Rolled Hem Sewing.

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Thu, 09/13/2012 - 13:41
sea_cheles
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Hi, I am making a skirt using crepe material, which is very slippery.  I just finished watching videos on how to do a rolled hem with a hemmer foot.  I do not have a hemmer foot, are there directions anywhere on how to do a rolled hem without a hemmer foot?  Thank You.

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Fri, 09/14/2012 - 15:13
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Nehzat
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Re: Rolled Hem without Hemmer foot

Dear sea_cheles,

If your do not have a hemmer foot, you can sew rolled hem by hand, Here is a link to the lesson where I show how to do this: Rolled Hem Sewing Video Lesson.

Another option is to sew a very narrow double folded hem using your standard presser foot.

If you want to do this by machine, sew a row of stitches with a matching thread color along the edge of your fabric, while aligning the edge of the fabric with the right side of the presser foot. This stitch line should be parallel with the raw edge of your fabric. Now place a piece of masking tape on the needle plate, 5 mm from the right side of the presser foot and parallel to it.

Now sew another stitch line with a contrasting color and longer stitches and lower tension, since you will be removing this later. Now trim from the raw edge leaving about 4 mm distance to the first stitch line. Next fold along the first stitch line and hand baste to keep the fold in place (you can sew by machine using a matching color if your want). Now you have the first fold.

Now fold again along the contrasting machine stitch line and baste by hand, to keep the double fold in place. Finish by sewing the double fold by machine along the inner folded edge. Now you can remove the contrasting machine threads and hand basting then press.

Happy sewing,

Nehzat

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