How to sew edges of bag pieces together?

selinechan · May 1, 2008, 8:24am

What is the best method to sew the edges of the front and back of this bag to the gusset?

http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/brea/brea.html

Thanks! :knitting:

PS: I hate seaming

cam90066 · May 1, 2008, 9:28am

Assuming you’ve done the st st sel sts, per the patt, you should be able to do mattress st w/o too much difficulty. The detail in the bag will probably help hide small imperfections in joining. (I’m in the minority of those who really likes seaming.)

Kewl bag.

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selinechan · May 1, 2008, 9:34am

Boo hoo…I was afraid I’d have to do that. Mattress st looks perfectly invisible, I know, and I love heart the end results…but I get a headache trying to get into the correct 'v’s. oh well…

Thanks anyway :yay:

cam90066 · May 1, 2008, 10:03am

As long as you always insert your ndl adjacent to your st st sel st you shouldn’t have a problem. (Not a matter of the 'correct v’s.)

S[COLOR=“Red”]X[/COLOR]BBBBBBB
S[COLOR=“Red”]X[/COLOR]BBBBBBB
S[COLOR=“Red”]X[/COLOR]BBBBBBB
S[COLOR=“Red”]X[/COLOR]BBBBBBB

S is sel st, B is body of piece. Insert your seaming ndl at the Xs.

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selinechan · May 1, 2008, 10:06am

:woohoo: :knitting:

selinechan · May 5, 2008, 8:20am

Hi Cam…just wanted to thank you again I managed to seam the bag together without much trouble and minimum headache. Seaming is not so bad after all! Thanks!

cam90066 · May 5, 2008, 10:02am

Congrats! The more you practice the easier it gets. Perhaps you could post pic of the bag for us to see!

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