1. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Hello Everyone! Today we are going to make a French seam. This seam is strong and perfectly suitable for children’s clothes.
The French seam is perfect for light to medium weight fabrics. Thicker fabric will be too bulky.
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Music: Maid with the Flaxen Hair: Richard Stoltzman; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Fine Music, Vol. 1, 2008; continues over entire video.
Notes: Florette Williams

2. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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You will need sewing tools and a good sewing machine.
Cutting shears should be sharp; long metal pins will be a good choice for holding the fabric together.
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3. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Take the fabric and cut into the sample pieces. A sample of 6x8 inches is perfect for your first French seam. You will need two pieces.
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4. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Pin pieces with wrong sides together. You can go ahead and baste or if you are comfortable with stitching over pins, just go ahead and do that. The seam you are creating should be ¼ inch wide.
Follow a straight path so that your seam will not be crooked.
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5. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Continue stitching to the end of the fabric sample, removing the pins as you go along. At the end of stitching, gently pull the two threads to the back, leave about 5 inches of allowance in machine needle and cut threads
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6. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Now trim the seam to half its size (about 1/8 inch). Just keep a firm hand and you should have a really straight edge.
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7. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Open the seam with right side facing you, and press. Do not crease the seam.
Close the pieces by placing right sides together. Use fingers to find the centre.
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8. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Now enclose the seam by stitching along the seam line ¼ inch. Remember to follow a straight line.
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9. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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Press on the wrong side, allowing the new seam allowance to bend to one side. Be careful not to make any creases in the seam.
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10. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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So there you have it, your very own French seam.
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11. Project name: Storyboard for Making a French Seam
Screen ID: FrenchSeam
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Date: 1/24/2015
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So there you have it, your very own French seam. Use on your own garments, or on children’s clothes. If the fabric is heavy, then the seam will be bulky and uncomfortable. However, it is most comfortable when with light to medium weight fabrics.
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