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Posted by Cookie on July 10, 2006, 12:30 pm
Just a beginner question, but how do you keep elastic from twisting inside
the casing when it is washed? I also don't know how the gather will stay
evenly distributed. Should I be zig-zagging on the outside or something
along those lines?
TIA
Cookie
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Posted by Kate Dicey on July 10, 2006, 1:09 pm
Cookie wrote:
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> Just a beginner question, but how do you keep elastic from twisting inside
> the casing when it is washed? I also don't know how the gather will stay
> evenly distributed. Should I be zig-zagging on the outside or something
> along those lines?
>
> TIA
> Cookie
>
>
To stop wide elastics twisting in the casing, once threaded and the
gathers even, I sew down a seam or at strategic points round the
waistband from the top towards the skirt. This also stops the elastic
twisting.
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Cookie on July 10, 2006, 2:04 pm
Thank you Kate. Would the same apply to a crib sheet?
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> Cookie wrote:
>> Just a beginner question, but how do you keep elastic from twisting
>> inside the casing when it is washed? I also don't know how the gather
>> will stay evenly distributed. Should I be zig-zagging on the outside or
>> something along those lines?
>> TIA
>> Cookie
> To stop wide elastics twisting in the casing, once threaded and the
> gathers even, I sew down a seam or at strategic points round the waistband
> from the top towards the skirt. This also stops the elastic twisting.
> --
> Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
> Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
> http://www.katedicey.co.uk
> Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Sarah Dale on July 10, 2006, 5:34 pm
Cookie wrote:
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> Thank you Kate. Would the same apply to a crib sheet?
Cookie,
For a fitted crib sheet, you are likely to have elastic all the way
round, and a fairly narrow elastic at that (assuming crib = cot or moses
basket or some type of baby bed at any rate!).
Here in the UK, all commercially purchased sheets of this type (in fact
all fitted sheets for all sizes of bed) that I have seen have had the
elastic directly applied, not cased. If I were to make that sort of
sheet, I would apply directly with a Zig zag stitch.
If you have used a casing for this application, I wouldn't worry about
the elastic twisting or the evenness of the gathers, assuming you have
used a narrow elastic, as it will even out as the sheet is put on the
matress.
HTH
Sarah
(DD is now 6mths old! Where did that tiny baby go? And what happened to
the time?!)
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Posted by Cookie on July 10, 2006, 7:55 pm
I had made all my previous crib sheets with the elastic directly applied.
However, this time I thought it would look nicer with the elastic inside a
casing. Turns out that it does look nicer cosmetically, however I didn't
really get as nice a fit as I did with the others, plus it didn't take me
any less time as I was completely unsure of what I was doing. I think I'll
stick to the good old zig-zag method!
Thanks Sarah and everyone else who offered advice.
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> Cookie wrote:
>> Thank you Kate. Would the same apply to a crib sheet?
> Cookie,
> For a fitted crib sheet, you are likely to have elastic all the way round,
> and a fairly narrow elastic at that (assuming crib = cot or moses basket
> or some type of baby bed at any rate!).
> Here in the UK, all commercially purchased sheets of this type (in fact
> all fitted sheets for all sizes of bed) that I have seen have had the
> elastic directly applied, not cased. If I were to make that sort of sheet,
> I would apply directly with a Zig zag stitch.
> If you have used a casing for this application, I wouldn't worry about the
> elastic twisting or the evenness of the gathers, assuming you have used a
> narrow elastic, as it will even out as the sheet is put on the matress.
> HTH
> Sarah
> (DD is now 6mths old! Where did that tiny baby go? And what happened to
> the time?!)
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> the casing when it is washed? I also don't know how the gather will stay
> evenly distributed. Should I be zig-zagging on the outside or something
> along those lines?
>
> TIA
> Cookie
>
>