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Underwear for under there!

Postby zirconmermaid » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:06 pm

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The lovely Fennix models matching pink stockings and panties!
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby Evelien » Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:41 am

Looks great!! Did you handsew the stockings..? I've made stockings before but the seams are bursting because of the tension and I'm not sure how to make them stronger :(
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby Faydreams » Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:43 am

Nice.
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby zirconmermaid » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:55 pm

All of these were sewn on a machine. I use a straight stitch first on the stockings, stretching them a very little, and then follow up with a very narrow zig-zag stitch. Then I trim the seam close to the stitching. If you are hand sewing stockings, I suggest first sewing a tiny running stitch followed by rolling and overcasting the seam allowance. Trim the seam allowance after the running stitch, then do the overcast. That should keep it from bursting. You want about 1/8 inch seam allowance.
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby Nixxfey » Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:42 pm

Those are very pretty! I like.
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby Evelien » Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:39 pm

zirconmermaid wrote:All of these were sewn on a machine. I use a straight stitch first on the stockings, stretching them a very little, and then follow up with a very narrow zig-zag stitch. Then I trim the seam close to the stitching. If you are hand sewing stockings, I suggest first sewing a tiny running stitch followed by rolling and overcasting the seam allowance. Trim the seam allowance after the running stitch, then do the overcast. That should keep it from bursting. You want about 1/8 inch seam allowance.


Thanks for the tips ^^. I hope I can translate this to Dutch sewing language heehee ^^
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby TsukiNoKemuri » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:22 am

Evelien: I was going to be clever/stupid and make up something like "straijt stidtch, zijg-zaag stidtch, trijm the seeme, runingstidtch, overcaasting", but it looks like I know less about the Dutch language than I thought I did... and when I feed the words through an actual translator, the output looks so much cooler to me that I don't want to make that poor parody anymore. For the record, the translator offered "rechte steek, zigzagsteek, trim de naad, rijgsteek, overhandse"... and I have no idea whether any of those are correct ("trim" being preserved as-is is a bit suspicious), but they look pretty nifty. ;)

To keep this post somewhat on topic: Zirconmermaid, does the material you used here have elasticity/stretchiness, or did you have to sew the stockings to fit the contours of the leg?
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby Evelien » Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:07 pm

Hahahaha I prefer your awesome translation! And 'trim' is actually a verb in Dutch too, but means something else, so isn't really applicable here. 'Overhandse' doesn't make sense to me but then again not many sewing expressions make sense to me. I should visit a sewing website. A DUTCH sewing website ;)
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby zirconmermaid » Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:17 pm

I am always fascinated by language. I used to know 4 different ones. In answer to the question on stretch - it's very stretchy! Mostly around the leg and a little up and down. It's usually in the swimsuit fabrics area.
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Re: Underwear for under there!

Postby TsukiNoKemuri » Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:40 am

Evelien: Yes, a Dutch sewing site will certainly give you better results than an automated online translating service. I made my fake ones by taking what I thought I knew about Dutch that made it stand apart from English, like the "ij" and "dt" combinations. Best wishes for finding the REAL info!

Zirconmermaid: Thanks for the details! I live in a smallish town which has no dedicated craft/fabric stores and only two stores that carry any fabric, so it's a little hard to find the more unusual fabrics... but I'm not sure they don't have them hidden away somewhere I haven't looked, and there's always online, too.
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