Perfect Piecing Seam Guide In Use Today

By Kenya Campos


With more and more people becoming fashion conscious in the world today, more fashion and design schools are coming up to accommodate the many people who are interested in fashion. Fashion today changes so fast that those who love fashion and feel that they need to remain relevant in the field have no choice but to either join the schools or employ someone from the schools to keep up with the ever changing trends of designs. A perfect piecing seam guide is necessary for any upcoming designer.

While seaming is defined as the art of joining two edges of a line especially a cloth. So as to have a perfect piecing seam it is advisable that the quarter inch is maintained for consistency even when changing machines. The following are some of the procedures used in using piecing seams directive. The first thing that one needs to do is positioning the perfect piecing guide under the presser foot. The hole in the guide is where your needle goes through. Then the directive should be lined straight with the throat plate.

Next is placing a small piece of the edge next to the machine, using a tape to hold the sewing edge in place. The guides can now be removed as the edge that was formed using it can be used to direct you, while doing the stitching.

It is very necessary and advisable to have a quarter inch scant so that you do not end up with smaller fittings than was expected because the thread and fabric take up some space. This needs so much care so as not to end up with something different that what you needed. This may also alter the desired design.

But in case you will want to undo a seam there are seams rippers for that purpose. There are also manual sewing machines and the electronic ones. Most tailors prefer to use the electronic sewing machine to the manual one because it is faster meaning that a lot of work can be done over a short period of time, the only disadvantage being that work comes to a standstill when there is no electricity.

Then there is the electric sewing machine which uses electricity and is faster hence a lot of work is done in a short time and is less tiring. The only problem with electronic sewing machines is that electricity has to be available for it to work.

Most tailors need to have ideal designs with perfect, neat finishing and to use less material that is, not have much waste of material. Because of that they need to learn how to use a perfect seam guide and adjust to the quarter inch seam faster because it is said that quilters have difficulty in adjusting to the technology.

The discovery of this guides has been a great help to tailor because it helps in making perfect seams unlike in the old times where many tailors would approximate the seams, which in most cases led to poor results.




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