Make sure you have a new needle for your sewing machine; dull ones can snag your fabric and make you crazy. Depending on the fabric, you might want a ball-point needle. Take the jersey in to the fabric store and ask what they recommend.
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06-12-2010, 01:16 PM #1
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06-12-2010, 02:58 PM #2
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Can you take out the elastic and shorten jersey's without a sewing machine? My partner gave me a Bicycle Colorado jersey that is made by Primal wear and it is too long. I'd love to shorten it and put a hand stitch in it. Is that possible?
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06-12-2010, 03:07 PM #3
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Kathi -- you could, most likely do so. Keep in mind that your pockets on the back will get shorter too. I'd suggest leaving enough fabric so that you can turn it up, say 3/4" and then another 3/4" -- the double fold will give you a little more weight on the bottom, since you're taking out the elastic, and that's part of what the elastic does down there...
Owlie -- you might consider using 1/4" elastic in the back of the jersey, a bit above the pockets. Look at some of them in stores, if you don't have any that have elastic in them there -- it just sort of reins in the excess fabric. You could simply zig zag that in back there...
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