Originally Posted by
icon17
Hey, QuilE thanks for the Good hint!! I've been sewing from the age of 7 but gathering is one of the most frusrating things!!LOL
CORRECTION .... USE DENTAL TAPE, NOT FLOSS!
(the dental tape is a bit wider, so more to work with and less likely to shred/break when you start gathering)
Me too, for the long time sewing and first time I'd heard of this ... I couldn't believe how slick it worked.
We just set the zig zag to a fairly wide width, medium stitch length and sewed away. Anchor the dental tape at the start by figure-8-ing it several times around a pin. Otherwise, you might pull it thru your zig zag as you sew!
Do the same at the end, unless you are gathering it immediately. Then gather, and figure-8, check your results ... unwind and gather more or let gathers out, til you have it where you want. Final figure-8 til you have it secured with whatever the next step is.