

It's not that difficult to do, and if you remember it, you can apply it to shirt cuff openings, etc.

It's worth remembering!

Thanks for your hard work!