ATTENTION: Check your stitch!

This is a desperate plea to everyone. Please listen up! I've seen this mistake happen too many times to even count so obviously there are plenty of people out there that just don't know.

Many clothing manufacturers include a temporary hem or stitching in coats, blazers, jackets, skirts, and sometimes pants to keep the materials together and help them to lay flat. But the key word is "temporary". Once you purchase the clothing you are to REMOVE the temporary stitch.

You will find this most commonly during this season on winter coats. The back of the coat where the pleat is located will have a criss-cross stitch at the base of the pleat. Or if you have a pleated skirt there might be temporary stitching holding the pleats together. This is also very common on men's blazers with pleats in the back. Temporary stitching can also be found on pants pockets, suit jackets, and most outer apparel.

So, next time you see your close relative, friend or even a stranger walk past and you see that temporary stitch in their clothes. Do them a service and let them know about their fashion-oops.

until next read...


Ruthie Dean