Re: Question for Reinactors

Posted by Lady Ann on January 22, 2001 at 08:03:30:

In Reply to: Question for Reinactors posted by NightSky on January 21, 2001 at 11:02:33:

NightSky:

If you are making the shirt with leather, I recommend using either a chain stitch (2 needles, two sinews "locking" each stitch) or a whip stitch, both of which make finer, tighter seams on leather. If I want a really strong seam on fine leather I sometimes use a small blanket stitch, which is really just a whip stitch with each stitch "locked" by the next stitch. The blanket edge also adds a nice decorative effect. For a fabric shirt running stitch is fine, and both French seams and flat-feld seams are perfectly appropriate. If you are sewing by hand and using a running stitch, be sure to back stitch all the seams that are likely to take extra tension, like underarms.
Happy sewing!

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: NightSky:

: If you are making the shirt with leather, I recommend using either a chain stitch (2 needles, two sinews "locking" each stitch) or a whip stitch, both of which make finer, tighter seams on leather.  If I want a really strong seam on fine leather I sometimes use a small blanket stitch, which is really just a whip stitch with each stitch "locked" by the next stitch.  The blanket edge also adds a nice decorative effect.  For a fabric shirt running stitch is fine, and both French seams and flat-feld seams are perfectly appropriate.  If you are sewing by hand and using a running stitch, be sure to back stitch all the seams that are likely to take extra tension, like underarms.
:   Happy sewing!


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