A lot of times, commercial patterns' facing pieces seem narrow and skimpy. It saves fabric, I guess, but it doesn't look as nice in my opinion. On a skirt, it also doesn't give as firm-feeling an upper edge. Unless there's any reason I can't, I tend to make facings 2" wide at a minimum, often more, depending on the situation.
You might find that when you seam facing pieces together and press the seams open, the edges of the seam allowance stick out below the edge of the facing. This isn't necessarily a huge tragedy if you are sewing a facing in the usual way, since the edge can just be trimmed off evenly—automatically, even, if you serge it. If you are sewing the side seams last, though, as in the previous post, it could be more of an issue. So here's a check and correction. Please excuse the slight paper curl and the rather embarrassing sketchy lines.
This is on pattern pieces to which I added my own seam allowance, plus some extra width to the bottom, but I find this sometimes happens even on commercial patterns. Fold under the seam allowances, butt the pattern pieces together, and trim off any protruding excess bits (red). The blue areas are where there is some seam allowance missing; this could be added on in theory, though it might get graded right back off later since it's on the upper seam edge. Any stitching lines, as well as the cut edge, should form a nice continuous curve (I marked the top sewing line and the original cutting line in yellow).
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