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Old 03-23-2004, 04:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Fraying Jeans

So I have about 3 pairs of old jeans that are in pretty bad shape, until it hit me to make skirts out of them. My problem is that once i've cut the legs, the denim frays and the only way i know to stop that is to hem it which makes the edge kind of rough and bulky with jean material. Is there any other way of preventing fraying? I've heard of people burning it but I don't know how it's done.
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Old 03-23-2004, 05:04 PM   #2 (permalink)
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just stitch around the edges, without a hem?
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Old 03-23-2004, 06:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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well jeans are cotton... not nylon... so i dont think burning would work... it would just get rid of whats frayed and then start fraying again...
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Old 03-23-2004, 07:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
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It's called surging, and you need a special sewing machine called a surger. (go to a fabric store and have one of the nice ladies in the back show you how the latest and greatest surgers work

Free tailoring.

The previous poster is correct in that demin is cotton and does not singe like nylon, polyester or other synthetic materials.

I am curious though why you think that a proper single fold hem would be too thick. Demin is always finished that way. Skirts, pants, shorts, whatever.

I suspect you might find that a hem is the way to go.

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