Today I hemmed a dress for Joanna, who's 16. The dress is made of a soft, thin, stretchy single knit. After cutting off the right amount, I serged the edge, then folded it under once. Into this fold, I slipped long, narrow pieces of lightweight Pellon. I adjusted the pressure of my presser foot to medium, tightened the top thread tension quite a lot, then stitched on the back 3/8" from the edge. Without the Pellon, that hem would have been the most stretched, bloopy (should be a word) thing you can imagine.
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