I was in total shock and horrified that I had let this mistake happen! My serger ate the fabric and gouged a large 'V'-shaped hole in the body of the garment! What to do to fix it? After I took many deep breaths, calmed down and analyzed the disaster, I came up with a viable solution. Make sure to watch this video...this might have happened to you.
Glenda the Good (Bad) Stitch
Sure-Fit Designs
The same thing happened to me twice. The first time it happened I essentially had to make the dress a bit tighter. The second time it happened I pressed a bit of interfacing there.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, I feel your pain, Glenda! I have never made the serger-hole mistake, but have made a similar mistake with the scissors when clipping threads and not being sure that all fabric layers were out of the way. I have used the interfacing patch on the inside trick, as Julie-Ann mentioned, not just for sewing mistakes, but for repair purposes on worn/torn items. If it is for a repair, where the fix doesn't have to be completely invisible, I also stitch with a honeycomb stitch over the area for extra security.
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