Investigating seams

[fred_mouse]

I had a tablecloth needing repair, and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do in terms of the seam. I knew that I was going to take a strip out of the middle (long side to long side), and thus I was going to be seaming across the width of the tablecloth. I decided that I wanted something that was 'good' on both sides, and thus needed to learn something new -- everything I already knew had exposed edges on the back

After some research, I thought what I wanted was a flat felled seam, and I found two resources that I found useful in 'how does that work'

• How To Sew A Flat Felled Seam: A Tutorial With Pictures - Eve Tokens
• Flat Felled Seam : Sewing tutorial - Sarina Tariq

These were particularly useful in showing me that this was not what I wanted, because I thought I'd end up with a ridge. Instead, I worked my way through this list of seam types until I found the counter seam.

This worked well, and I'm happy with the result. What I would do differently though, would be have the turn under be half as wide, so that they didn't overlap, but the cut edges touch.

Also, I didn't do the calculations correctly on where to cut and where to iron / sew, and thus I have a narrow repeat of the distinct pattern where I was attempting to take out exactly one repeat.

Conclusion: good for heavier fabrics, not great for pattern matching unless you are meticulous.