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Posted on: 8/29/17 7:10 AM ET
There is a technique in garment construction used to gather in an extra amount of fabric to match 2 cut edges. On 1 cut edge in gathered to match the length/shape of the other. I have seen it on waists and side hip. I believe it is used to control excess fabric. I would like to know more about this technique, namely how it is to be done properly. Where can I get more information?
  
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Posted on: 8/29/17 7:17 AM ET
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Our own Kevin did a great video that demonstrates how to ease fabric - one side he is sewing is longer than the other.

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Posted on: 8/29/17 12:49 PM ET
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Kevin's demo is excellent. If you haven't seen Margaret Islander's old video, it also shows similar techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zyTaEfo-J0 Towards the end, you'll see her making curved corners on pockets, using what is sometimes called "crimping" or "ease plus" stitching, and that can be used for greater amount of gathering.

Sometimes you need to actually gather quite a bit of fabric, more than crimping or the sort of easing Kevin is demonstrating... like the partial gathered waist here: https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7625 where you have to resort to techniques like zigzagging over a piece of heavy thread on the edge to be gathered, then pulling it up, then sewing the gathered edge to a flat one. Do you know how to do that? That's the usual way they write pattern instructions, but the easing technique Kevin demos is much simpler and quicker than the "pull up the gathering thread" method.
  
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