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if you want it to stop from fraying (eg: it is raw hemmed enough) you need to put an overlock stitch along the edge
Is that a specific stitch or can I just straight stitch it
Oh it’s just a zigzag stitch
technically its these stitches:
my machine has the second one as an option and I have an overlock foot so its very very easy
if you have a machine you should check its stitches
its definetly more difficult without an overlock foot as well
its basically a budget serge
Hmm ok thanks
you may be able to replicate it with a zig-zag stitch tho
Could also just let it spew everywhere
In my experience its pretty dependent on the fabric for how explosively it spews. generally my raw hems start out pretty clean-> get really frayed and dangly-> reach a stable middle ground
the overlock stitch mention is pretty effective though
Second question. If I machine wash my raw hemmed jeans does the thread go everywhere in the wash
Like should i do a separate wash just for the jeans
All I can add is that my jorts are raw hemmed from cutting the legs off
it tends to get littered around, yes
they kinda just stopped fraying on their own
so i guess it varies by fabric
this probably wasn't overly helpful
Here is a pair of jeans which had a normal hem which I opened up. The actual end had an overlock stitch, but there is still some minimal but contained fraying. Especially with the fading, I like this effect
Here is a cheap pair of rustlers I just chopped
Here are some unbranded jeans I chopped a long time ago,its hard to see cause of the slippers in the way but they stopped shedding long threads a while back
Also cat butt