Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How a seam finishes an edge
A finishing seam traps the raw cut so the yarns at the edge of woven cloth cannot fray out.
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From the opening
A seam finishes an edge when the stitching and a fold or a binding trap the cut yarns so they cannot ravel out of the cloth. Joining two pieces and finishing their raw margins are related jobs, and several common seams do both at once. The opening covers cut yarns want to ravel, french seams enclose the allowance, and flat-felling folds the edges flat.
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Inside
- Cut yarns want to ravel
- French seams enclose the allowance
- Flat-felling folds the edges flat
- Overlock wraps thread over the cut
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- French seam enclosing raw edges
- Overlock stitch binding a cut