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  • How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

    Many thanks to Dan Wambaugh of W.W. & Company for putting together this summary of how to flat-fell seams.
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    Paul Calloway
    Proudest Member of the Tar Water Mess
    Proud Member of the GHTI
    Member, Civil War Preservation Trust
    Wayne #25, F&AM

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    Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

    Excellent instructions!

    Thanks Dan, I will put this to work with my sewing projects.
    Coy D. Hall, Jr
    4th Texas Co. E
    F & AM Cedar # 60
    Clarkston, Michigan

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    • #3
      Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

      Great! Thanks

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      • #4
        Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

        Exactly what I've needing! And easy to understand too!! Lucky me!

        Mark Wallace

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        • #5
          Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

          Sir, thanks for making this stitch easy to understand, will put it to great use, thanks again.
          Mel Hadden, Husband to Julia Marie, Maternal Great Granddaughter of
          Eben Lowder, Corporal, Co. H 14th Regiment N.C. Troops (4th Regiment N.C. Volunteers, Co. H, The Stanly Marksmen) Mustered in May 5, 1861, captured April 9, 1865.
          Paternal Great Granddaughter of James T. Martin, Private, Co. I, 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Senior Reserves, (76th Regiment N.C. Troops)

          "Aeterna Numiniet Patriae Asto"

          CWPT
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          The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

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          • #6
            Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

            I'll echo what has already been said...


            :DThanks,Dan! Thanks,Paul!
            Last edited by hoosiersojer; 05-09-2008, 12:29 AM. Reason: Left out kudos to Paul for posting this...,Doh!
            [I][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B] Kevin Waggoner
            4th OVI,Co.B
            "Union Gaurds"[/B][/COLOR][/I]


            "...cause I'm worth more dead, than alive...."
            - Bill Birney

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            "GOOD LORD! SHE"S CROSSEYED !?"

            - Bill, as we were ransacking a Georgia civilian's hovel.





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            • #7
              Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

              The felling stitch can also be worked right to left, which is generally more comfortable for right-dominant stitchers.

              Thanks, Dan W!
              Regards,
              Elizabeth Clark

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              • #8
                Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

                Elizabeth,

                In truth I also sew right to left, it's just that a number of pictures are flipped because as I'm sure you can tell my camera (and my iron) was acting up in a big way that day. Normally I like to take about five shots per step when I'm doing the instruction book for a kit, but that day I only took one or two and when I finished I found that they all came out rather fuzzy. Perhaps some day Paul will be willing to let me resubmit the article with some clearer shots. :)


                Best,

                Dan
                Dan Wambaugh
                Wambaugh, White, & Company
                www.wwandcompany.com
                517-303-3609
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                • #9
                  Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

                  I've never been exactly clear on what stitch to use for topstitching. How to do that might be a good tutorial as well.
                  [FONT=Trebuchet MS]Joanna Norris Forbes[/FONT]

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                  • #10
                    Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

                    Dan, you ought to leave the flipped pics, add the un-flipped, and just label the flipped ones, "Left-hand dominant sewists". :) I've had to learn to demonstrate most stitches ambidexterously, and the left-handed among us appreciate it greatly.
                    Regards,
                    Elizabeth Clark

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                    • #11
                      Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

                      Once upon a time when I was still teaching Middle School home economics and basic hand stitching, I practiced and practiced until I could teach left handed as well as right handed. I wasn't as adept with my left hand, but I could have my students stand behind me to see how and what to do to make their stitches. I still have former students come up to me and thank me for teaching me how to mend a seam, sew a button, iron a shirt. Ahhh, the good old days!
                      Slainte,
                      Sally Ryan
                      Civilian Coordinator, 69th NYSV
                      SWCW
                      (At home on Hospital Road, Gettysburg)

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                      • #12
                        Re: How to Flat-Fell a Seam by Dan Wambaugh

                        Thank you for the excellent instructions
                        Chris Olsen

                        Private, 4th US Regular Infantry

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