Thread: Leave in old seam?
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Old 12-25-2017, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Mitty View Post
Sometimes I sew a seam a little too narrow and have to redo it a bit wider, and I usually sew the new seam and then rip the old seam, but it's occurred to me that as long as I'm pressing the allowance to the side that it wouldn't cause any problems if I left the old stitches in. Does anyone leave these in? Does it cause any problems?...
I do that all the time - no need to rip if I don't have to! If however it is to be pressed open I will rip.

Now - if the seam is to be "twirled" as in the middle of a four patch I will rip out a little more than a 1/4 inch so it can swirl correctly.
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