Re: [lace-chat] pleated gathering?

[Martha Krieg]

The other thing about regular gathering: the instructions all say to 
run one line of gathering thread ON the seam line and another 1/4" 
into the seam allowance. If instead you run one 1/8" inside the seam 
allowance and the other 1/8" into the garment, then pull up the 
gathers and sew ON the seam allowance halfway between the two, you 
can then remove the line of stitching in the garment (this assumes 
you have fabric that doesn't show the needle holes!), and the gathers 
are ever so much less likely to flip that little corner up into the 
seam.  If it's a skirt and you are concerned about leaving only one 
line of gathering threads, in case the seam comes out, run three to 
begin with.
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