Hello! I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've been sewing for about a year or so and have been making mostly dresses for myself. I have a 100% cotton heavy sweatshirt fabric that I'm making a dress out of. Because of the stretch, I'm using a zigzag stitch. However, no matter how narrow I make the stitch, it always shows on the right side of the fabric on the seam. I tried a straight stitch and it did the same thing. Any tips for resolving this? I've attached a few pictures with a narrow stitch to show the behavior. Thank you so much!
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