I need the clear thread that you use to create scalloped edges on a hem. I know you need to use some kind of nylon thread to do this. Does anyone know what it's actually called so I know what to buy? Is there different widths to it?
Margaret
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 9:49 AMthe one i have in my thread stash is just called "invisible thread", not even a brand name on the spool. i don't know if there are more sizes, it was pretty much the only kind available when i got it. i use it for beadwork on the wedding dresses. sorry i can't help more!
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 11:45 AM?? monofilament ??
I found it at JoAnn's - in (2) sizes - I forgot the number on the smaller size, but it was like working with hair strands or spider web - I prefer the ".005" - found in the thread section
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Tue, May 6, 2008 - 1:12 PMHow are you doing the scallops? I've always done them with facing and pressing, I'd love to hear the monofilament thread method. -
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 7:36 AMWell, I'm only going by what I saw my Aunt doing when she was making a wedding gown. She wanted the trail to have a super curly scalloped edge and simply to the filament and threaded it through the hem. As it went through it held the curl of the thread that was wrapped around a spool, and viola, scallops....I hope it will work for me!
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 7:43 AMMargaret,
The stuff I was thinking of may not be heavy enough to *scallop* a hem like you're talking about. What about fishing line??
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 7:54 AMOh, wow!
As I was first reading, I was thinking you were using the invisible thread to sew the edge... I'm so glad Durrah asked for a description. This method sounds amazing! I'm trying to imagine the outcome - does it give you ruffly fluted waves along the edge? -
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 9:24 AMyep fishing line and an over locker is what you need.
It flutes really well Eileen -
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 1:37 PMso you lay down fishing line and use an overlock stitch over it with clear thread? or i guess you could also zigzag over it? -
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Thu, May 8, 2008 - 5:50 AMBias! Bias!
Woven fabrics will not stretch with or across the grain. If the hem runs with or across the grain you might get a little ruffle but to get the REALLY scallopy rufflles the hem must run along a bias ... for example, the bottom of a circle skirt.
I have a plain old Singer machine. I stitched a teeeniest, tiniest, narrowest hem I could, stretching the fabric as I went. Then I folded it over heavy fishing line, and zig zag stitched it in place, stretching the fabric as I went.
I like the idea of threading it through the hem, like elastic through a casing - that's the method I will try next time.
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Fri, May 9, 2008 - 8:52 AMWhat would happen if I sewed in the hem as tightly as possible? It's a stretchy fabric with lycra in it...
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Sun, May 11, 2008 - 8:05 PMI haven't done it myself, but I think if you sew a zigzag (or probably serge) along the hem while pulling on it, you will get a little, tiny ruffle (a lot of my daughters' T-shirts have edgings like this), whereas if you sew along over a fishing-line you'll get big loopy ruffles. Time for some experimentation?
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Re: Sewing item...what is it called
Tue, May 13, 2008 - 10:35 AMoooohhhh lettuce edging? I've never heard that called scallops. I was trying to picture it hehe. Here's how I interpret that terminology:
Lettuce edge like the hem and sleeves of this t-shirt: www.myweddingfavors.com/images...S-M.jpg
Scallop edge like the hem of this skirt: www.gymbohaven.com/prepclub...cl691.jpg
I think my mom used some kind of monofilament thread to do lettuce edging in a skirt for me when I was in high school, will have to ask her... I have a serger and haven't really tried lettuce edges with it yet.
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