Tying Off

Tying Off

introduces us to his sewing nightmare>

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.

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

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