![]() So it depends on your garment, as well as the fabrics. Some deeper and heavier so as to weight down the garment, where you don’t want it flying up – more tailored, good with a shorter skirt. Some small and light weight to not weight down the garment-very feminine, good on longer skirts. In my experience, blind hems are good on straight things, where the hem is turned up and the fabric lays flat as it is the same shape and width.Īlso, hem styles have different purposes. Don’t try a blind hem on an A-line skirt or one where you have to ease in any fullness in the hem. However, a deep hem (even a 1 inch hem) might not be what you want, depending on the type of skirt. For a lightweight silk fabric, probably not. Oh, and depending upon your fabric and the style of your skirt, a blind hem may or may not be the right hem to use. It will probably come out with washing.Īnd that’s it! A lovely blind hem, all done by machine. ![]() If it’s still there after pressing, don’t worry too much. Use a little spray of water to help remove the crease as you press. You’ll often get a little crease where the hem was previously pressed. This is the part that used to frustrate me, but with a higher quality foot, this never seems to happen anymore.ġ6) Remove the pins if you haven’t already and let the hem come down.ġ7) Finally, give the hem a press. You may need to go back and restitch over parts if this happens. Occasionally, your machine may have missed the fold while stitching. Here’s how it will look once it’s stitched!ġ5) Look at the stitches carefully at this point. Stitch slowly, making sure to keep the fold right up against the plate. As the machine stitches, it will stitch across that plate every few stitches, taking a tiny bite out of the fold. The vertical plate should sit right along the fold. You can set the stitch width wider or shorter depending on how wide you want it, but mine was set to 3.5 here.ġ4) With the wrong side up, lower the presser foot onto the hem. This is what the foot looks like.ġ3) Set your machine to the blind hem stitch. Once you’ve pressed them in place, you can remove the pins if you like.ġ1) Again, here’s how it will look once pressed.ġ2) Put the blind hem presser foot on your sewing machine. You can just remove the existing pins and repin at this point.ġ0) Lightly press the folds. Fold upward along the top (white) line this time.ĩ) Pin in place again. Here you can see that the middle (yellow) line is now at the bottom of the hem.Ĩ) Fold again. Here’s how it will look after you press it.ĥ) Now, pinch along the middle (yellow) line to fold.Ħ) Fold along this line, matching up the top (white) line with the bottom (pink) line as you fold.ħ) Pin the fold in place. Basically, you’re folding it in half so that the raw edge on the inside hits right at the pink line. The fold should be 1/2 inch from the bottom (pink) line. ![]() So for a 2″ hem, you’d draw a line 2 inches above (the white line) and a line 2 inches below (the pink line).ģ) If necessary, trim the raw edge of the hem so it is only about 1 inch below the bottom (pink) line.Ĥ) Turn the raw edge under and press. They should be of equal distance to the hemline, however deep you want your hem to be. ![]() That would be the middle line here, shown in yellow.Ģ) Mark two more lines, one above and below your hem line. So if you had a skirt that you wanted to be 25″ long with a 2 inch hem, you’d make sure the skirt was at least 28″ long before hemming.ġ) First, figure out exactly where you want your hem to fall, and mark that line in water soluble pen, pencil, or chalk on the right side of the garment. I like to make mine at least 1 1/2 to 2 inches. It could make all the difference.Īlso, make sure you have enough seam allowance for a fairly deep hem. If you have trouble with your hems, you might consider trying another foot, if your machine accepts them. I used to find them to be a bit of a pain, but honestly my Bernina and it’s wonderful blind hem presser foot have banished all my frustrations. It’s a fantastic way to create a deep hem on a skirt, unlined jacket, or pants. Using an ingenious method of folding and stitching, you can create a machine stitched hem that is nearly invisible from the outside. ![]()
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