How to Sew Boxed Corners
The boxed corner seam turns a flat piece of fabric into a three-dimensional object that can be used to make cushions, tables, and other items. I’m no expert sewer, but mastering these basic techniques has allowed me to create unique and perfectly-tailored items.
Measuring and Cutting Your Fabric for a Boxed Seam
If you want to make a tailored table cloth, ottoman slipcover, or even a stool cover, you’ll need to measure the item you’re covering. A note here on letter C u2013 the amount needed for hem and/or seam allowance. Once you have your measurements, cut the fabric down using a rotary cutter and ruler.
How to Sew Boxed Corners – Method 1 (The Really Easy Way)
If your fabric frays or you want to keep the edges from rolling, use a wide zig-zag stitch or a serger to sew the two edges together using a 1/2u2033 seam allowance. If your fabric frays or you want to keep the edges from rolling, use a wide zig-zag stitch or a serger.
How to Sew Boxed Corners – Method 2 (French Seams)
This method involves sewing the WRONG sides of your fabric together and pressing it flat with a hot iron. Then sew the seam again, this time with the RIGHT sides together.
How do you sew a corner on fabric?
Procedures
- Unfold the second fold so that only the raw edge seam allowance is folded over.
- Draw a diagonal line in fabric marker connecting the two marks.
How do you make a right angle corner?
How to Sew a Right-Angle Seam (Tutorial)
- Pin the right sides of the fabric together.
- Stitch until the apex point (where the seam allowances meet) with short stitches.
- Carefully clip the seam allowance up to the stitching line (snip into only the bottom layer, the one with the angle in).
- Pin the other sides together.
What does it mean to miter a corner?
A mitre joint (often called a miter joint in American English) is formed by cutting each of the two parts to be joined across the main surface at a 45u00b0 angle to form a 90u00b0 angle.