I do not, since neither is a slash, and the flat fell seam helps take any strain. I usually put gussets at the bottom of the side seams, but neither gets the same stress that the bottom of the neck opening.
I also buttonhole stitch around the bottom of the slash, beyond the point where a rolled hem is workable. The bride/bar tack is sewed just above this. I guess that does make it sort of a button hole, but I never though of it that way before. -- Chris Bertani www.goblinrevolution.org/costumes On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 07:58, Kathryn Pinner <pinn...@mccc.edu> wrote: > That would certainly reinforce it. Do you do the same for the lower end of > side seams when they are open flaps and the cuffs? > > Kate > > >> When using it as a neck opening slash reinforcement, do you think that it >> would be a short bar attached near the point on both sides, or would it be >> worked more like a buttonhole (or half a buttonhole) around the slash >> point catching the fabric? >> >> Thanks again, >> Kate > > I do both. I buttonhole stitch around the point of the slit, and then make > a bride about a 1/4 inch up from the slit. > > Carmen > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
