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09-02-2013, 09:17 PM | #1 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Sewing question, bunching issues / Help ! I have found that some fabrics I just can not cut on the bias in order to prevent stretching when sewing two types of cotton blends together. I have difficulty sewing the fronts & backs of dresses together using certain blended materials. (I don't remember 100% or blends) It is normally those type with set print that can not go any other way. Which leaves me with a tad bit of bunching going form start to finish. I have managed to even it out the best I can and cover with the Velcro but it is Pissing me off . . . I am such a perfectionist but I see no other way around it. Didn't learn this in Home Ech class or it had just slipped my mind. I have tried starting in the center and sewing each side separately from center to end and still the same thing happens. I never stretch the fabric or anything, I'm not sure what I can do to eliminate this problem. Any suggestions ???
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09-03-2013, 02:59 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | Have you tried using a roller foot? It sounds like something is stretching the fabric even if you aren't pulling it. Maybe the tension?
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09-03-2013, 03:25 PM | #3 | |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Quote:
Should I try loosening the tension? Would that help?
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09-03-2013, 03:33 PM | #4 |
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| Hi Dawn When I am sewing cottons or cotton blends, my machine works best with tension set between 2 and 3. I rarely ever have my tension that tight. That could be the problem. |
09-03-2013, 04:22 PM | #5 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Ok, thanks Cindy I will try that next time I have a fabric with some give to it. Thanks so much ladies . .
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09-05-2013, 08:13 PM | #6 |
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| Maybe use some interfacing??
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09-06-2013, 06:21 AM | #7 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | I tried that once, didn't like it at all. Just make everything too stiff but thanks for the suggestion.
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09-06-2013, 12:26 PM | #8 |
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| Try using spray starch and ironing your fabric first. Makes it much more stable and manageable and washes right out. |
09-06-2013, 01:25 PM | #9 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | I always iron first and after and during with every item have not tried spray starch thou, thanks. I'll pick some up and give it a try.
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09-06-2013, 09:55 PM | #10 |
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| They make a starch called Mary Ellen's best press. It's natural and doesn't attract bugs. And it comes in wonderful scents like English rose, lavender and beach. It's a little pricey, but it doesn't flake, and I mix mine about 1/3 water, 2/3 starch and haven't had any problems. I use it for quilting.
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09-06-2013, 11:18 PM | #11 |
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| Are you having trouble with bunching on one layer of fabric and not the other? If so, you need to put a stay stitch on the side that bunches first along the stitch line, or if you aren't super accurate, put the stay stitch 1/16" closer to the cut edge. (If you are having a really bad time with bunching you will also need to clip the non bunching side in the deepest part of the curve) Make sure the stay stitch is a long stitch and loose tension. Then pull up the bobbin thread ever so slightly to make it fit with the side of fabric that isn't bunching (but don't pull so much that the side of the fabric actually gets puckers). Distribute the ease and pin in place (put the pins in perpendicular to the stitch line) and don't take the pins out until after you have stitched past them. This is the same technique you would use to set in a sleeve (when you put in a sleeve after you have sewn in the shoulder and side seams. Nowadays the cheap ie easy way to put in a sleeve is sew the shoulder, then the armhole, then the side seam/underarm. I say ick to that method.) Hope that helps.
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09-07-2013, 05:43 AM | #12 |
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| I was going to suggest using either spray starch, stay-stitching, tear-away or wash-away stabilizer (the kind you iron-on first), or have your tried turning your project upside down (put the more stable fabric down on the feed dogs, or lower the feed dogs so they won't engage the fabric at all. Or adjust the presser foot tension, or use a free-motion foot (Free-motion Darning Quilting Sewing Machine... )
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09-07-2013, 07:10 AM | #13 | |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Quote:
Not with a really stretchy fabric just a cotton blend with some give to it. The curves are good it is when I try to add the ruffled skirt to my semi finished item. Dress is turn right side out, seem allowance turned under and ironed down and ruffle skirt pinned in place. Sewing form one end to the other. (I pull the pins as I sew.) When you say stay stitch do you mean a sewing/base stitch or the product called stay stitch ?
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09-07-2013, 07:15 AM | #14 | ||
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09-07-2013, 07:45 AM | #15 | |
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You may want to play with your stitch length, sometimes that can make a difference. Also could you post a pic showing exactly how you're trying to put this together...
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