sides you can tuck between your arms or just have wherever. so handy dandy.
whenever the pattern says to fold, take your hot iron on the hottest setting to the fold, so it stays put while sewing.
sew all the way around, make it look nice and neat for anyone looking at least 5-10 yards away give yourself a ¼” hem.
i thought about next time buying some fabric hem glue, the kind that comes rolled up like a ribbon, ironing it on and then sewing my hems and edges, i think that would have helped a first time, amateur sewer like myself. just a hot tip to myself, from myself.
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