Re: Serging cut patten pieces-what to do?

Thank you ladies.......that technique has been know and passed along as
"Carrie taught me this" for about 30 years. Nice to know that what Carrie
taught me now has an official name ;)

Val


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What is a "Hong Kong" finish? I've been sewing for 50 years so I may be
doing that but never knew what it was called.

Val


Val,
While Judy Barlup is known for her techniques in Japanese Tailoring
www.uniquetechniques.com/ . I was at a seminar once and she also
mentioned there about the "Hong Kong" finish. It is a method of taking
bias fabric strips and appling them to the unfinished edges of seams.
Think of it as using bias binding but the back side of the strip, which
will be out of sight anyway, does not have the raw edge folded under and
stitched down. That's if I remember this correctly.

I have no idea why this print turned green.
If anyone gets a virus or has things go funky with there programs after
receiving this please let me know.
Thanks,
AK in PA
That sounds like it! Sew on as normal, fold to the back, stitch in the
ditch so it doesn't show. On tweedy fabrics where you only half line
things, it gives you a really neat finish.

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