Civil War Uniforms: Keep Your Jean Cloth from Unraveling

Civil War Uniforms: Keep Your Jean Cloth from Unraveling
by Paula and Coach McCoach
http://www.civilwaruniforms.net

AHHHH! How to keep jean cloth from unraveling?

How authentic do you want to be? Can you zigzag your jean cloth, so it does not unravel because just by touching it, it unravels an inch!!

Depends on how authentic you want to be?

I couldn't zigzag my jean cloth because it is not authentic!

It would bother me too much!

So, you have two choices on controlling the unraveling of your jean cloth. One is authentic and one is not!

The technique, which is not authentic, is also not machine done.

You can do a loose running blanket stitch - I don't think the Victorians would have done this because it would have taken too long and uniforms needed to be produced quickly.

The easiest way to keep your jean cloth from unraveling is to cut the pattern big and use an extra large seam allowance like