Tips on How to Prevent Fabric from Fraying
Can anyone share tips on how you prevent the edges of your fabric from fraying? I've used tape but it's sticky after you take it off. Do you run it over a sewing machine? Or do you hand stitch it? I don't kknow how to whip stitch also.Best tips for Aida:
1. small project on the hoop - not worth any effort especially if the Aida is stiff or you have a lot of extra material
2. large projects - thin tape with glue (the sort of you have to iron the tape to activate the glue, just wrap around and use the iron), very efficient if you use something to stretch the fabrics
Linen - always use the overlock machine or at least regular machine to secure the edges otherwise the fabrics will be fraying in no time
Lugana - tape with a glue works or use overlock on peut surjeter , a la main ou a la machine , ou coller du sparadrap non tissé , qui se decollera a l'eau tiede ou chaude lors du "lavage" a la main de votre broderie I zigzag stitch the edges with my sewing machine.Before I had a machine I would pay a few dollars for the dry cleaner to edge it for me I don't have sewing machine. Stitch the fabric by hand and it doesn't bother me. Heard someone uses simple glue These ideas are great. I like the bias idea. Will give that a try on my next project I am not a sewer so I just use pinking shears! Works well and easy/quick. Yo daba puntadas a mano pero ahora cinta adhesiva y va genial Zrób krawędzie, to znaczy powin delikatnie i przeszyj. Following this thread Con zig zag va muy bien there are special scissors like on the image I sometimes use
I agree with DragonWatcher, pinking shears work for most fabrics or oversewing, but I am sure nowadays there must be new methods, but I stick to the old ways, I always overlock my fabric before I start stitching. A few years ago when you bought a piece of fabric it would be overlocked for you if you wished. Gone are those days unfortunately. I overlock my fabrics as well. It takes just seconds.
:) Don't you need a special sewing machine for that?
I do have a normal sewing machine but I haven't figured out if it can do those overlock stitches on that usually I use the tape as well as you do! when I cut the piece of fabric that I need I always cut 2/3 cms. more than I need and put the tape all along the borders, then, when I finish the work I simply cut the tape off and I frame :) When I started stitching I used masking tape along the edges to stop the fraying.
Later I found out that the residue from the tape can damage the fabric over time.
Now I whip stitch by hand. It only takes a few minutes to do.
I have been reading about the various products available, like FrayBlock and FrayStop.
It's a liquid that comes inside a tiny bottle or tube.
Some stitchers really prefer to use them. They say it works very well and leaves the edges very soft. You can also use it on the ends of thread to keep them intact.
I use the fraystop, and I like the job it does. I usually use the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine to stop my fabric from fraying.. It works well for me...
