I'm a bit of a lazy sewer, I only sew things that are easy and if there's a way to do a short cut I'll probably find it. This lou box top is my new favourite pattern, I think it's going to make a great dress too just by adding some length. I made it in a lightweight cotton the first time and didn't feel like messing around with a facing or binding for the neckline so I tried out this shell tuck stitch (which I found by actually reading the manual for my sewing machine) I may never hem anything 'properly' ever again. It's the stitch that looks like this:
Just roll under a narrow hem and stitch so that the zig zag skips slightly off the fabric. Tightening the tension helps a bit too. On the curved neckline I only folded under a tiny bit once and then trimmed the raw edge afterwards, it's not super neat but I don't really care what my clothes look like on the inside. But straight edges work fine to fold twice so there's no raw edge. The whole thing from start to finish took less than an hour.
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