Keeping Seam Allowances Out of Elastic Waistband Channel

I used to do this when making pull on pants for the toddlers in my life to make it easier to insert the elastic. After pressing the seams open I just sewed a few stitches on either side of the open seam and when you fold it down to make the pocket it won't bunch up or partially close on you.

I am making a beach tote from double sided quilting and I don't need any more thicknesses when I put the lining in so I remembered this tip which I got off a sewing pattern more than 30 years ago. I just ran a few stitches down either side of the pressed open seam to hold it in place. After I get the lining in the stitches won't be visible from the outside. I put them in what will be the seam allowance for sewing the lining in.

Source: A sewing pattern from eons ago. Probably Simplicity (for the simple - me)

By Marty Dick from Knoxville, TN