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Vogue 8927

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You'll have to forgive my formatting as the computer I am using has a hopelessly outdated version of IE that doesn't play nice with Blogger and I don't have admin privileges to install an updated browser.   I've gotten back into the sewing room a bit this week. I've been working on a bathing suit coverup using Vogue 8927 and a somewhat sheer black crinkly weave that frays easily. For this reason I was initially thinking about doing French seams, but then thought that's what the serger is for. I serged all my seams and used the coverstitch for the hems so that in theory I shouldn't end up with fraying. At this point all I have left to do is attach the collar band and do buttons and button holes. The main problem I've run into so far is that the interfacing is very obvious because of the sheer fabric. I could probably live with it on the outside (the camera flash makes it look worse in the pic than in real life), but the inside of the but