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Posted by John Nada (AKA He Who Shall Be on June 26, 2006, 7:46 pm
my wife wants a sewing machine to make ocassional repairs to clothes.
She needs to be able to do hems.
What do you recommend? Would any sewing machine from walmart be able to
do this?
Thanks
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Posted by Juno on June 26, 2006, 8:14 pm
John Nada (AKA He Who Shall Be Frozen) wrote:
> my wife wants a sewing machine to make ocassional repairs to clothes.
> She needs to be able to do hems.
> What do you recommend? Would any sewing machine from walmart be able to
> do this?
>
> Thanks
>
http://www.cet.com/~pennys/faq/smfaq.htm
read this, then consider a used machine
Juno
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Posted by cea on June 27, 2006, 1:29 pm
John Nada (AKA He Who Shall Be Frozen) wrote:
> my wife wants a sewing machine to make ocassional repairs to clothes.
> She needs to be able to do hems.
> What do you recommend? Would any sewing machine from walmart be able to
> do this?
>
> Thanks
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Depends upon what type of hem she's sewing. Most hems are sewn by
machine or by hand, or a combination of the two.A regular sewing
machine is useful for hemming, as is a serger. Most couture hems are
sewn in y hand--nothing beats a beautifully set, hand-sewn hem.
There's slipstitched hems, sewn by hand;
rolled hems, which can be hand-sewn or straight-stitched on any sewing
machine; double-row topstitching, (as seen on some sportswear), which
can be sewn with a serger, or combo of serger and regular machine;
a clean-finished edge, which can be serged along the raw edge, then
either hand-sewn, or machine straight-stitched;
a pinked-edge which can be sewn in by any hand method, or top-stitched
by conventional machine;
There's lettuce edged hems, rolled lettuce edge hems, bound hems,
faced hems;
There's the True Tailor's Hem, which is sewn in by hand, NO edge
finish (useful for bulk reduction);
Dressmaker's hem w/ binding, set with running stitches;
Vertical or straight hemming stitch; fell stitching; catch stitch;
regular running-hem stitch. Much more, but that's all I can recollect
at the moment.
Then there's specialized machines, which only make hems:
Industrial and semi-industrial blindhemmers. Most home-sewers don't
spend $$ on these machines, as their versatility is limited. They are,
however, quite useful for home cottage industries: hemming men's
slacks in bulk, bottom and side hems on draperies,
contract work.
(With a nod to Tom Hanks) There's steamed shrimp, boiled shrimp,
shrimp cocktail, shrimp cocktail, shrimp gumbo, shrimp Newburg, pickled
shrimp, fried shrimp, broiled shrimp, poached shrimp, potted shrimp...
Cea
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