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Old September 29th 11, 09:29 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Default Help with window treatments!



-dlm. wrote:
snip My problem? The IKEA fabric
stretches. Every time I pin and attempt to sew the
lining to the panel, "wonkiness" ensues. Short of using
spray starch/sizing is there anyway to stabilise the
panel to minimise the stretch? I need to create window
treatments for 5 windows before the holidays.


It looks like you are in Clinton, Mass. U.S.A. Do you have
a JoAnn's Fabric store nearby?

Given the situation, (I assume you do not want to go out and
purchase more stable fabric), I might try cutting 1" wide
strips of *very* lightweight fusible interfacing,
http://www.joann.com/joann/search/se...le+interfacing

or fusible tear-away embroidery stabilizer, something like:
http://www.florianisoftware.com/products/*/*/9724

Fuse it and see if that creates a stable enough seam
allowance to let me do the seams. You could leave the
interfacing in place or tear away the stabilizer.

However, I would worry that eventually the IKEA fabric is
going to stretch/distort while hanging, and if it's sewn to
stable lining the edges will stay put but the centers will
sag. Or, you could fuse interfacing to the entire surface
of the IKEA stuff.

It might be a better solution to purchase other fabric.

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Beverly
http://ickes.us/default.aspx


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