At 08:40 AM 2/19/03 -0500, Holly wrote:

>You're right that I mistyped--I used blanket stitch on the edges of the
>coat.  

Ah!  I was envisioning something like the overcast stitch that was the first
way I learned to do hems.  (And it set up a career in re-hemming; I don't
know why it didn't occur to any of us to try different stitches.)

Perhaps the seams could be sewn with feather stitch worked to match the
blanket stitch around the hems?

>But hemstitching can be used on edges of cloth if you do it
>before the warp is cut from the loom.  I frequently do that for my
>shawls and scarves.

And it's a lovely way to secure fringe.  

-- 
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