How do you topstitch knits?
I know many of you coverstitch. I don't have a desire to buy or use one.
A single straight stitch always looks best for me and I've never had a problem with it breaking. Maybe it's because I make my neck openings big enough so they don't need to stretch much. I feel like it's not professional though so I don't know if I should sell anything like that. That's why I use RTW shirts in my outfits but I want to start creating and selling with some of my cute knit print stash. My double stretch needle never looks good. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I get that puckering between the stitches. Sometimes I don't topstitch at all which looks fine as long as it's ironed. I tried doing a zig zag tonight and it looks okay. I can't get any topstitching to work on stretchy baby nay or baby lulu. Even some I have that were coverstitched get all stretched out.
Tip, ideas? What do you do (besides coverstitch)?
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Thanks everyone! I'm going to try that tripple straight stitch. Do you adjust the length on that at all?
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I have better luck with double-needles if I play with the upper tension a bit. If it is lightweight and still wants to tunnel, I feed in strips of tear-away stabilizer under the garment as it goes under the presser foot, or spray-starch and press the fabric before I sew to help stabilize it. Sometimes, though, it is late and I am tired and I just zig-zag.
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:allisonundies YEAH! Congrats!
I can't tell you how many double needles I broke before I gathered all the double needles hints back at AW. I don't think I've broken one since! I actually have to throw away dull double needles :doh you know the heavy punching sound that needles do when they are dull, and for me soon before they break?
I'm so thrilled for your success Kori. :hug2