Originally Posted by
just_the_scraps_m'am
never heard the French part in the felled phrase -- learned it as a "flat felled seam"!
maybe it originated in France -- who knows
They are two different techniques. A flat felled seam is finished on the right side of the item with the additional stitching to make it flat. Like on your jeans. A French felled seam is the one where you sew the item wrong sides together then encase the raw edges in another seam, like when you finish a pillowcase, although I think most people call the second one just a French seam.