Originally Posted by
Mickey2
There is a video on youtube on how a Dior jacket is made these days, they finish of the seams by tying the ends of the threads, no backtack or anything like that. It's not the only video showing this either. I think it's a technique used with modern machines too, for those who go for something better than quickest and easiest.
Oh my gosh, that triggered a memory of me in sewing class all those years ago, learned on a treadle in school, where we tied off the ends of our darts! By hand! As the years passed we got more modern but they were still black headed Singers, back in the olden days.