OT but sewing related

I've never had to try it, but I also recall vinegar being suggested to remove those lines. Good luck!

I have a summer suit which has bands of multicoloured machine embroidery stitches around the hem, the revers and the short sleeve s (about an inch from the edge). The suit is a sort of denim blue cotton, and the rows of machine fancy stitching are pink, yellow and white (as I recall). I'll investigate further if you like the idea. I was attracted by the stitching more than the suit - and I still love it. If the crease line doesn't come out as you want it, perhaps the stitching might appeal? .

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On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:48:43 -0500, Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. wrote (in article ):

Never tried it myself, but that is what I recall as well.

Maureen

Leslie, did you try washing the white pants again?

-Irene

The white ones are fine in length. Are you saying I should try to shrink the white ones to be short like the blue ones? LOL I washed the blue ones after letting down the hem but the crease is just like it was. Bummer. I do not want to have to cut the blue ones off for 'pedal pushers'. Wah!

Guess I'll pout for a few minutes- and then try the vinegar.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I found this online: Remove old hem marks from your clothes by dipping hem line in solution of 1 cup of water mixed with 1/4 teaspoon of borax and 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar. Wring dry and iron on wrong side of garment. Hem marks will disappear.

And this one was for removing needle marks from an old hemline, but it might work for the hemline itself: Just moisten the area with a cloth dipped in equal parts vinegar and water, then place it under the garment before you start ironing.

Awww, gee. You're having all the fun while I was taking my Father's Day nap. Have you tried the vinegar? I'm betting it worked and you didn't have to resort to pouting. However . . . lots of catalogs come in the mail here; mostly that Nobody could afford. I notice that quite a lot of the pants are sort of ankle length instead of touching the shoe and 'breaking' just a little. Polly

"Leslie& The Furbabies in MO." The white ones are fine in length. Are you saying I should try to shrink

Dabbing the pant's leg with a solution of 50-50 white vinegar and water plus a press cloth underneath soaked in the solution took out the crease. BUT... there's a lighter colored line where the fold/crease used to be. I tried my blue Sharpie pen to color in a tiny bit of the line. It's too dark. Rats!

Thanks for all the advice.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

The pants are very much like chinos but in a medium blue. I can't imagine any kind of embroidery that would be in keeping with the style and the tops I want to wear with it. Bummer! But thanks for the idea.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Oh no - sorry! I thought that washing them perhaps in cold water would help eliminate the crease from the hem.

-Irene

When I was a kid they actually "let down" and "took up" hems on dresses and pants, which were made with plenty of fabric to be able to do that. My mother and aunts used to keep baskets of various ribbons, trims, grosgrain, and bias binding tapes on hand just for covering the will-always-show old folds or stitching lines -- they used to buy scads of them when they were on a really good sale. They simply covered the old folds or seam lines with ribbon or tape or trim, and when they did that they always added more of the same ribbon or tape on sleeves or around collars or around pockets, and even occasionally around belts -- whatever worked for the particular garment. Perhaps we were brain-washed, but it always felt like having a new outfit.

I believe Polly won with the row of straight stitching over the crease line. (It's a fair distance from the stitching for the hem. I may have to redo that in favor of an invisible hem stitch and make Polly's straight stitching look like the hem stitches???) I haven't much choice and I think that would be the best solution for a pair of pants that's never been worn and only washed twice. Thanks!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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I hear you, Jennifer, but going from single needle to twin needle is much like going from automatic transmission to 'four in the floor'. With all her beautiful skills, Leslie may not be ready for the twin needles (and we don't even want to talk about inclines.) Polly

If you do the "real" hem with fusible there will be no stitch line at all and then the "fake" hem stitching will look like the real thing!

Allison

Leslie& The Furbabies > I believe Polly won with the row of straight stitching over the crease

I just attended a class where we had to "match points, etc." some didn't match. She showed us how to cheat, she had a box of all available, acid free, colored pens. She filled in the missing stuff, called it dot, dot, dot, worked great.

Leslie: You mentioned adding a strip of fabric to lengthen the pants. I would suggest you remove the extender strip and then use it in another position. Here's how: cut the pants right along the crease line; insert a strip of extender fabric to the new cut; add the original pants leg on to the strip; hem the pants to suit. Of course, you need to measure and allow for seam allowances, hems, etc. before you start! HTH. Pat in Virginia