As a genre, spy fiction is thematically related to the novel of adventure (The Prisoner of Zenda, 1894, The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1905), the thriller (such as the works of Edgar Wallace) and the politicoâmilitary thriller (The Schirmer Inheritance, 1953, The Quiet American, 1955).
Hems can be adjusted by hand stitching, by sewing with a machine, or by using hemming tape that is melted with a warm iron to glue the material together. This page explains how to hem using a sewing machine that can do blind stitching. Many sewing machines costing less than $100 Dollars have this capability. In addition to the sewing machine, you will need scissors, a seam ripper, thread matching the color of the material, a tape measure, an iron, and an ironing board.
With your sewing machine on the straight stitch, begin stitching at the hem, using a 5mm (1/4 in) seam allowance, back tacking, and sewing up one side of the split to 5mm (1/4 in) above the split.ivot the fabric, and sew horizontally across the top of the split for 10mm (1/2 in). Pivot again, sew back down the other side of the split and back tack to secure. The picture above shows you the direction of stitching. Repeat on the other side split.