Overalls progress: Progress on the bib.

Nearly complete with the bib to the overalls.

I must say, I am liking the way it's looking.

I pieced the back parts to the front bodice and then tried the whole rough front on Onda.

She likes it.

I did a placement pinning of the back straps and marked them.

The next step was to finish the bib's edges.

Through the whole thing I used a denim thread for the top of the overalls and a thin Gutterman thread for the bobbin. My serger is being fickle with thick fabrics so I ran a ziz-zag stitch around the edges. After that I got out ye old trusty muslin and made some bias tape.

I'm cheap and didn't want to cut clean into the middle of a nice newly washed sheet of muslin so I pieced a lot of smaller scraps. More work, but make and mend and all.

Bias tape is never pretty and this denim really frayed something awful. I knew using the ziz-zag stitch was not going to be enough on this thick weave, and I knew that alone would not hold up to washings. I'm glad I treated the edges and used the tape. I don't think its redundant at all. I'm sure it would have looked better if I used a different color thread, but no one is going to see it but me, so I can live with it.

I then folded under the top of the bias tape and plan to do two rows of top stitching on to complete the look.

I also plan on doing two 'X's to hold the back of the shoulder straps in place.

Once I do all that I'll pick out buttons! Yay buttons!

More to come!