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Trim attachment query Pat in Arkansas 03-19-2006
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Posted by Pat in Arkansas on March 19, 2006, 11:12 am
I am making a pants and tunic outfit for my sister. She works in home
care, wearing a lab coat over her regular clothing. I have a dark
brown stretch cotton (fairly heavy) and want to attach some beautiful
beads- on-a-ribbon trim. Beads are about 2" long from a narrow ribbon.

Here's the rub. How do I get it to lay fairly flat around the
neckline? Tiny tucks?? Machine easing on the top of the ribbon?? The
rest of the trim is pretty straight lines except from the shoulder seam
to the neckline slit. I want to put this on by machine......would love
to do a faggoting machine stitch with a bit of Gutterman metallic
(brown or a subtle brass shade)..........but the zipper foot gets in
the way, and any kind of regular foot is going to ride up on the
beading attachments and distort things pretty badly I think.

Have you ever done this?? If you have a good idea please post it!!
Many thanks.

Pat in Arkansas


Posted by HC on March 19, 2006, 9:37 pm
I'd used a beading foot to match the size of the beads you are
attaching. If you don't have one of these, a cording foot might help?
You said you've tried a zipper foot, that would have been my last option
after the two above.

To get it to lay flat, why not run a gathering thread around the edge
and slightly gather it in place. This thread could be taken out once
you've sewn the bead trim.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)



Pat in Arkansas wrote:
> I am making a pants and tunic outfit for my sister. She works in home
> care, wearing a lab coat over her regular clothing. I have a dark
> brown stretch cotton (fairly heavy) and want to attach some beautiful
> beads- on-a-ribbon trim. Beads are about 2" long from a narrow ribbon.
>
> Here's the rub. How do I get it to lay fairly flat around the
> neckline? Tiny tucks?? Machine easing on the top of the ribbon?? The
> rest of the trim is pretty straight lines except from the shoulder seam
> to the neckline slit. I want to put this on by machine......would love
> to do a faggoting machine stitch with a bit of Gutterman metallic
> (brown or a subtle brass shade)..........but the zipper foot gets in
> the way, and any kind of regular foot is going to ride up on the
> beading attachments and distort things pretty badly I think.
>
> Have you ever done this?? If you have a good idea please post it!!
> Many thanks.
>
> Pat in Arkansas
>

Posted by Sharon Hays on March 20, 2006, 8:36 am

> I am making a pants and tunic outfit for my sister. She works in home
> care, wearing a lab coat over her regular clothing. I have a dark
> brown stretch cotton (fairly heavy) and want to attach some beautiful
> beads- on-a-ribbon trim. Beads are about 2" long from a narrow ribbon.
>

Pat,

I haven't put beaded fringe on necklines, but I've put it everywhere else
almost. ;) I always put it on first with Wash Away Wonder Tape. Do you
have some of that? Hancock's carries it and if they happen to be out, let
me know I have a big stash of it. :)

Usually I put the tape on the ribbon first. Then peel the backing and press
the ribbon onto the garment a little at a time. You could try that. If
it's a gentle curve, usually you can just kind of fuss with the ribbon and
get it to lay around all right. (sometimes you have to cuss it while you
fuss with it lol) If you do tucks, that will change how the beads fall, so
look at it first and see if it's how you want it.

Now, here's my other super secret trick. ;) I keep a roll of scotch tape
in the sewing room too. After I have the ribbon stuck down with the wonder
tape, I put some scotch tape over the beads to hold them out of the way. I
came up with that right after the first time I hit a bead with the needle.
Broke the bead, the string it was hanging on (which meant all the other
beads on that string went flying) and the needle. I said a lot of cuss
words that day.


Sharon

--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



Posted by AC on March 20, 2006, 9:09 am
Use painter's (blue) tape instead, its less sticky and less likely to
pull off any finish on the beads. I do this for beaded trims added to
home decor items.
A
>
> Now, here's my other super secret trick. ;) I keep a roll of scotch tape
> in the sewing room too. After I have the ribbon stuck down with the wonder
> tape, I put some scotch tape over the beads to hold them out of the way. I
> came up with that right after the first time I hit a bead with the needle.
> Broke the bead, the string it was hanging on (which meant all the other
> beads on that string went flying) and the needle. I said a lot of cuss
> words that day.
>
>
> Sharon
>

Posted by Sharon Hays on March 20, 2006, 11:27 am

> Use painter's (blue) tape instead, its less sticky and less likely to
> pull off any finish on the beads. I do this for beaded trims added to
> home decor items.
> A
> >


Ooooh. Now there's a cool idea!!! Thanks. ;) Usually (since it lives in
my sewing room) the scotch tape is half covered in lint. lol Surprisingly,
that takes down the tackiness of the tape considerably. heh heh

Thanks!!

Sharon

--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



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