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   valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 23:28:55 JST valhalla

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   • Lauma Pret 🕸️
   @laumapret I see that both @sinituulia and Karvinen have already helped, and I don't have anything to add :)
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     Sini Tuulia (sinituulia@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 23:28:57 JST Sini Tuulia

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     @laumapret @valhalla Apologies for the shakiness, it's cold so my hands don't work and Karvinen was licking me. 😆 In any case, put a patch in, redraw the fabric edge at that spot only, then straight seam (with hand or by machine) and fell the seam as per Bernadette and historical techniques by hand. The edge of the patch can be sandwiched within the seam. Any kind of thin fabric will do for the patch, if it's going under it doesn't even need to be linen as long as it's not black. (Though patching with whatever you have at hand is also historically accurate...)

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     Sini Tuulia (sinituulia@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 23:29:02 JST Sini Tuulia

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     @laumapret @valhalla What you have here is a stress point, to no matter what you do to it it's going to be under strain... So what I'd do is reinforce the whole bit where the threads of the fabric have pulled towards the seam. A sort of half circle shape patch should do it, but a half diamond or triangle is a lot easier to hem. I'd try finagling the threads back towards their original spot with the help of a needle and a lot of pinching, too. And since you're already putting in a patch, you could also extend the seam allowance itself via the patch, so there's slightly more room and less stress on the spot, or it's just gonna fray again!
     I'm gonna make a morning cup of tea and draw a shitty little illustration of what I'd do, a moment...

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     Lauma Pret 🕸️ (laumapret@toot.lv)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 23:29:03 JST Lauma Pret 🕸️

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     @sinituulia @valhalla
     I don't have serger, and my sewing machine does only stright lines, but I can do some neat handstitching and am willing to learn more, if needed.

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     Lauma Pret 🕸️ (laumapret@toot.lv)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 23:29:05 JST Lauma Pret 🕸️

     • Sini Tuulia

     @sinituulia @valhalla Hi! You seem to know stuff about handsewing, maybe you can give me advice, how seam for fabric in picture should be strengthened properly? It is a stright back seam of a store-brought linen chemise that I have already unpicked to redo. I wore it mostly under corset, and this pulled out part happened somwhere around my booty. I can afford to cut some half cm away, and I know how to do seamfinishing like in Bernadette's pirate shirt, but will it be enough?
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