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help me make fitteds from toddler pfs?  

post #1 of 8
9/22/08 at 4:36pm
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i have a couple toddler pfs that i want to turn into fitteds to use under the wool soaker i just finished. they are huge and i hardly ever use them....i have elastic and tt somewhere.
post #2 of 8
9/23/08 at 4:10am
http://www.diapersewing.com/prefold_to_fitted.htm
post #3 of 8
9/23/08 at 1:40pm
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i dont have a serger.....can i just stitch around the edge as close as i can get do you think?
post #4 of 8
9/23/08 at 3:45pm
You can just do a zig zag stitch along the edge. It won't be as pretty as serged, but it gets the job done and they won't unravel.
post #5 of 8
9/27/08 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by MyLittleWarrior View Post
You can just do a zig zag stitch along the edge. It won't be as pretty as serged, but it gets the job done and they won't unravel.
anytime i try using the zigzag stitch (which admittedly has only been a few times) i have a really hard time keeping the cloth close enough to the edge but not getting it all caught in the needle and so forth. anyone have any pointers?

tia
post #6 of 8
9/29/08 at 9:06pm
You can do the zigzag stitch just inside the edge, and then go back and trim really close to the stitching. Just be sure you don't cut your stitches. Before I had my serger, I would do an overlock stitch on my regular machine and line up the fabric so that one stitch fell just to the outside of the cloth. I never had trouble with threads getting caught though.
post #7 of 8
9/29/08 at 9:16pm
Another thought I just had, you could just bind the whole thing in FOE. No serger needed, and no freying.
post #8 of 8
9/29/08 at 9:18pm
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Originally Posted by MyLittleWarrior View Post
You can do the zigzag stitch just inside the edge, and then go back and trim really close to the stitching. Just be sure you don't cut your stitches. Before I had my serger, I would do an overlock stitch on my regular machine and line up the fabric so that one stitch fell just to the outside of the cloth. I never had trouble with threads getting caught though.
what is an overlock stitch?
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