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Posted by Juno on September 8, 2007, 10:06 pm
IMS wrote:
> Back in July I offered to alter a gorgeous prom dress for my niece by
> October. It needed hemming, and the spaghetti straps needed to be
> taken in. The dress is made of acetate, and has two 'flaps' on each
> side, that 'flare' out as she walks. Very pretty, really. It also has
> a lovely beaded bodice.
>
> The BIG problem - these flaps are cut on the bias, and the existing
> hem on both the flaps and skirt bottom were narrow....REALLY narrow.
> Then I realized after some testing with the cut-off from the hem that
> this sucker would stretch under the machine. And, the original hem was
> folded over - which after several attempts to do was IMPOSSIBLE for me
> to do a hem that narrow and keep it from stretching out. And, after some
> additional testing realized a wider hem just was not going to look
> good. It needed to be narrow. Yikes!
>
> After some reading in my sewing books and on-line it looked like doing
> a two-thread narrow overlock stitch all along the hem with my trusty
> 936 just might be the ticket to taming that stretchy fabric and
> allowing the narrow hemming...just fold it up once, rather than twice
> (for less bulk) and finally sew along the edge of the serging on my
> Viking 1+. So away I went, fingers crossed and trying to remember to
> breath :)
>
> I started this project at about 1pm, it's now 9pm and I am happy to
> report I am now DONE and the hem looks perfect! As good as the
> original, and I am thrilled at the result. (And very relieved! LOL)
> The spaghetti straps have also been finished, and the entire dress now
> ready to mail down to my niece next week.
>
> I could not have done this alteration successfully without my Husklock
> 936 serger. While I've always been happy I bought it, today's project
> came out better than I imagined and I'm just over the top!
>
> Sorry to be so long winded...just had to share with those who would
> understand!!
>
> -Irene in balmy CNY
>
>
Terrific Irene, You must be walking on cloud nine. Wonderful tool those
sergers. I love mine and use it every chance I get.
Juno
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