1 year, 10 months ago
How do you make a "flat felled seam" commonly found on blue jeans?
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Essentially, you would sew a regular seam with the *wrong* sides of the fabric together, trim one side of the seam allowance, fold the other seam allowance over the trimmed side, and then top stitch.
Here is a helpful slide show that shows you step by step. http://sewing.about.com/od/techniques/ss/flatfelled.htm
There are also many video tutorials available- here is one: http://www.burdastyle.com/techniques/flat-felled-seam
Good luck!
Here is a helpful slide show that shows you step by step. http://sewing.about.com/od/techniques/ss/flatfelled.htm
There are also many video tutorials available- here is one: http://www.burdastyle.com/techniques/flat-felled-seam
Good luck!
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Here is the video as a separate link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq57ugbKkH0