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From: Lil Princess
Date: 03-30-2005, 02:53 AM (1 of 4)
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Hi! I am doing a Simplicity 4705 Skirt G and I am stuck with step #1! What does clip notched edge to machine-stiching along curves mean? And ..step 2...to make narrow hem on lower edge, press under 1/4" on lower edge. Stich close to preesed edge. Trim close to stiching. Then stitch under another 1/8". Eekz! There are always new vocab coming up! what is clipping? what i do with it? Please help me! Thanks |
User: Lil Princess
Member since: 03-20-2005 Total posts: 13 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 03-30-2005, 07:07 AM (2 of 4)
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Clips are little cuts from the edge of the fabric to, but not through, the seam. Or, if there is no seam but it said to stay stitch through one layer of fabric, you run a line of stitching within the seam line then clip to but not through the edge so it will lay straighter before you sew it. For that hem -- press under 1/4 inch. If you have enough length you might find 1/2 inch easier. Now sew as close to the fold -- not the raw edge -- as you can. It's easier if you use a longer stitch length, especially at the beginning. Press it open, like a seam with the folded bit toward the garment so the raw edge is laying flat. Now trim the raw edge as close to the stitching as you can. I find laying it over a seam roll helps. Now press it up again with as small a hem as you can and sew it down. Here's a tip if your fabric doesn't want to hold the folds you press in. When you are pressing, find something heavy and flat for a weight -- I have some marble book ends -- and hit your fold with a big burst of steam and put your weight on it for a few seconds or more. Dorothy |
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Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: paroper
Date: 03-30-2005, 08:38 AM (3 of 4)
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One reason to clip curves is to make a concave curve fit a convex curve. The curve that is smaller in the arc is difficult to fit against one that is larger unless you run a line of stitching (staystitch) and clip first. Another reason is to make the curve lay flat against the body, as in at the neckline where both pieces curve the same amount, but adding the seam allowance which curves in not only makes the garment smaller at the neck (until it is clipped) but very difficult to enclose within another seam WITHOUT pucker. You would also see this at waistbands. Often if you clip you will also trim or cut away part of the seam allowance. In some cases you are told to clip outside curves too, just to make a seam lay flatter. In very sharp outside curves, the seam will turn better and look nicer if the curve is clipped. Another place where you will clip is where you have an outside (square or angle) corner meeting an inside (square or angle) corner. You will be told to clip the inside corner. pam
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User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: Lil Princess
Date: 04-02-2005, 08:43 PM (4 of 4)
| thanks for helping me! i will post a pic of my dress when i am done! ^^ |
User: Lil Princess
Member since: 03-20-2005 Total posts: 13 |
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