It wil look a bit like the seam on Jeans pants ,,,, it was also once called French seam mirjam
Well, I just looked up "felled seam" and now I'm confused -- but then,
>you didn't say it is a felled seam, just that it looks like one, so I
>guess I don't really need to understand it. You overlap the edges by
>half an inch , sew down the visible edge, then turn the whole thing
>over (or inside out) and sew down the other edge -- is that right?
>Doesn't it get too bulky on the thumb?
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>Olwyn Mary wrote:
>> Jackie wrote:
>> > How well would this work to create felted mittens? How hard is the
>> > felted fabric to cut and sew?
>> > Thanks --
>> > Jackie
>>
>>
>> Dead easy!! Finer weight sweaters come out a medium felt, and chunky
>> comes out very thick - great for slippers. Provided you have felted
>> (fulled) them as far as they will go, they will not ravel. I stitch
>> them with ordinary cotton sewing thread, which usually buries itself
>> right into the fabric. Small items I sew by hand with big stitches,
>> larger ones can take a long stith on the machine. To seam them I
>> overlap the edges about half an inch and sew both edges - one on each
>> side so it looks like a felled seam.
>>
>> You can decorate them by cutting out shapes in contrasting thinner felt
>> and hand sewing them on, I put flowers on my dd and dgd vests, and saved
>> a green sweater to use just for leaves and stems.
>>
>> By the way, they are also machine washable and dryable.
>>
>> Have fun!
>>
>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
>>
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