iF THE JACKET STYLE WOULD LOOK OKAY WITH A TRIM OVER THE SEAMS, TRY THAT. ZIPGAG OVER THE SEAM BEFORE STITCHING THE TRIM OVER IT. ADD SOME NEW STYLE TO AN OLD FAVORITE. JUST DON'T GO OVERBOARD. MAYBE YOU CAN FIND A SIMILAR CLOTH TO MAKE SOME BIAS TAPE TRIM THAT WON'T BE SO OBVIOUS AS A REPAIR JOB.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:26:46 -0800 > Subject: [h-cost] how to fix a pulled seam > > Help! > I have a favorite jacket I'm trying to save. The fabric is a plain weave > silky fabric. The seam was just sewn with a straight stitch with no seam > allowance treatment. The stitches are just pulling through the seam > allowance making fringe. It's on a 2 piece sleeve near the elbow. > > What are my options to save this? It's pulled right to the seamline in > several places. I'm guessing I'll need to use a zig zag stitch but that's > about as far as I've gotten. There's little to no seam allowance to work > with. > > Julie > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
