Cutting after stitching

Isaac Noyes · Post by **Isaac Noyes** » 15 Mar 2006 09:34

After stitching an entire bag, when there is the little .2 inch flap of fabric still on one side of the seam are you supposed to do anything with it? I cut it off of one of the bags I made, but then when I turned it right side in and had filler in it the fabric wasn't long enough and kinda started to pop through at each of the seams... to add more flexability on another bag I made instead of cutting it off completly, I cut straight down to the stitch about 4 or 5 times for each panel/panel collection. Does anybody doctor this part of their bags to make them more flexable, or do you just leave them and let the breaking in process do the job of putting more flexability into the bag?

Lazytowner · Post by **Lazytowner** » 15 Mar 2006 09:36

I just leave the fabric as is. Having that excess 'flange' in the bag would help keep the filler from rolling around imo.

Isaac Noyes · Post by **Isaac Noyes** » 15 Mar 2006 09:46

Lazytowner wrote:Having that excess 'flange' in the bag would help keep the filler from rolling around imo.

Is "flange" the proper terminology for it? Is there any benefit for keeping or leaving it? I suppose in the end it doesn't really matter, because the bag will be broken in and soft anyway.

Dat · Post by **Dat** » 15 Mar 2006 12:03

There shouldn't be any fabric sticking out. Nothing like this has happened to me before. I'd imagine you should be able to shove anything sticking out back into the bag.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 15 Mar 2006 17:55

No. he's talking about when you stitch too close to the edge of the panels and some of the inside of the pents starts to pop out to the outside. I have thought about cutting off excess flange many times, but have never tried it. I guess I dont thin its a good idea because of the problem you described. On the other hand, if you want to try it, you might try using some flexible glue to ensure than the insides dont pop out by carefully gluing what's left of the pent-hex flange together. Dont know what result this will produce but its worth a try i guess.