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I have several pairs of stretch jeans I want to hem and make capri's. The last time I tried to hem them on my sewing machine the material stretched to much. I had my machine set to sew stretch material. Any suggestions on how to hem them without the extra stretching? Would using fabric tape help hold the hem down while sewing?
Trisha from Alabama
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RE: Hemming Stretch Jeans
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Post By (Guest Post)
(04/05/2007)
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The best thing would be to have a walking foot for your machine, if you have one use it.
If not - do not pull the fabric...if you can - put your finger in back of the feed through and sort of "block" the material from coming through slightly. I saw this on Sandra Bertina's sewing show and it works.
this works by slowing down the botton layer being pulled through, which is why it stretches and which is how the walking foot works..it makes the feed dogs work together pulling the top layer and the bottom layer through at the same time. Without the walking foot the bottom layer is pulled through first, which causes the stretching...this is what you are preventing with your "finger blocking"
I know what to do, I just can not explain it very well, I hope this helps.
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