# Sew Perfect Collar Points Every Time

**By My Store Admin** · 2025-04-21

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Here’s an odd little trick to get collar points to look super pro. It doesn’t require an extra tool or any magic powers. It’s just a tiny counter-intuitive step that you would never think to try. This sewing trick was introduced to us by our guest designer, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, for the [Choice Pattern](https://openstudiopatterns.com/patterns/p/choice-pattern) and we’re hooked. That’s the special part of sewing with friends. You don’t know what you don’t know until someone surprises you with a new trick. There’s a full video at the end, but the steps are broken down below.

\-Begin stitching along one of the ends of the collar with 1/4” seam allowance.  
\-Stop 3/8” away from the collar edge, leave needle in fabric and pivot 90 degrees.  
\-Stitch a couple stitches. Leaving needle in fabric, pivot again and line up collar edge with edge of machine foot (or 1/4” from collar edge).

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\-This creates a blunt edge at the collar point.  
\-Trim the excess seam allowance at the collar point, making sure to not clip through stitchline.

  

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\-Push the seam allowance on one side of the collar point toward the back (behind the collar).  
\-Push the seam allowance on the opposite side of the collar point toward the front (in front of the collar).  
\-This step will organize how all that bulk gets pushed up into the collar point.

![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0741/1325/3515/files/Sewing-collar_points-Step3.png?v=1779383170)

 \-Without needing a tool to push all the bulk through, you can can create the most perfect collar point.

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Try this out and see if it makes an improvement to your collar sewing. There is a full video of this technique below for a more in-depth tutorial. Leave a comment and tell us how it goes for you!

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**Tags:** Sewing Techniques

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> Source: [Open Studio Patterns](https://open-studio-patterns-2.myshopify.com/blogs/news/sew-perfect-collar-points-every-time)