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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 19 2008 : 7:08:49 PM
I LOVE doing french seams! They are so much fun! WOW! How come I never knew this before?
I did some french seaming on recent doll clothes- pants in particular and it turned out great!
Anyone else doing lots of french seams?
Alee
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| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 11:24:33 PM
Here's a simple tut for french seams and for (flat fell seams...these are the type of seams found on blue jeans) It's the french seam taken a few steps further by stitching down the casing on both sides.
http://www.burdastyle.com/howtos/show/149
Stephanie
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 2:29:23 PM
me too, oh. Learn something new everyday. Do french seams get done by hand often, or is it more for a machine sewer?
Last Wednesday, when our farmgirl chapter made aprons, I got a lesson in sewing bias tape on the edges of an apron. It was interesting to watch the bias tape being sewn on, much easier than I ever thought it would be. Then, when I went and looked at the vintage aprons I have collected and saw how all the bias tape was applied, it was like seeing it for the first time. I have hand sewed for years, so lots of sewing things are still new to me!
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:29:58 PM
oh
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| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:09:58 PM
Nancy, It is the seam on the outside of a pair of jeans!
Monica
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 11:39:26 AM
A french seam is when you take your two pieces that you are sewing. Place them together right sides out, do a straight seam. Then turn the work inside out and sew a seam slightly to the outside of the exterior seam. This encloses all the raw ends and creates a finished seam appearance from both the inside and the outside!
http://www.sewneau.com/how.to/french.seam.html
Alee
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 07:48:10 AM
Whats a french seam???
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 07:03:31 AM
They sure do! And they are super easy!!
Alee
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| Georgiann |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 06:44:51 AM
I haven't done french seams since 4-H! They really do give your garment a polished look, don't they?
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 19 2008 : 11:27:50 PM
That's awesome, Monica! I wish I had a serger!!
Alee
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| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Sep 19 2008 : 7:25:58 PM
Alee, I do french seams on my husband's dress shirts! They look nice and finished. I also use my serger to do a lot of straight seams!
Monica
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