On Dec 2, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Caroline wrote:
I have just finished the long seams on a new 10th/11th century
woollen tunic
for my husband. In the past I would now switch on the zig zag and
do the
bits that are likely to fray with that. I've only ever hand sewn
hems before
(what the public can't see etc) However, I have just spent a
month doing
run and fell seams on a linen tunic and it would be nice to finish the
woolly one also by hand.
I have had a look at the York and London stiches and the main
option seems
to be to flatten the seam and put a running or whip stich up the seam
allowance. The running version would I think leave two parallel
lines on
the front of the garment (either side of the seam) and the whip
stich might
leave a series of diagonal lines on the front.
Does anyone have any other techniques they know about or have
tried. I
don't think run and fell is particularly aproproate the seam would
probably
be rather bulky.
I'm not sure if this will work with the sewing you've already done,
but when I was researching my article on seam types found on
surviving textiles <http://www.heatherrosejones.com/
archaeologicalsewing/index.html> by far the "standard" wool seam
treatment from the iron age through the medieval period seems to have
been a fell-type seam. Often these seem to have been designed so
that there was never more than three layers of fabric at any one
point. But the diagrams at the article may give you some other
inspirations.
If the wool is fairly springy or has much of a nap, I wouldn't expect
the stitches to show unless they're fairly big. On the other hand,
you could always treat any visible stitching as a deliberate design
element!
Heather
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http://www.heatherrosejones.com
LJ:hrj
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