![]() I use the handy lines on my Patented Janome Needle Plate to accomplish this. Place the Lap-Seam foot on your 9mm machine and with the wrong sides together make a seam 5/8” from the edge of the fabric. Using this new Lap-Seam foot makes an already easy seam even easier because you can skip some ironing! Let’s hear it for less ironing!!!! If the packaging could reach the foot peddle it could probably do the sewing for you too. On the Lap-Seam Foot packaging, it not only gives you what settings to use (straight stitch, centre needle position), and gives you a step by step guide with pictures, it also tells you what fabrics work best (Medium-heavy to heavy weight fabrics). My favourite part about so many of our Janome Accessories is that they come with instructions on how to use them as it’s part of the packaging! If you pull out an accessory you haven’t used in a while you have a quick refresher right there! Double stitch line is the Lap-Seam Front Lap-Seam from the back It’s a great way to finish off the raw edges, reduce the amount of bulk and keep everything nice and smooth. Jeans are often constructed with at least a few Lap-Seams like the one pictured below. If you are new to Lap-Seams they are an amazing way to finish off seams on heavier fabric. ![]() The techniques and presser feet I used in that post worked fine, but I was SO excited to see that Janome now has a NEW Lap-Seam Foot for our 9mm machines! Upon receiving my Lap-Seam Foot, I broke out my Janome Memory Craft 8200 QCP and started playing! Janome Memory Craft 8200 QCP In April I wrote a blog post about 2 ways of making Flat Felled/Lap seams.
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