How right you are!
Kathleen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carmen Beaudry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] hand rolled hems
Sorry for the late reply myself, but.....
I'm doing some silk organza scarves (not historic, before anyone panics
[1]). The fabric is 60" wide, so the hand rolled hem is very long - and I
hate hand-sewing with a red passion, so I'm always trying to figure out
how to make it easier and faster. And I hit on something this weekend. As
long as the finished part is longer than my forearm, I can pin the edge
under my right elbow (I'm right-handed) on a table, and hold the
unfinished part of the hem in my left hand, rolling the hem toward me
with the left hand's fingers. This keeps the hem taut, while rolling at
the same time. I can then use my right hand to stitch what the left hand
is preparing. Make sure that the table-chair setup puts your elbow no
lower than normal height, or you'll be bending your back, which is Not
Good. This goes fast!
(snip)
Melanie / Lijsbet
This is pretty much how a sewing clamp/bird works. It makes pretty much
all hand sewing Much faster. I have two reproduction sewing birds. One
stays clamped next to my sewing machine for handwork in the sewing room,
the other travels with me, since I found out I can clamp it to the edge of
my travel sewing box. I do about 1/3 of my sewing by hand, so this has
really speeded things up for m.
Melusine
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