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Posted by kjvln30 on March 13, 2007, 8:36 pm
> The problem of a poochie seam below an invisible zipper is almost
> always caused by sewing the lower part of the seam *first*. I
> know, that's how the instructions say to do it, but it doesn't
> work well, as you have learned. The problem is that even a
> *tiny* mismatch in the seam length remaining below the zipper
> cause the "pooch". Plus it's really hard to get a zipper foot in
> close enough to the bottom of the zipper to make a smooth seam.
>
> Try doing it the way I have developed:
>
> DO NOT SEW *ANY* OF THE SEAM. Start by sewing in the zipper, and
> then hand stitch with tiny back stitches the first inch of so of
> the seam, below the zipper:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~beidesign/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--Site...
>
> You can then use your zipper foot to finish the seam to the
> bottom:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~beidesign/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--Site...
>
> HTH,
>
> Beverly
Thanks, I'll try hand sewing. I read somewhere else not to sew the
rest of the seam first, so haven't done that. Had problems getting
the foot close enough..... Pictures were helpful.
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