Christine Sews

Certain accessories need a lot of structure.  A laptop bag will need to be sewn with a more stable lining than a grocery sack.  Buckram can be used as a lining or interlining to reinforce decorator or plain woven fabrics.

How to Sew Buckram Interfacing:

1.  Set your sewing machine to a long stitch length.



2. Cut the buckram interfacing slightly smaller than lining fabric.
3. Center buckram on fabric pattern piece. Stitch in place.  (This can being either a basting stitch or a permanent stitch.  It is my preference to use a permanent stitch.)



4. Assemble your lining as you typically would, taking care to clip the corners .  (Do not overclip.  This fabric will help to stabilize the bag.)



5. Attach any pockets , closures or loops.
6. Press open seams.



7. Grade the seams.

Sewing Tips and Notes:

• Buckram fabric can be purchased by the piece, or by the yard.
• Buckram is extremely stiff and can be irritating to dry or sensitive skin.
• It is often preferable to use buckram in only select pattern pieces, such as the bottom or sides of a bag.
• Seams in example shown have not yet been graded.
• Use a sewing machine.  Just because you can use a serger, doesn’t make it a good idea.

For another example of a bag interlined with buckram, see Toile Clutch Purse .

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