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Tying Off

Okay I hate to commit a sacriligoues act here, but I used my little handy stitch for the first time on actual clothing last night... (pair of surgical scrubs with a seperated inseam from the crotch about 10 inches long)

Turnined 'em inside out, pinched the whole thing shut, and sewed it shut using the little machine. Managed to get it sewed shut, but then once I was done, I went brain locked.....

What's the easiest (or best) way to tie off something like that. My wife said about going over the stiches a couple times with the machine to pretty much lock it... but that handy stitcher (yes I agree it's a POS) only allows ONE DIRECTION (wonder what LEFT handed people have to use)

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SgtMajor
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Tying Off

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sewingbythecea

Doesn't that do a chain stitch? If so, you need to run it off the end of the seam, getting a good long thread, which you will then thread back through the loop. Otherwise, you can pull the end of the thread and unravel the entire thing, the way you do a feed sack.

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Me

When using my hand-held stitcher, I secure the thread by beginning and ending with a few back stitches. :-)

I think you'd find it easiest to bring both threads to the same side and tie them together. If you pull on one thread, it should pull up a loop of the other thread, which you can catch with a needle or pin and pull through.

Another way is simply to overlap the stitching: begin sewing an inch or two before the beginning of the rip, then continue an inch or two beyond the end. This secures both the new stitching and the old stitching.

Another way is to make smaller stitches at the beginning and end of the seam.

Joy Beeson

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joy beeson

i think "seaming" is beyond these gadgets, you need to simply tack, several times if needed. to tack, you make a dozen or more stitches in one place, it usually will stay put. any fewer and it will eventually come out. you can also use some glue on the tack. good luck, --Loren

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Loren Coe

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