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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 11-26-2005, 05:24 PM (1 of 10)
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I bought Ostrich fringe to trim out some fleece scarves and skirts for my youngest dd. I finally got it applied to the hem of her skirt, but just gave up on the scarves and self fringed them. Does anyone have any tips as to which pressure foot would make it easiest to sew this trim on? I tried my all purpose "A" foot, my zipper foot, and my straight stitch foot, the little "hairs" get all tangled up in the feet and get sucked into the throat plate and it just makes one huge mess! I would like to use it though cuz it is just so darn cute! Here is a pic of what it looks like:  Tia! Jen |
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Member since: 05-18-2004 Total posts: 263 
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 11-26-2005, 05:44 PM (2 of 10)
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I've never used that type of trim but I would think you need something like a beading foot. A beading foot has a groove under the foot so that the trim will go through the groove. I have two beading feet for my machine (a Janome). One has a small groove and the other has a large groove. I was practicing couching some yarn (bumpy stuff) and used the large beading foot and it worked pretty good. Maybe others will have other suggestions.
TTFN from
Judy |
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Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366 
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 11-26-2005, 06:26 PM (3 of 10)
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I have always hand tacked anything like this. The stitches stay hidden that way.
Barb
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From: DorothyL
Date: 11-26-2005, 07:26 PM (4 of 10)
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I'd do it by hand. Dorothy |
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 11-26-2005, 09:57 PM (5 of 10)
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Thanks for the advice, everyone You know the funny thing is, as much as I love to x-stitch, I HATE to hand sew- lol; kinda crazy, I know. I think it is because I never had any instruction in hand sewing and my stitches always look so big and ugly to me. I may try my ribbon wizard--the suggestion of the cording/beading foot brought this to mind. Jen |
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From: dmoses
Date: 11-27-2005, 08:40 AM (6 of 10)
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Is the fringe washable? If the item will need to be washed from time to time, I would loosely handstitch the fringe so that it is secure, but not 'too' secure...that way, I could easily remove it at wash time.
Take care,
Donna |
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Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: Jayde877
Date: 11-27-2005, 01:27 PM (7 of 10)
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I know what you mean about hand sewing anything. My suggestion would be to wet the trim, lightly of course, and force all of the fuzzies to one side. then use a very light weight paper, such as newsprint paper or tissue paper (make sure to use UNprinted newsprint, or white tissue paper so the ink won't bleed on the damp trim). place the trim on the edge of the item it needs to be attached to with all the fuzzies facing away from the needle, then put the paper on top to keep the fuzzies from getting in the presser foot. If you have one of the cording foot attachments it would probably help, but a regular one might work if you go slow enough. Use a large zig zag stitch and stitch the trim in place. When you're done sewing, rip the paper off, it should come of really easy with a large stitch, and fluff the fuzzies out so that they cover the stitching. I have NO idea if this will actually work, it's what I would try though!! lol Charity |
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 11-27-2005, 04:53 PM (8 of 10)
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Thank you, that is a very good idea Jen |
User: blessedmommyuv3
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From: LadySloPokes
Date: 11-28-2005, 09:32 AM (9 of 10)
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Charity, I like your idea of using the tissue paper. I'm wondering if water-soluable stabilizer would also work in place of the tissue paper. If the trim is washable, the stabilizer should just wash out from under the stitching. Has anyone else used stabilizer in this manner?
Cookie
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Member since: 08-15-2005 Total posts: 198 
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From: paroper
Date: 11-28-2005, 10:30 AM (10 of 10)
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This may be a really rotten idea so take it for what it is worth. I sometimes feed ribbon through the zig zag hole of my presser foot so that it feeds straight to and from the needle. Some of my feet are trenched underneath to allow trim to pass through..they just have an open trench behind the needle. The trench may be round or large as in a cording foot or it might be flat and the width of the zig zag. I use one of those feet (regardless of what type of application it was designed for) when doing doing this type of application.
pam
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