Sheer Blouse Seam Finish

I'd have a go with a spare bit on the overlocker but be prepared to go for a French seam. I often seam sheer fabrics on the overlocker using a

2-thread rolled hem, so you might want to play about a bit with that too.

In article , Sarah Dale of Our House uttered

French seams are, IMHO, the *best* for sheers. But a rolled "hem" seam on the serger works very well, too. For the seams on the organza overskirt for DGD's flowergirl dress, I used the narrow rolled hem technique and loved the result. I ended up doing the actual *hem* by hand though, because going over the previous seams with the serger caused rippling. You can see the result at:

Take a look on my web site at Dressing Janneane - the beaded dress. I did a 3 thread rolled seam on the chiffon of the skirt. I use a slightly longer stitch than is unusual for a rolled hem, but it comes out about the same size. I use this seam quite a lot on sheers.

I do love that dress! Thanks for the pointer to the photos. It hadn't occured to me to use a rolled hem in that way - but it could be the answer!

AJH - as you suggest, I will try various methods with the off-cuts to see what is going to look best.

Beverly - you did a smashing job on all the wedding stuff for your DD. Thanks also for the tip about using a rolled hem seam.

This stuff I have is pretty springy, so I shall have to see what will work - thank goodness for sergers though!

Sarah

The rolled seam works perfectly on crystal organza and curtain voile! :)

Thanks! ;-)

I did a *lot* of testing on scraps before I decided what would work best. There are additional pictures of some of the sewing process for the wedding at:

I ever get done helping DD and new DSIL move into their new house (moving, packing, curtains to make or hem, etc.) I intend to put up additional pictures I took while sewing the wedding party gowns.

Take a look on my web site at Dressing Janneane - the beaded dress. I did a 3 thread rolled seam on the chiffon of the skirt. I use a slightly longer stitch than is unusual for a rolled hem, but it comes out about the same size. I use this seam quite a lot on sheers.

-- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls

Not yet. One day I shall need to experiment with this on the edge of a bridal veil, no doubt.

I'd use a French seam or a felled seam on a sheer garment that was to get a lot of wear, but the rolled seam is so discrete, and does hold up very well in lower stress areas such as over skirts and that red magic thing! I still adore that dress. One of my best! :)

Obviously, I'm not Kate , but I will interject (kind way to say "butt in") that I have had, for years, the pearls and piping feet for the serger. They're supposed to do this rather easily, although I've never actually had a need to use one. Has anyone else used this foot?

Karen Maslowski > Kate, have you attached beads with your serger yet? That's something

Which reminds me, I ordered that foot for the Huskylock 910 I bought a year ago, and it never came!!! :-(

I was looking forward to playing with it, even if I never *use* it for anything real. Time for a phone call.