How do I finish a slit?

cosmoblue Global Moderator Hostess "Go by all means, my dear; only put on a white gown; Miss Tilney always wears white." Posts: 1,119	How do I finish a slit? Feb 6, 2008 14:38:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cosmoblue on Feb 6, 2008 14:38:51 GMT -5 What would be the proper way to finish the raw edge of the slit in my bib front gown? Should I bind it and make it like a placket or should I just turn it under some how?
	Cosmo "It is something for a woman to be assured that in her eight-and-twentieth year, that she has not lost one charm of earlier youth." Anne, Persuasion. I totally agree, I only hope it feels the same at nine-and-twenty.

dawnluckham Aristocrat Posts: 647	How do I finish a slit? Feb 6, 2008 15:17:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dawnluckham on Feb 6, 2008 15:17:34 GMT -5 I do a rolled hem with a little bit of extra stitching at the bottom of the slash. I usually try to make it pretty with a few button hole stitches around the curve.

cosmoblue Global Moderator Hostess "Go by all means, my dear; only put on a white gown; Miss Tilney always wears white." Posts: 1,119	How do I finish a slit? Feb 6, 2008 16:28:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cosmoblue on Feb 6, 2008 16:28:30 GMT -5 Thanks.
	Cosmo "It is something for a woman to be assured that in her eight-and-twentieth year, that she has not lost one charm of earlier youth." Anne, Persuasion. I totally agree, I only hope it feels the same at nine-and-twenty.