Creating the Jemima Waistcoat by The Pattern Stash from Fabworks! Step 4 c Clipping Seam Allowance

Creating the Jemima Waistcoat by The Pattern Stash from Fabworks!
This is an excerpt from the blog Making the Jemima Waistcoat: A How-To Guide!
After stitching carefully around the lapels, and down the centre front, we need to clip into the seams and trim the seam allowances down so it lays flat with a nice finish once turned through.
I'm trimming my seam allowance down to around 0.5 cm using small sharp scissors. On the curved edges it's important to snip little triangles into the seam allowance, this gives the seam allowance space to fold in on itself once turned through. Make sure you are really careful NOT to snip the stitch-line you've sewn. The centre front is nice and easy, straight up at 0.5cm to reduce all the bulk on the front edge. Then carry on around the lapel curves.
At the shoulder point where the straight edge was sewn (diamond), clip into this corner and trim the seam allowance around the curves of the lapels...
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