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Posted by Olwyn Mary on August 26, 2005, 3:02 pm
MSMenagerie wrote:
> I was wanting to serge the edge of some satin fabric to prevent it from
> unraveling so badly as I use it place customers' handstitched items on
> adn then roll up until I can get to them. (snip)
> Could anyone help me with settings or an approach outside of just
> folding and stitching the edge normally?? Thank you.
Have you tried simply staystitching, i.e. putting a row of fairly fine
stitches just 1/8" away from the cut edge? I do this to every piece of
fabric which comes into my house, before I pre-wash it. If you don't
like the amount of raveling you get from this, you could follow up with
a three-step zigzag from the staystitching to the cut edge, just to tame
the threads a little more.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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