Then I began to whipstitch over the raw edge of the fabric. I could also have folded the half-inch seam allowance in half again and rolled it up, hiding the raw edge. However, I was following the advice of the Extreme Costumer, and wanted to try her method (http://www.extremecostuming.com/articles/theelizabethanseam.html) for an entire garment and see how I liked it before going back to what was familiar to me.