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From: blackie
Date: 05-25-2006, 08:26 PM (1 of 6)
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OK, I have a gerzmillion great overalls for my 2 year old son. The kind that snap around the legs and crotch for easy diaper changes. He has a big bum and wears cloth diapers so he is always busting the snaps open. It is very annoying and I am willing to forgo the "ease" of diaper changes for permanently affixed inseams. So the other day I go to do this on my sewing machine, and as those of you with three-dimensionally equipped brains may have already realized, this is nearly impossible to do due to the way overalls are constructed. In short, you end up having to scrunch the leg of the overall up onto the needle. Remember, the inseams on these things are lapped so you can't just turn them inside out and stitch. I am *scared* to try handsewing because of the thickness of the seams there. Does anyone know an easier way for me to get what I want done? Or what kind of tools I'd need to do the intense hand-sewing this venture would entail? Thank you, as always, my guiding seamstress angels! see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
Member since: 03-31-2004 Total posts: 594 |
From: esrun3
Date: 05-25-2006, 10:53 PM (2 of 6)
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much as I hate to suggest a labor intensive way to do this, how about ripping out the seam and then sewing it up? Can you get the snaps off the material without ruining it?
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: paroper
Date: 05-25-2006, 11:21 PM (3 of 6)
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Did you try turning the pants wrong side out, gathering them up and then sewing into the hole from above? I'd probably sew from the top of the crotch down each leg rather than trying to go all the way around the leg. If you are going to leave those gripper snaps there you'll have to use a zipper foot to get around the snaps. If the snaps are on tape they shouldn't be that hard to remove and then you could, as esrun3 suggested, just open them up, cut out the excess seam and sew them up on a "real" seamline. Even if you only remove the lower portions of the snaps it will take care of some of the problems you will have in sewing these up.
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: DorothyL
Date: 05-26-2006, 06:57 AM (4 of 6)
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I was going to say sew up one leg to the crotch then up the other -- but Pam's idea of down one side then down the other sounds better. Either way I would do one leg at a time. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: blackie
Date: 05-26-2006, 10:55 AM (5 of 6)
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One leg at a time won't work because of the lapped nature of the seam. I don't see how that can help. I may in fact start tearing out seams... This is an intriguing idea. Thanks for the ideas! I'll let y'all know what I do... see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
Member since: 03-31-2004 Total posts: 594 |
From: paroper
Date: 05-26-2006, 11:13 AM (6 of 6)
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Eventhough the seam is lapped it shouldn't matter if you sew one side at a time. If I didn't take the grippers off, even if I did I might be sewing on top of the seams, not right sides together. That is why you'd need the zipper foot. I might only snap and pin the first side first...then when I had that sewn I'd probably snap and pin the second just to give me a little more space (not much as most of your problem will be in the leg, not the crotch. The seam is going to fit together closer and be easier to sew with the snaps off though and if you you take the seams all apart, you could just sew right sides together. I have a night gown that has gripper snaps all the way down but they aren't on tape. The gown gapped. It doesn't any more. I snapped that bugger closed, put in a few pins to keep it from shifting, put on my trusty zipper foot and sewed it shut at the front edge and on the other side of the snaps--no problem. 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 |
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