Comments on: Vogue 8335 – Wrap Tunic http://www.noile.net/2008/08/vogue-8335-wrap-tunic/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Noile http://www.noile.net/2008/08/vogue-8335-wrap-tunic/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Noile Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:56:59 +0000 http://www.noile.net/?p=448#comment-164 Thanks, Dawn and Gigi. Hmmm, so another machine will solve my problem? I don't know -- a coverstitch machine just for hems seems going a bit far. One more top like this, though, and maybe I'll be ready to spend anything! I think I'll do some experimenting with feeding the fabric, as you both suggest. And maybe, Gigi, I'll have to use a twin needle, as you suggest. I've been trying to avoid that, since I like the decorative stitch all around so much. Isn't it strange that it doesn't stretch the neckline out? Must have to do with the grain, don't you think, since the hem is cut much straighter than the neckline? Love to wear knits . . . must master knits . . . Thanks, Dawn and Gigi. Hmmm, so another machine will solve my problem? I don’t know — a coverstitch machine just for hems seems going a bit far. One more top like this, though, and maybe I’ll be ready to spend anything!

I think I’ll do some experimenting with feeding the fabric, as you both suggest. And maybe, Gigi, I’ll have to use a twin needle, as you suggest. I’ve been trying to avoid that, since I like the decorative stitch all around so much.

Isn’t it strange that it doesn’t stretch the neckline out? Must have to do with the grain, don’t you think, since the hem is cut much straighter than the neckline?

Love to wear knits . . . must master knits . . .

]]> By: Gigi http://www.noile.net/2008/08/vogue-8335-wrap-tunic/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Gigi Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:04:01 +0000 http://www.noile.net/?p=448#comment-160 If you used the same stretch stitch on your hems that is probably why they stretched out. You might try a twin needle with a longer stitch (3mm) and put your finger behind the presser foot so the fabric doesn't feed out as fast. Or, as suggested by the last commenter, buy a coverstitch machine. ;-) If you used the same stretch stitch on your hems that is probably why they stretched out. You might try a twin needle with a longer stitch (3mm) and put your finger behind the presser foot so the fabric doesn’t feed out as fast. Or, as suggested by the last commenter, buy a coverstitch machine. ;-)

]]> By: dawn http://www.noile.net/2008/08/vogue-8335-wrap-tunic/comment-page-1/#comment-158 dawn Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:38:25 +0000 http://www.noile.net/?p=448#comment-158 You need a coverstitch machine. I never could get okay hems on a knit with my regular machine. Make sure you lower the pressure foot on your feed dogs and really push the fabric through rather than pull it. That's really my only helpful tip. You need a coverstitch machine. I never could get okay hems on a knit with my regular machine. Make sure you lower the pressure foot on your feed dogs and really push the fabric through rather than pull it. That’s really my only helpful tip.

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