what is a felling stitch, please

[marion]

My pattern design says to use a felling stitch to sew the pleats in making a kilt, but the internet had too much advice: some said it was a herringbone stitch, a hem stitch, a whipped stem stitch, an overcast stitch, a back stitch or one that doesn't show on the other side. Can someone help with some advice on felling stitches. Thankyou! Marion

[Riverkilt]

Might just be a generic term to describe the stitching along the fell....which would account for the variety.

You could PM Barb or Jimmy or Steve or Jeff or Bear...check the kiltmaker's forum.

And, welcome aboard...

Ron

[bear]

Rather than try to describe a stitch verbally, look at this site:
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/chegc/kiltsite/page3.htm
It has several stitches drawn that are used in kiltmaking.

[Barb T.]

Hi Marion

As you probably know, the "fell" is the stitched portion of a pleat. The stitch that's used for the fell is an edge stitch that's like a blind stitch with a slight back stitch. There's a diagram below from my book. The person who taught me kiltmaking said that she was taught that, if the stitches were more than a pencil-point apart, they were too far apart.

Barb