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From: Selene
Date: 03-16-2005, 03:50 AM (1 of 9)
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I am sewing a skirt using a crepe-type fabric, but it is fraying really badly... Is there something I can put onto the edges to keep it from doing this until it is all sewn up? Thanks! Selene 
Selene
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User: Selene
Member since: 03-03-2004 Total posts: 71 
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From: lilac
Date: 03-16-2005, 06:42 AM (2 of 9)
| You could try fray check or pinking the edges or serging the edge. |
User: lilac
Member since: 07-07-2002 Total posts: 102 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 03-16-2005, 07:01 AM (3 of 9)
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Even a simple zig-zag would help. Years ago (Not THAT many years, Mary and Jan, so don't start!) I used a treadle machine with nothing but a straight stitch. My girls were little and I used a lot of corduroy and would straight stitch around the edge and even that helped a lot. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: sewingrandma
Date: 03-17-2005, 08:48 AM (4 of 9)
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Would Seams Great solve your problem? It encases the raw edges and gives a nice finish.
Brockie
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User: sewingrandma
Member since: 03-06-2003 Total posts: 432 |
From: Selene
Date: 03-17-2005, 09:04 AM (5 of 9)
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Thanks for the advice... I have tried zigzag stitching and it's a bit better, but it is still very delicate. I am in Spain... I don't know what Seams Great is...? I went to the notions shop and they showed me some kind of spray used for basting and fabric glue, but I'm not sure if any of that would do?
Selene
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User: Selene
Member since: 03-03-2004 Total posts: 71
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From: paroper
Date: 03-17-2005, 09:19 AM (6 of 9)
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There are several products out there. They usually come in a little bottle with a "long nose" for application. They you just run the tip along the edge of the fabric. It applies a coating to the edges that keeps the fabric from fraying. Test your fabric. They sometimes dry stiff or they can change the color of the edges. The color problem isn't such a big thing if it doesn't show on the outside. In the states the names are something like Seams Great or Fray Check. Each company has their own product name.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: mamadus
Date: 03-18-2005, 03:33 AM (7 of 9)
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hola Selene... y donde estas en madrid?? yo pase un ano estudiando en la complutense y tengo buenas memorias de madrid... vivia en Moncloa y tengo amigos todavia alli en madrid.... MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
Member since: 12-31-2004 Total posts: 492 
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From: Selene
Date: 03-18-2005, 03:54 AM (8 of 9)
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hola Selene... y donde estas en madrid?? yo pase un ano estudiando en la complutense y tengo buenas memorias de madrid... vivia en Moncloa y tengo amigos todavia alli en madrid.... MO Estoy muy cerca de donde estabas vivendo, por Chamartin... Me alegra ver que hay alguien por aquí que conoce mi tierra!! ¡Saludos Mo! 
Selene
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User: Selene
Member since: 03-03-2004 Total posts: 71
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From: Woodsy
Date: 03-19-2005, 07:40 AM (9 of 9)
| Seams Great is the brand name for a thin material that is precut to a small width. This is folded over the raw edges (like bias tape) and straight stitched or zig-zagged down to finish the raw edges. You could cut your own material to make this. It is important that it be thin (to not distort your fabric) but densly woven (so it doesn't ravel) and then cut it on the bias , also so it doens't ravel. |
User: Woodsy
Member since: 07-22-2001 Total posts: 19 |
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