Thanks for all your input. I've used that technique for belt loops and tacking
linings in place, but never knew the name bride, and also never thought to
use it as a reinforcement.
When using it as a neck opening slash reinforcement, do you think that it would
be a short bar attached near the
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From: Kathryn Pinner pinn...@mccc.edu
Subject: [h-cost] Secondary question - bride ?
Thanks for all your input. I've used that technique for belt loops and
tacking linings in place, but never knew the name bride, and also never
thought to use
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
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
Usually not the cuffs, unless the person I'm sewing for puts a lot of stress
on that seam, but certainly on the side slits.
Carmen
I've put little gussets there, but like the idea of a bride better. Thanks!
Kate
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
Usually not the cuffs, unless the person I'm sewing for puts a lot of stress
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
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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
Usually not the cuffs, unless the person I'm sewing for puts
