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Posted by R. Bledsoe on December 30, 2006, 5:36 am
Thank you very much! Contrary to your assertion, it seems you know a good
deal about sewing fur.
Rita
>I know little about sewing fur, but you will need leather needles, as
> real fur is attached to "leather". You are going to have to be careful
> to make sure that the fur does not get brushed into your seams before
> they are stitched, but brushed away from the seams so that you do not
> get a "tucked in" look at your seam lines, which will make your seams
> very obvious.
>
> A note on cutting: You will want to cut the fur from the reverse, and
> not use scissors, but a razorknife (or similar cutter) as to not
> "shear" the fur accidentially, which would make your seams stand out.
>
> I would experiment with seaming the fur, you may find that well butted
> seams work best with a zig zag stitch. This would give you less bulk
> at the seams on the body of the furpiece itself. You will probably
> have to brush the fur well after seaming to hide the seams.
>
> As for the seams where the fur is attached to your fabric, I suspect
> that you are going to need to use a leather needle there as well..
> However, I would take a scrap of fabric and a scrap of leather ( or
> plastic) and test the leather needle with the combination of the two
> items to make sure that the leather needle does not cut up your fabric
> too badly when stitching. (Leather needles have a "knife edge" to cut
> through the leather, which regular sewing needles do not posess).
>
> I think I would start by piecing & stitching the fur together into the
> correct shape to match your pattern using a leather needle (this
> needle will likely require frequent changes), making sure that I was
> not brushing/tucking the "nap" of the fur into the seams. After I had
> my main "furpiece" together, I think I would edge the whole piece with
> a satin type binding (in a appropriate colour for the fur and cape),
> sewing it to the fur side of the furpiece, which I would then turn to
> the reverse side of the fur (mitering any angles, as appropriate),
> leaving a small (1/8"-3/16" ? ) "reveal" all the way around the edges
> of the fur (the "finished" furpiece should be slightly smaller than
> the "finished" cape itself, as not to protrude around the edges). This
> would serve to finish the edges of the furpiece, and would provide a
> point for attachment to the cape. I believe that most of this could
> be done with machine..
>
> When I was ready to attach the "furpiece", I would hand sew the
> furpiece using the satin "reveal" I created earlier as the point of
> attachment to the inside edges of the cape's facings, with a fairly
> large, very even overcast "whip" stitch, which is how the fine family
> heirloom furs I own are finished. In other words, the hand stitches
> around the edges are quite visible if you look for them.
>
> The collar would be the same process, only much smaller, and the
> "finished" fabric portion of the collar would be slightly smaller than
> the "finished" fur portion (so that the fabric does not show around
> the edges of the finished fur collar when it is in place.)
>
> me
> wrote:
>
>>I have a cape I would like to duplicate and line with fur from on old
>>beaver
>>coat. The cape is a copy of one Queen Victoria used to wear and was in
>>fact
>>sold as a 'Victoria cape'. It is wrist length, buttons up the front to the
>>neck, simple collar, slash pockets and is buttoned several inches from the
>>side seams to accommodate the arms. (A really simple and lovely garment, I
>>get compliments whenever I wear it.)
>>
>>However, I'm having difficulty finding directions on how to sew with fur.
>>From all I can find out, I have two major tasks 1) piecing the fur to fit
>>the cape and 2) taping the edges of the fur to sew to the neck and front
>>facings of the cape.
>>
>>If I do all of this by hand, are there any special tools or needles that I
>>will need? I have an Elna 6003 - is there some attachment that I can use
>>to
>>sew fur? Which needles would be suitable for this?
>>
>>I plan to make the collar out of the fur, lined with the coat material.
>>
>>Any suggestions you can give me on this project would be much appreciated.
>>
>>Rita
>>
>
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