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Lock stitch is a stitch used to hold lining or interlining fabric together. Loose by nature, it is a stitch that gives and allows for movement between layers. For this reason, it is good for heavier fabric items such as a curtains.
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Work from the base of the curtain to the top.
Fold back the lining or interlining. Stitch through both the lining/interlining and the main fabric. Your thread should go in and then come up.Advertisement- Pick up only a couple of threads with each stitch.
- Make the next stitch about 2 inches/5cm along the lining/interlining. At all times keep the stitching slack.
- Continue in this manner all of the way from the base of the fabric to the top.
- Tie off and knot the end. Cut to remove the remaining thread length. Done.
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