Monday, June 16, 2014

Using A Perfect Piecing Seam Guide

By Kenya Campos


More fashion schools are nowadays emerging due to the fast changing designs today. Most people are getting into the fashion world and the need for perfect designers is arising. Because of this there is the need of a perfect piecing seam guide. People who are into fashion need perfect designs which are not only ideal but neat and fitting to the letter, also with good finishing. A good designer has to know how to use a sewing machine very well.

A good designer not only needs to know how to use a sewing machine well but how to use a piecing seam guides too. This is a small plastic ruler with a laser line and has a needle hole scant 1/4 inch. Before knowing the usage of a seam guide well one has to be able to seam well. Seaming is described as the process of joining together two edges of a piece of cloth. Knowing the procedures to follow when using seams guides is mandatory. One should also know how to place it in line with the throat plate and position it under the presser foot.

The guide can then be removed after placing a piece of the sewing edge next on to seam guide and using some tape to hold this sewing edge in place. The edge initially formed can then be used in guiding you as you do the stitching.

A scant quarter inch is important to have because much space is taken up by the thread and fabric and if not careful especially when making something with many seams, you might end up with a smaller than expected design.

Seams rippers are there to help you in undoing undesired designs in case of a mistake and you need to redo. We have two different types of sewing machines in the market today. There are the manual sewing machines where all the work is done manually using your hands and feet which is very tiring.

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.

In order for a tailor to have an ideal design and less material wastage and neat finishing, a perfect seam is necessary. Adjusting to the quarter inch sewing technology can be a problem to quilters, so it takes longer teaching the for them to know how to make use if it, but as soon as they learn it makes work easier and faster for them.

The people called quilters do the work of sewing together two or more layers of material making it thicker. This is what is called the art of quilting. Quilting can be done by the use of hands, by using a special quilting system or by using a sewing machine. People mostly prefer to use three layers of material for quilting.It is of great help to tailors to use an ideal seaming guide, making work easier for them unlike not using one.




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