What kind of finishing are the 'in-out split seam allowance' and 'cut-off' mentioned in the skirt description?
When reading the description of the front cutline of the skirt, unfamiliar sewing terms appear in succession, sometimes making it difficult to gauge what shape the finished garment takes.
It is a finishing where the seam usually hidden on the inside of the garment is exposed to the outside and pressed open to both sides, leaving the edge of the fabric unhemmed to highlight a rough texture.
In THREE TO EIGHTY's in-out lace maxi skirt, you will encounter this finishing along the seam of the cutline running vertically across the front[1]. Seams of clothing are usually finished by hiding them inside so they are not visible from the outside, but the in-out method exposes the seam allowance that should be on the inside to the outside, presenting the seam line itself as a visual line.
Added to this is a split seam allowance process that splits the interlocking seam allowances to both sides and presses them flat, keeping the cutline neatly flattened rather than bunched up thickly. It also adopts a cut-off method where the edges of the fabric are not hemmed, leaving the cut edges as they are. The threads naturally fraying from the unfinished fabric edges create a rough texture on the smooth outer surface.
hmmm, the inside of the seam that should be hidden and the naturally unraveled cross-sections are brought to the front of the skirt, turning the sewing structure itself into an ornament.
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