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Scalloping Tips ✔

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Scallops have been in the spotlight lately and quite blogged about - so it's a good time to add my own tips!

  • I use a cartboard stencil to draw my scallops on the wrong side of the fabric with a washable pen.


  • I choose a small machine step to stitch along the contour(2). When I reach the corners I make one horizontal step between circles - it helps to get a nice shape once the scallops are cut and turned to the other side.





  •  I cut 3 mms from the edge, but the corners need to be clipped closer to the stitch. For that I use a seam ripper, I thrust it close to the stitch but facing the opposite direction and push. 


  • Washing a scalloped piece of clothing can make scallops lose their shape - to prevent that I use a zig zag stitch along their edge - it makes "maintenance" so much easier!

Any other tips you thought about or came across? Please share~

Update Monday, May 23rd

Practice makes it better, so after practising some more I returned to this topic to add another tip that i think you might find helpful:
  • After stitching the scallops on the wrong side, turn them to the right side and take the time to arrange them and hand-bast before ironing.  Unpick the hand-basting thread once you have zig-zagged the edges.

        Some of you were wondering what these scallops are part of - it's my Summer in the City  shirt design that I uploaded a while ago!

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  1. Maya KuzmanMay 18, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Oh my! Such neat work!
    Thanks on the great tips Magda!

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  2. LakshmiRPMay 18, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    I love scallops. This post of yours made me nostalgic and took me back to my first attempt of scallops in my sister's kameez hem. I remember making a cardboard stencil for the scallop

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  3. LakshmiRPMay 18, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    To prevent them from losing shape, you may as well interface the scallop edge, bit more of work, but well worth it!

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  4. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Man scallops are crazy popular right now. Which is nice for me because I want to make a dress with rows of scallops on the skirt and all these tips are great. Thanks:)

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  5. magdamagdaMay 18, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    @CreativeMama - interface would be a great idea too! I had trouble finding thin interface around here though...

    @montanachic - I'd love to see your dress when it's done!

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  6. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    Thanks for this post.....great sewing tips!

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  7. Sewinggranny - MonaMay 19, 2011 at 4:23 AM

    Great tip....will have to try the zig zag one.

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  8. ElizabethMay 19, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    who knew it was such work to make those pretty shapes?? Not me. I'm a terrible seamstress. I stick to square/rectangle items. Or things that dont matter if they have sloppy lines.

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  9. Deepa May 20, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Scallops with buttonhole stitch also looks great.

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  10. ElaineMay 21, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    Thank you for the tips!!!

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  11. Barbara von EngerMay 21, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Ah, I adore that piece of red fabric
    Excellent sewing tips here; one can learn alot from this blog. Hope you are enjyoing the warm sunshine;-)

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  12. SewingadictaMay 22, 2011 at 2:24 AM

    I find wonderful sewing tips here always, these scallops are part of a dress? I hope the heat is fading and you're better now, is very pleased to back here again.

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  13. Briana TeresaMay 22, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    Not only are you an excellent seamstress, but a strikingly creative one too! I love how bold your designs are. Very forward-thinking and beautiful!

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  14. UnknownMay 25, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    wonderful sewing tips!

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