I am making kid size place mats by cutting large sized mats in two pieces and serging the cut edge. I double stay stitched the mats on both sides of cutting line, then cut and then serge over the stay stitching.
The mats are a heavy weave cloth with a big yarn looping back and forth and small colorful yarns/threads making the design.
After i overlock on the fine setting for a decorative edge finish some of the threads under the serging start to poke out and the edge starts to look like a bristle brush.
None of my serging books address this issue other than one that talks about putting some sort of tape over the edge before serging.
Is there a way to make the sered edges **look** better ? how to fix the bristling threads ?
thanks for any helpful replies
robb
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