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Flat-Felled Seam
Denim Skirt... How
to turn an ordinary Skirt pattern into a Flat-Felled Seam Denim Skirt |
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Turn an ordinary
denim skirt pattern into an adorable skirt with strong and decorative
flat-felled seams. |
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You can
turn an ordinary skirt pattern into a denim skirt with flat-felled seams.
Flat-felled seams are the seams you find on your denim jeans. It
is a strong seam and looks very professional. It looks nice if you
have a contrasting thread color.
Follow pattern directions for
pinning and cutting out your skirt. |
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You may
use a flat-felled seam on side seams, front seam, and back seam. DO
NOT use the flat-felled seam on the seam that requires a zipper. For
the skirt shown here, the zipper went in the back, so a regular seam was
stitched there. Unlike a
regular seam pinning and sewing the seam pretty sides together, a
flat-felled seam is pinned and sewn UGLY sides together using a 5/8"
seam allowance.. |
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Once
you have pinned and sewn your seam trim ONE of the seam allowances down
close to the stitching line as shown in the photo. |
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The
biggest secret of a perfect and professional looking flat-felled seam
would be to PRESS it flat. Press it again and again. Fold the seam
allowance that you did not trim, under 1/4" and PRESS, PRESS, and PRESS,
and pin as shown in the photo. |
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Stitch
close to the fold that you just pressed. Stitch as straight as you
can keeping your line even.
This photo shows a flat-felled seam sewn with contrasting rust color
thread against the blue denim.
Notice the 2 lines of stitching.
The first was formed by the seam stitching you did. The second was formed
by the folding, pressing, and then stitching you did. |
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stitching and flat-felled seams must be done neatly and accurately to
achieve professional looking seams and garments as shown in the photo. |
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