Edgestitched Layers Squish Out Of Alignment

[georgeandgracie]

I am sewing waxed cotton, not leather, and I'm using a Consew 206RB-3 with which I'm not yet very familiar.

To make a checkbook wallet, I am lining waxed cotton with wool fabric, sewing right sides together all around the piece except for a small area left unstitched for turning. After turning the right sides out, I have two layers sewn together, raw edges concealed between: one waxed cotton, one wool. Then I fold this assembly to make a pocket for the checkbook. This gives four layers: canvas, wool, wool, canvas.

To hold the pocket in place, I want to edgestitch all around about 1/8 inch from the edge. Trouble is, the layers that result from folding don't stay in alignment once they go under the presser foot. The bottom half sort of squishes out to the right, such that when I turn the piece over the edgestitching on the bottom is nearly 1/4 inch from the edge.

What can I do to keep this squishing from happening?

[Northmount]

Have you tried pressing with a hot iron and wet cloth to form nice creases you can then sew overtop of? You probably need to trim material out of the corners to get the corners to lie smooth without a bunch of bulk.

Tom

[DHauser]

Glue!

[Gump]

For that close of edge stitching I would look at piping feet as they are designed to sew up close to a lump and are grooved so they should hold everything in line. Gump.

[georgeandgracie]

There's an idea I definitely will try!

Lately the results have been a little better. I've pressed before edgestitching, lightened the pressure on the presser foot, moved my fingers closer to the foot, and used a seam ripper to nudge the under layer when it gets obstreperous. Which change helped most I can't say because I didn't apply one at a time.

Janet