After listening to Professor Stewart’s next set of instructions, Emmalyn picked up her cuff material to start sewing. She double checked to make sure right sides were together and it was folded properly. She sat her fabric on the machine, leaving about a half inch seam allowance, and readied her foot. Her grandmother had always taught her to keep her finger as far away from the needle as possible, while still maintaining control of the fabric. Not only would it hurt a lot to sew your finger, but the resulting blood could ruin the fabric.

She started sewing about an inch down from the top of the fabric to make a nice backstick. She did not want her stiching to come unraveled. She then proceeded to stitch down the length of the fabric until almost the very end, then back stitched to secure her thread. Lifting the fabric and thread off of the machine, she used the thread cutting tool on the back to remove the cuff circle from the machine.

Next, it was time to stitch the top. She placed her top fabric on the machine, starting at the folded end, preformed a quick back stitch and sewed down the first open side. Once she was about a half inch away from the next side, the proper seam allowance for such a project, she turned her fabric 90 degrees and finished off sewing down the next side. After making sure she completed a proper back stitch, she removed the top of the hat from the machine and trimmed any excess thread.

The last step for the current set of instructions was simply to fold the cuff of the hat in half. Emmalyn carefully folded the cuff so that right sides were facing out and the wrong sides were touching, keeping the seam allowances flat against each other in the middle. This was actually a very important step. She knew that if she let her seam allowances bunch up, it could make for an uncomfortable and bumpy looking finished product.

After she finished folding and smoothing her hat cuff, she started to get more excited about finishing. She could see how cute the hat was going to be with the right sides of the fabric now showing on the cuff.