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How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

Hai Friends,
I brought a saree with me when I came from India. Now I want to stitch fall to it .I know how to stitch the fall to the lower edge of the saree .Can u ILs please help me in stitching the upper edge of the fall to the saree ? Hope anybody of our experienced ILs will help me.
Thanks in adavance
Bye
Rekha

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

Hi,
Either you can machine stitch the Fall[locking stitch]in the lower edge of the saree and use running sitich with interval of back stitch[to hold the fall in place]to fix.

.Machine locking stitch is done of late in Mumbai and it fixes faster than the minimium of 45 mnts to fix the fall by hand sewing.

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

Hi Rekha,
spread the saree on a flat surface. secure the fall with safety pins to the saree,So that, there or no folds.Once its' done you can use either tacking or hemming.Hope it helps.

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

Hai Jayashreevenkat and Phalguni ,
Thanks for your replies ,.As I am in U.S I cannot get it machine stitched .Please can you tell any alternative for this ? Looking forward to hear from our ILs.
bye
Rekha

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

hi jshri,

How do we machine lock the falls? can u pls explain? How do we machine backstitch?

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

Hello sabarimathi,
Machine lock facilities are available in certain models of sewing machines[which to my knowledge-Tailors use].Back stitch and running stitch to be done by hand sewing.Machine stitching the top portion of the fall will give a cringed finish to the saree.Dont try that.

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

To stich a saree fall i usually do backstitch on the lower side and for the upper side I usually spread the saree on a flat surface and place a large heavy tin on the fall just ahead of the area that needs stitching , straighting out any creases as you go, and do running stitch, this avoids the saree looking pulled on the upper side.

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

hi jayashree,

thx for the info. Could u pls post a picture of the saree [attached with the false ], that is machine locked? So that i can have a better understanding.

 

re: How To Stitch a fall to a saree?

Hi Rekha,

1. First fix the lower edge of the sari to the fall with small running stitches and back stitches in between.
2. Now take a small stitch in the sari and bring the needle up.Just above that stitch, take a stitch about one-quarter of an inch in length along the fall only Thread will be inside the fall.
3. Once again take a small stitch in the sari . next one big stitch in the fall...... Proceed in this manner, drawing the thread tight enough to hold fall to the sari without wrinkles
I hope you will be able to understand my explanation I have attached an image also.

 

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