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From: MrsSnuggly
Date: 07-09-2006, 11:12 AM (1 of 20)
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I have a pair of toddler pants that are finished (pretty much). I finished all the seams except the one that runs down the middle (crotch seam) - as I haven't figured how to do that. I don't have a serger, or pinking shears. Do I leave them, clip them. or try to put a finish hem on them.....which I could do easily by hand. Not helpful that they're pretty much finished either. Brandy~ |
User: MrsSnuggly
Member since: 05-21-2006 Total posts: 104 |
From: Mom of Six
Date: 07-09-2006, 12:12 PM (2 of 20)
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You could zig zag the seams together (like a serger) or seperate
Barb
Happiness is having time to sew!! |
User: Mom of Six
Member since: 11-03-2001 Total posts: 1115 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 07-09-2006, 12:26 PM (3 of 20)
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I like flat fell in the crotch. It is stronger and looks good. But you kind of have to do that before you get the rest put together -- especially with something that small. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: MissTaraTara
Date: 07-10-2006, 12:35 AM (4 of 20)
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I don't have a serger, or pinking shears. Do I leave them, clip them. Brandy~ In the instruction sheets in some older sewing patterns, for the crotch seam, it will say to stitch your seam, then go back and stitch 1/8' away from the original stitching within the seam allowance. Thereafter you trim close to the second line of stitching. However, zigzagging the seam edge will lessen the raveling during the wash. |
User: MissTaraTara
Member since: 01-24-2006 Total posts: 227 |
From: MrsSnuggly
Date: 07-10-2006, 05:51 PM (5 of 20)
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Yeah - I french seamed the rest but the crotch seam was the very last - put together. That's why its weird. Not helpful - the size of it. Thanks guys. brandy~ |
User: MrsSnuggly
Member since: 05-21-2006 Total posts: 104 |
From: Tummy
Date: 07-10-2006, 05:57 PM (6 of 20)
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I like flat fell in the crotch. Dorothy Since I found out what a flat fell seam was (just last week, here) I have been excited to try one.. I have been on a sewing strike the past weeks. This sounds like the best option with no serger, IMO |
User: Tummy
Member since: 06-03-2006 Total posts: 81 |
From: Tummy
Date: 07-14-2006, 12:10 AM (7 of 20)
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Back to proudly announce... I made a pair of wrap pants!!! I used the flat fell seam for the crotch. They cam out awsome.. well, ahem, kinda awsome... I did not make them 'wide' enough on the waist for myself, but they fit my 9 yr old GREAT!.. lol |
User: Tummy
Member since: 06-03-2006 Total posts: 81 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 07-14-2006, 08:12 AM (8 of 20)
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Good for you -- or rather good for your 9-year-old! Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: luv2sew
Date: 07-14-2006, 08:19 PM (9 of 20)
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Tummy Congratulations on the wrap pants and I am sure your daughter will enjoy them. Also wondering....I know about the Panhandle and Big Bend but have never heard of the Armpit of Florida.... In what area of the state is it located? If you don't mind my asking. Luv2sew
An act of kindness is never wasted!! |
User: luv2sew
Member since: 05-21-2004 Total posts: 174 
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From: Tummy
Date: 07-14-2006, 11:15 PM (10 of 20)
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Tummy Congratulations on the wrap pants and I am sure your daughter will enjoy them. Also wondering....I know about the Panhandle and Big Bend but have never heard of the Armpit of Florida.... In what area of the state is it located? If you don't mind my asking. Thank you.. son btw. Armpit of Florida is located on the Treasure Coast.. Port Saint Lucie to be exact... lmao |
User: Tummy
Member since: 06-03-2006 Total posts: 81 |
From: luv2sew
Date: 07-15-2006, 03:31 PM (11 of 20)
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Tummy...... OOOPS, sorry about the gender thing. I assumed and I know that is against the rule.  Thank you for the geography lesson.  I know where Pt St Lucie is but did not know it is called the Armpit. Thank you. Luv2sew
An act of kindness is never wasted!! |
User: luv2sew
Member since: 05-21-2004 Total posts: 174
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From: Tummy
Date: 07-15-2006, 04:19 PM (12 of 20)
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Tummy...... OOOPS, sorry about the gender thing. I assumed and I know that is against the rule. Thank you for the geography lesson. I know where Pt St Lucie is but did not know it is called the Armpit. Thank you. I have been here since 1986.. seen it grow soooo much, and honestly, it has become an armpit!.. I cannot wait to get out of here.. one of these days. I keep telling everyone I'm going to move to Okeeeeechobeeeee and become a 'hick' No offence to any 'hicks'... I want to be one.. lol |
User: Tummy
Member since: 06-03-2006 Total posts: 81 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 07-15-2006, 08:31 PM (13 of 20)
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Tummy -- You could come up here. We're hicks and live very close to the small city of Auburn, known as the middle finger of the Finger Lakes. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Tummy
Date: 07-16-2006, 11:17 AM (14 of 20)
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OH NO Dorothy, I cannot do the cold.. I have grown custom to the horrid humidity of florida if that is at all possible!. I have shoulder injury that does not allow me to deal with the cold weather unless I am using pharmacudicals.. and well, my 'chosen' life style and beliefs do not allow me to use such means of controling the pain. So, I just stay away from the pain  If that makes any sense to anyone. |
User: Tummy
Member since: 06-03-2006 Total posts: 81 |
From: Patty22
Date: 07-16-2006, 07:42 PM (15 of 20)
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Tummy -- You could come up here. We're hicks and live very close to the small city of Auburn, known as the middle finger of the Finger Lakes. Bwhahahahahahaha Dorothy.......knowing you has been one of the best things about living in these here parts. I just can't wait for your government reports on the radio! Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 07-16-2006, 07:55 PM (16 of 20)
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Patty -- Can you get the Auburn station? I can't here in Moravia and I won't in Syracuse. Maybe I'll have you tape them so I can hear what the editors do to them. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: keljo60
Date: 07-31-2006, 11:44 AM (17 of 20)
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Tummy, I just left Port St Lucie, I agree, it's defitely the "armpit of Florid"!!!! We (dh, dd1 & dd2) moved there in 2001 so older dd could go to IRCC. Couldn't wait to leave when everyone in the US decided to move there! I live in N. FL, and love it! Kelly
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! |
User: keljo60
Member since: 07-30-2006 Total posts: 154 
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From: Tummy
Date: 08-07-2006, 11:26 PM (18 of 20)
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Tummy, I just left Port St Lucie, I agree, it's defitely the "armpit of Florid"!!!! We (dh, dd1 & dd2) moved there in 2001 so older dd could go to IRCC. Couldn't wait to leave when everyone in the US decided to move there! I live in N. FL, and love it! Oh do not even get me started on the School System here.. 
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User: Tummy
Member since: 06-03-2006 Total posts: 81 |
From: Roy
Date: 08-08-2006, 08:18 PM (19 of 20)
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Golly. You folks are from my home country. I lived in Syracuse for ten years and visited the state prisons in Auburn and Moravia hundreds of times. It was great going in to visit the men. Even greater getting out and hearing the ten gates and sliding doors clang shut behind me No sewing allowed in there and the fashion options are awful.
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User: Roy
Member since: 04-28-2006 Total posts: 25 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 08-09-2006, 06:54 AM (20 of 20)
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Yeah Roy, It's the biggest local industry around here, incarceration. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
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