Re: hemming nylon - help

gwehrenb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello -
 I am no seamstress but do own a machine for small mending jobs.

I am trying to get more years out of a  favorite all nylon nightgown.
I think I've hand hemmed it a dozen times, but it keeps coming apart in
the washer.  How can I machine sew it?  Seems I read something once
about using tissue paper between the fabric and the feeder?
Use long or short stitches?

Or would something  like Stitchwitchery bond that hem together for all
eternity?

Thanks

I use this stuff: http://www.heirloomsewingforchildren.com/wonder_tape.htm
Turn the hem up with this, sew it in place, and washes out, leaving the hem nice and soft. Should stabilize it enough to sew without the tissue strips.

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