On Sunday 30 November 2008 6:51:07 pm Kimiko Small wrote:
> --- On Sun, 11/30/08, Sid Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One function I find my overlocker is really useful for is
> > rolled hems...
> > were rolled hems used on clothing prior to 1901?
>
> Hand rolled hems have been seen in extant medieval garments, mostly on
> veils, I believe from the books I've read and what I retained from them. I
> am sure others more knowledgeable on this list could tell you exactly what
> garments had hand rolled hems.

That's right.  I remember a few rolled hems from the Viking era.  (Of course, 
those and the medieval examples were done by hand, not with 
sergers/overlockers.)  :-)


--
Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

"The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next."
--Helen Keller 


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