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Textiles and Garment Construction
Activity 4.5
1. Search and watch a video clip or pictures showing how to make a welt seam
2. Make a sample of a welt seam.
Overlaid seam: This is also known as overlapped seam. It is mostly used when the line
of the seam is required to highlight a style feature on the right side of the garment or
to join two pieces in which one has fullness, such as gathers or pleats and the other is
plain. The seam is suitable for joining yokes and panels in dresses, shirts and skirts. It
is both functional and decorative. The seam is strong, flat, easy to launder and quick
to make.
Procedure for working on an overlaid seam
(i) Neat the raw edge, fold the overlay seam allowance to the wrong side along the
fitting line, and press.
(ii) Place the folded edge of the overlay over the fitting line of the underlay. Pin and
tack through all the layers.
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