felled seam
felled seam · felled seams
A seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the…A seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.
Meaning
1 sensesA seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.
More definitions
- seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
Forms
plural: felled seams| Singular | felled seam |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges:fell