Laws of sewing

I’ve been doing a bit of sewing recently after a bit of a break in which I really didn’t have the energy. I still have to take it much slower than I used to do — no more non-stop sewing days — but I am finding that if I spread cutting out and sewing over several days, I can manage it. This is actually quite nice as it forces me to take my time and pay attention to the details. In the process, I have noticed some seemingly rigid ‘Laws of Sewing’ over a few projects. If you make a mistake, it will be on the overlap side rather than the underlap. Buttonholes are obviously the most frequent offenders here1 because they are almost always on the overlapping side, but the seam junction of the waistband on jeans and other trousers/pants are other places where this turns up. Even more maddeningly, this often also involves Law No. 2. The element on the ‘practice’ side will be perfect and beautiful, but the next one will be a hot mess. You’ll decide (sensibly) to start something tricky where it…