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Sewing help please!!
in Crafts
So my embroidery friend would like me to add 2 rows of grosgrain ribbon in ruffles to the bottom of a pair of leggings like this
So here is my question...to allow the grograin to "stretch" with the knit (so it can go over her foot), do you think I should sew it on elastic and then onto the leggings? I could stretch the elastic to allow the ribbon to ruffle and then sew the unstretched (and now ruffled ribbon/elastic) onto the leggings.
Does this make sense?
Do you have another idea????
Re: Sewing help please!!
i don't think you need to, since it's so gathered. i would gather the ribbon to the right length and then attach it with a longish zigzag stitch right through the center of the ribbon (after which point, you'd pull the gathering stitches out).
i'd try this with scraps first, though, to see how it works. i think it should work, but i don't have too much experience with knits.
I think when we had to attach ruffled trim that didn't stretch to something that needed to stretch, we just stretched the garment a little while attaching the gathered ruffle using a zig zag stitch. The gathering stich may pop, but the zig should allow for stretching without coming out.
It has been quite awhile since we've done anything like that though, so don't hold me to it.
So ruffle first, then attach with zigzag. If I then pull out the gathering stitch (so it doesn't pop later), it should stretch with the zigzag while maintaining the ruffle. Makes sense.
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