You're the master of the straight line now, right? Well, now you get to practice it a little more. In this video you'll learn how to turn a hem and stitch it in place. This is a basic, double-turned hem on a straight edge - used for casual clothing and lots of craft projects. There are fancier ways of stitching invisible hems on more elaborate clothing, and I have a special trick for turning up curved hems - but we'll cover those in later videos. For now - a good, easy technique for a basic hem.
Happy sewing!
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I've been following this series and think it's great. I am a somewhat experienced with the machine but it's always good to refresh and see others' techniques. Keep up the great videos!
ReplyDeleteThanks Neal!
ReplyDeleteI'm a quilter but I am occasionally asked to alter clothing. I've seen this tool before but never bothered to find out what it was or how it worked. I'm definitely getting one before the next time I have to hem something! Thank you so much for this tutorial.
ReplyDeletei'm enjoying your videos. i'm a bdginner aka chicken and need all the training i could get. i get frustrated and, honestly, nervous when i get stumped. i must get over fear of failure. your videos have given me confidence and i look forward to more videos. thank you
ReplyDeleteWendi, I'm making two skirts and dress in the next few weeks. Any chance it's a good time to get to the curved hem video? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteProbably not - but here it is in a nutshell. Let's say you're going to turn up your hem 1/2 inch, and then 1/2 inch again. That's pretty standard for me.
DeleteRun the bottom of your skirt through the machine so you sew a line of stitching 1/2 inch from the raw edge. You're not sewing anything together - just giving yourself an easy guideline to follow.
Now turn your hem up so the fold is right at that line of stitching, pressing it in place as you go. No measuring with the hem gauge needed.
The second fold is just like any other - use the first fold of fabric as your guide.
Hope this helps!