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Hello All,
I am trying to bring a Golite Jam 2 back to life. I am almost done but have come to a snag. Both side pockets have a problem. The stretchy material has separated from the webbing at the top of the pocket. How the heck do you sew rigid fabric/webbing to the elastic stuff? The thread will not stretch,but the material will. Is this obvious, or am I dense? Thanks for any help.
my sewing machine has a setting for sewing on stretchy material. It doesn't stitch straight, it goes back and forth so the material will be able to stretch through the stitching, it's nice.
-Tim
This works, sometimes marginally depending on the fabric-
When sewing, stretch the "elastic" material out (after starting a few stitches) so that the elastic is tight or "unstretchy" and continue sewing both fabrics together, the non-stretch fabric and the elastic fabric; until you come to the end of the non-stretch fabric. Release the the "elastic" fabric and it should "pucker/pleat" like its suppose to. The thread gets pulled together by the elastic and holds everything together.
Its cheaper then buying a new machine.
Practice it on a sample first!
Thanks Tad,
That makes sense to me. I will give it a try.
Mike
Tad,
Your idea worked perfectly,Thanks !
Mike
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