Welt Pocket (2025 Update)

it should be on the inside, so it wouldn't matter. if it is on the outside, it means you probably didn't turn something in when you should have.

the width of the pocket is the pouch.

the welt will appear to be as wide as the slash, but will continue on the inside for a half inch or so on each side. on the inside, that extra should be stitched to the pouch, when you stitch the sides of the pouch, so it can't fold back out again. everything you would see or feel from the outside should be completely finished, no loose threads or unfinished seams or edges. all the edges of the fabrics are only visible on the inside.

Hope this helps, Kitty

On 2005-06-19 snipped-for-privacy@schmidling.com said: >Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.sewing,alt.sewing >I am in the process of learning how to make a welt pocket, starting >with the slanted breast pocket. I have tried half a dozen different >procedures with varying results but one basic detail escapes me in >all the instructions. >What is the relationship between the width of the welt and the >width of the slash? >Is a pocket defined by the welt, the slash, the opening, the pouch? >The other problem I have is that after stitching the slanted welt in >place and turning it up, there is always a tag hanging out on one >side. If one cuts a parallelagram out of paper and folds one long >side a seam allowance from the edge, the problem is obviously real. >How does one deal with this. >js >-- >PHOTO OF THE WEEK:

She is currently doing welt pockets.

See May archive too for earlier zipper articles.

Tom Willmon Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA

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Dear Jack,

The pocket bag is longer than the finished sides of the welt. A seam allowance's width on each side.

Oh, and I forgot the cussing step--very important.

Teri

This is good advice. One other thing I would mention is a possible difficulty with the V-shaped clips at either end of the stitching; if the fabric isn't tightly woven, it is apt to fray at these points. In my experience, with many fabrics it is a great help to first attach a rectangle of fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the garment, just a little wider and longer than the area to be stitched. This acts as a stabilizer...it's also easier to see the stitching lines when they're marked on interfacing, usually.

I have every confidence that Jack's welt pockets will be splendid.

Doreen in Alabama

They end up exactly the same.

The welt. It's the bit you see.

I'm not quite sure what you mean...

I used to be very afraid of welt pockets: the patterns never seemed to quite work. Then I did 25 or more waistcoats for a craft fair, each of which had two pockets! I didn't really use a pattern for the welts. After that, they have never been a problem. Something you might like to see is Just Pockets by Patricia Moyes, ISBN 1-56158-170-4 (Taunton,