Eureka Jeans1950s JC Penney’s Foremost (2)
I’ll start with the stitching of the front and back pockets.
The watch pocket and the facing of the front pockets were sewn on with a double-needle lockstitch machine without lifting one of the needles at the corners, resulting in the characteristic “drunken stitches” (pictures 1-3).
To address this “flaw”, machines were developed that allow the needle on the inside of the corner to be lifted separately from the second needle on the outside of the corner, often resulting in a little triangle in the inner corner. The back pockets on this pair were done using the latter method (pictures 4-5).
I’m not sure whether the front pockets and back pockets were sewn with different types of double-needle machines, or whether they were done with the same more sophisticated type, but without lifting the needle for the front pockets, in order to increase speed and productivity, as the stitches are not visible on the outside anyways.
Unfortunately, I don’t own either type of double-needle lockstitch machine (yet), but I sometimes imitate both types of stitches using a single-needle machine.
#vintagedenim #vintagejeans #realvintage #jcpenney #penneys #foremost #drunkenstitches #doubleneedle #lockstitch #eurekajeans
I’ll start with the stitching of the front and back pockets.
The watch pocket and the facing of the front pockets were sewn on with a double-needle lockstitch machine without lifting one of the needles at the corners, resulting in the characteristic “drunken stitches” (pictures 1-3).
To address this “flaw”, machines were developed that allow the needle on the inside of the corner to be lifted separately from the second needle on the outside of the corner, often resulting in a little triangle in the inner corner. The back pockets on this pair were done using the latter method (pictures 4-5).
I’m not sure whether the front pockets and back pockets were sewn with different types of double-needle machines, or whether they were done with the same more sophisticated type, but without lifting the needle for the front pockets, in order to increase speed and productivity, as the stitches are not visible on the outside anyways.
Unfortunately, I don’t own either type of double-needle lockstitch machine (yet), but I sometimes imitate both types of stitches using a single-needle machine.
#vintagedenim #vintagejeans #realvintage #jcpenney #penneys #foremost #drunkenstitches #doubleneedle #lockstitch #eurekajeans
