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Hand Sewn Seams - Winter - 05-28-2017 When doing the seams on a linen tunica I have seen posts here that say that flat felled is the way to go. I am using the Archaeological Sewing Site by heather Rose Jones, Figure #58, Flat-felled-type: running stitch of RST + overcast of (single-fold edge to fabric). http://www.heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/linen.html#LSRunning I tried a sample piece with a different color thread to make sure I am doing it correctly. The linen is just a piece of scrap, not the color I will be using. First, I used a running stitch to join the two pieces, wrong side together. Then I pressed the seam open and trimmed one side down. Then I folded the longer side over and whip stitched it down. Does that look correct? And this is the outside, right? Thank you for any pointers. After having my Roman project shelved for several years, I want to get back to it. RE: Hand Sewn Seams - Crispvs - 06-02-2017 It looks good, although I can't advise you much on sewing techniques. By the way, this thread should really be in the re-enactment and reconstruction forum of RAT, which is intended for this sort of thing, and where your worthy project would almost certainly get more exposure. Crispvs RE: Hand Sewn Seams - Winter - 06-02-2017 (06-02-2017, 08:20 PM)Crispvs Wrote: It looks good, although I can't advise you much on sewing techniques. Apologies. I will move it over there. Thank you for letting me know. I think I have the wrong stitch technique anyway! RE: Hand Sewn Seams - Crispvs - 06-03-2017 Nothing to apologise for my friend. I look forward to seeing it there. Crispvs RE: Hand Sewn Seams - Crispianus - 06-03-2017 I cant tell how the backs done but the front looks fine, a seam found at Vindolanda dated to 85-120ad is of that type.. Many of the others are from the Viborg shirt a "Viking" linen shirt ( "An 11th century linen shirt from Viborg" Mytte Fentz) and are intended to join multiple layers together without forming bulky seams and work very well for that purpose. |