• Eagle
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    2 months ago

    It depends. Is is elastic in a pocket or sewed directly onto the sheet? I’ve done both, rethreading the first type with a safety pin took a while, but the overlocker does a reasonable job on the second.

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      2 months ago

      It’s direct and I don’t have an over locker.

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        2 months ago

        You could just zig zag over the existing elastic.

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        2 months ago

        using zigzag stitch does the same job . It’s tricky to do tho. You need to stretch the elastic while you sew it to the fabric base

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            2 months ago

            yes I have , they scare me lol My mum used all these weird feet for things like shirring and ruffling, I just use plain feet and use hand tailoring methods to do the same thing

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              2 months ago

              I found a manual for it but am still scared. You can’t unpick those results.

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          2 months ago

          I have a gizmo for that but have never tried it. And a super complicated pleater foot that scares me

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            2 months ago

            I used to do it with just a plain foot and stretch the elastic by hand while sewing it on