Very interesting: how to sew fabric together with no seams showing.
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Yup. Simple Flat-Felled seam. Also called a French Seam. Used a lot on sheer blouses so you won't see any ugly raw edges through it or have fraying to deal with.
Look at the seams running down the insides of your jeans legs... same seam. In that instance, it's for durability.
Look at the seams running down the insides of your jeans legs... same seam. In that instance, it's for durability.
A French Seam is clean and no raw edges but has a bit of a dimension... at least the ones I've seen in handmade organdy dresses from my ancestors.
Both type seams are great for their appropriate applications.
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Yup. Simple Flat-Felled seam. Also called a French Seam. Used a lot on sheer blouses so you won't see any ugly raw edges through it or have fraying to deal with.
Look at the seams running down the insides of your jeans legs... same seam. In that instance, it's for durability.
Look at the seams running down the insides of your jeans legs... same seam. In that instance, it's for durability.
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Interesting that she changed the presser foot for the second stitching.
Seemed like an unnecessary step to me.
Having the 'fold' on the inside of the work does give it a different look than when 'fold' is on the outside of the work.
Seemed like an unnecessary step to me.
Having the 'fold' on the inside of the work does give it a different look than when 'fold' is on the outside of the work.
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Actually, a French seam is a bit different. With a French seam, you sew the seam with the wrong sides together, trim and then sew the seam right sides together, encasing the raw edges. It looks like a regular seam from the outside, without a line of stitching showing, but the seams are enclosed and not fraying. I do this with pillowcases, and remember it as- " first you sew it wrong, then you sew it right"!
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