Dress Of The Day with Angela

The White Hat Cum Scarf =Hood I first added a white beanie hat onto the matching scarf. the purpose was to wear it outdoors and keep my neck warm and ensure I did not lose the scarf which kept slipping off. The Scarf=Hood Then I made a hood from a piece cut off the hem of a burgundy colour mock fur plush dressing gown. The scarf kept sliding off. So I stitched it up. I made a hood section to stay on my head. The red scarf = Hood My red scarf kept sliding off. I wanted it to hang neatly, more level, to stay on my head, and to keep me warm by covering my head and neck.  I sewed it up. Just a running stitch or tacking stitch. In out, in out. Much faster than oversewing.  Reinforcing Tacking Stitch Every now and then, I did a back stitch, so that if the thread split, broke, pulled out, at any point, the sewing would not unravel all the way along. Fastening Thread One way to fasten a thread is to tie a knot. Another is to tie two hanging threads together. Or thread the end of the t...