The purpose of this study was to develop a sewing method which could be used in home sewing to reduce seam puckering and to see how well a group of home sewers could use the method to reduce pucker. The hypothesis tested was that use of the method by home sewers would produce no reduction in the amount of pucker in a lengthwise seam. The sewing method included the following factors: controlling the upper and lower tensions, needle size, stitch length, pinning, holding the fabric plys as they passed through the machine, and pressing. Each subject (home sewer) first sewed seams without using the sewing method, and then used the method to complete more seams. The sets of seams were presented to a panel of judges for comparison, and their responses were statistically analyzed through use of a computer program. Duncan's multiple range test was used to group the results. The analysis indicated that it was possible to reject the hypothesis for nearly all of the subjects. It was observed that subjects who had the greatest amount of sewing experience apparently were able to use the method with more success than those with less experience. It was not possible to ascertain definite differences in the performance patterns of the high school girls who participated in the experiment and the adult women. The method did not show as strong an effect on seams sewn with nylon thread as it did on those sewn with cotton thread. It is possible that the age and condition of some of the sewing machines also affected the amount of pucker in the seam. / M.S.