Mantua-Maker’s Hem (Seam)

A Mantua-maker’s hem is a self-encased seam created by putting the right sides of your fabric together and hemming the seam. It looks like a French seam when it is complete but the construction technique is different.

Applications:

  • Modern skirt side seams.

  • Modern unlined shirt side seams.

  • Modern unlined sleeve and armhole seams.

  • Modern loose pant side seams.

  • Substitute for a French seam.

  • Sleeve and armhole seams c. 1800-1840, colonized Atlantic World.

  • Petticoat side seams c. 1760-1840, colonized Atlantic World.

  • Gown skirt side seams c. 1760-1840, colonized Atlantic World.

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