Carolann,
I'd be interested to know which direction the tuck is formed- an inny
or an outie :) ?
I have used the technique to induce a curved back seam in a
gentleman's overcoat I altered to a frock coat; my tuck was an inny. I
did not topstitch it; folding the seam to stitch it down would induce
major puckers in thick cloth.
Do you have a closeup of any of these "seam" tucks? They certainly
would have saved cloth!
Thanks for an excellent opinion on piping/seams for CW era dresses!
== Marjorie Wilser
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"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
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On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Lists wrote (in part):
Hi, Lisa -
Piping is not an absolute, but it does appear in almost all adult
dresses
c.1860-1865: in the armscyes for stabilization and strength and at the
waistline and neckline as a finishing technique. The curved back
seams are
usually not piped; what appears to be piping in photographs is
topstitching.
On a significant number of dresses, this curved back seam is not
even a seam
- it's a tuck folded into the fabric.
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