If you can ever find old fashioned cotton sewing thread - at a charity shop/goodwill or where an old house is being emptied it is worth getting because it is far more fragile than the modern thread with man made fibres added.

As long as the seam is not under stress it should be fine, and when you want to reclaim the fabric is is just a matter of cutting the start and stop of the thread and pulling - at least for medium and heavy fabrics.

I bought a lot of reels of cotton thread on a market stall years ago, for pennies each one, and am still using them. I have remade some of my kilts three or four times, and the ease of taking them apart reduces the strain on the fabric.

It is rather an alteration to the modern philosopy of garment building, but where the fabric is expensive and reusable it makes sense to reduce the risk of damage to the fabric if a seam is pulled open.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: