To finish your view A neckline begin by aligning the shoulder seams of the front and back necklines with the right sides facing each other. Stitch across the seam line.
Press the seam allowances open. The back neck is not sewn together.
Align the neck facing around the neckline, the right sides of the shirt and facing should be together. At the center back neck fold the excess seam allowance of the facing around the edge of the shirt. Pin in place and stitch from one side of the back neck, around the neckline, to the other side.
Clip and grade your seam allowances.
Press both the facing and seam allowance up away from the shirt. Understitch around the seam line through the facing and both layers of seam allowance. This will force the seam line to roll to the inside of the garment when pressed.
Press the facing to the inside of the garment. Slipstitch the back facing to the back neck opening and tack the shoulders and center front facing to the seam allowance to secure it in place. That’s it for the view A back neck!
HEB
I’m sorry if I missed this step, but when do you finish the bottom edge of the facing? Can you do so before you sew it to the shirt? Thanks so much! The Hadley is my first garment with facings.
Jen
Ah! You caught a mistake on our part in photographing this tutorial segment. You’ll want to finish the edge of the facing after you’ve sewn and pressed the facing shoulder seams.
HEB
Thank you so much for your reply and for this very helpful sewalong!
Annie
Uh-oh, I just got to this point, but I’m getting confused about the neckline seam allowance! The instructions say to use a 1/4″ seam allowance around the neckline, but here it looks like you are using 1/2″? (The neckline seam allowance appears to be the same width as the shoulder seam of the facings.) Your sample turned out beautifully, though! I guess I will err on the side of opening up the neckline a bit and do 1/2″.
Jen
Gah! You caught an error in our sew-along! I’ll try to get new images up here asap to replace that one.