We hope you have had an enjoyable week and have taken out those sewing machines. This is the first of our sewing tutorials so make sure you subscribe as we will be posting new tutorials on a weekly basis.
We certainly don’t claim to know all about sewing as we are all constantly learning, whether it be through other blogs or by talking to other people in the industry. Here at Selective Fine Fabrics, we have in house designers who have a collective wealth of knowledge. This combined with our accumulated sewing knowledge from 20 years of trading allows us to provide our customers with insightful sewing tips and techniques.
What we hope to bring you is maybe a new technique, or a handy hint to maybe make sewing your next garment a little easier.
So onto our rolled hems...I have always been a little scared of rolled hems particularly in a silk chiffon or georgette, but after learning this technique I find them almost a pleasure to do. This technique uses a rolled hem foot, most sewing machines usually come with one, if you don’t have one with your machine you should be able to purchase it separately.
The secret I have found is pressing a 2-3 mm hem on the edge that you want to hem. I have always had trouble in starting the hem, so I fold my pressed edge over again thus giving you a twice rolled hem. Once you have done this, pin it together.
Place this under your foot and drop your needle down holding the hem in place. Take the pin out and do your back tack. I also find it can be handy to start with a thread tail if you need something to help pull the fabric through.
It is then just a matter of stitching the hem keeping your folded edge next to the part of the foot just before it starts to roll.
A similar technique can be applied in achieving perfect French seams, but this will be elaborated more on in another post.
Wrong side of rolled hem
We hope you enjoyed your first tutorial.
Did you notice the beautiful shade of silk chiffon in the photos? Stay tuned as this delicate fabric will be transformed into a beautiful silk dress in the coming tutorials.
Until next time,
Sff. x
Product Details:
100% Silk Chiffon Colour Mint - Selective Fine Fabrics
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