The Ditty Bag Book by Frank Rosenow

Author:Frank Rosenow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2011-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

Seams

To put together the ditty bag, we’ll execute the flat seam, round seam, and tabling, with a later aside about running and roping stitches thrown in for good measure. These happen to comprise all the basic stitches a hand-seaming sailor uses. The majority never even feel the need to venture beyond the flat and the round seam, which gives some idea of the versatility of these two seams. But a variety of seams is worth at least a brief mention.

A flat seam (Fig. 45) is made from right to left or, in the vernacular (assuming you’re bench seaming), “away from the hook.” The common variety—the double flat seam (usually referred to simply as flat seam)—is used to join cloth pieces which are overlapped and turned in at the edges to prevent fraying (a precaution which is not necessary when joining selvedges or Dacron cloth cut with a hot-knife). The drawing shows the work turned over, and the second seam being put in.

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