French seams don’t have a raw, bare border. The seam is double-sewn, so the inside seam edges are encased inside another seam. After you have sewn the first seam, you turn the object inside out and enclose the raw edges of the first seam inside the second seam. This neatens up the seam and maintains …

Produced circa 2002 to 2004, Maytag’s line of Atlantis top-loading washing machines concentrates on heavy-duty laundering — those units include features like high capacity and options like Super Wash and TurboRinse. Despite their hefty dimensions and six-point suspension systems, Atlantis washers tend toward operational mistakes like any other appliance; even when drainage issues attack, follow …