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Posted by Dorothy on May 23, 2007, 11:54 pm
I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with this item but it was widely
used in suit and dress making years ago. If you know what I'm talking
about does anyone know where one of these can be purchased? I've
searched a lot of shops and have had no luck.
Thanks in advance.
Dorothy F
DeFuniak Springs, FL
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Posted by Bronnie on May 24, 2007, 12:08 am
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> I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with this item but it was widely
> used in suit and dress making years ago. If you know what I'm talking
> about does anyone know where one of these can be purchased? I've
> searched a lot of shops and have had no luck.
> Thanks in advance.
> Dorothy F
> DeFuniak Springs, FL
Called a 'tailor's ham' I think. My husband made a couple of
different ones when he did tailoring as a hobby years back. Maybe
try a tailor's supply store or website.
I'm in Australia so can't help directly.
Cheers
Bronwyn
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Posted by Roberta Zollner on May 24, 2007, 8:27 am
It's a little different from a tailor's ham, which is ham-shaped for
pressing odd areas like sleeve caps. A seam roll is a long padded cylinder
that goes right under the seam, so when you press it open, you don't get
lines from the fabric edges pressed into the visible side of the cloth. The
outside is able to fall back away from the iron, but you still get a good
crease right at the seam line.
Should be able to make one yourself -piece of wooden broom handle, dowel or
curtain rod about a foot long, wrapped in a few layers of cotton batting,
covered tightly with a muslin case.
Roberta in D
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>> I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with this item but it was widely
>> used in suit and dress making years ago. If you know what I'm talking
>> about does anyone know where one of these can be purchased? I've
>> searched a lot of shops and have had no luck.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Dorothy F
>> DeFuniak Springs, FL
> Called a 'tailor's ham' I think. My husband made a couple of
> different ones when he did tailoring as a hobby years back. Maybe
> try a tailor's supply store or website.
> I'm in Australia so can't help directly.
> Cheers
> Bronwyn
>
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Posted by Taria on May 24, 2007, 12:12 am
Atlanta Thread SUpply has them:
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> http://store.atlantathread.com/seamroll.html
HTH, Taria
Dorothy wrote:
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> I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with this item but it was widely
> used in suit and dress making years ago. If you know what I'm talking
> about does anyone know where one of these can be purchased? I've
> searched a lot of shops and have had no luck.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dorothy F
> DeFuniak Springs, FL
>
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Posted by Phyllis Nilsson on May 24, 2007, 9:09 am
If there is anything for sale under the sun that someone in this group can't
find, I don't know what it could be.
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> Atlanta Thread SUpply has them:
>> http://store.atlantathread.com/seamroll.html
> HTH, Taria
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> used in suit and dress making years ago. If you know what I'm talking
> about does anyone know where one of these can be purchased? I've
> searched a lot of shops and have had no luck.
> Thanks in advance.
> Dorothy F
> DeFuniak Springs, FL