I've never thought about this but it makes perfect sense. I also always forget my phone has a yellow screen tint when I'm browsing so I need to remember to turn that off when looking at colours.
I didn't even think of this.... Even though I once spent an evening editing photos with a twilight screen filter on then had to redo the whole lot the next day! So easy to forget even when we change our own screens!
Just bought a set of six containing three narrow feet plus three wide. The narrow one I tried initially worked pretty well first time. The wide foot I tried next would not keep the fabric running true for more than a few inches. It would skew, bunch, untwist and go completely off the rails. After many attempts I was quite discouraged and disappointed, cursing the foot as another piece of disingenously produced Chinese tat that superficially resembles the real thing but isn't engineered to actually work properly. Then I watched this video, saw that the foot here looks identical to mine, yet meters of fabric romp effortlessly through the machine with good results. Hmmm... maybe I was too hasty blaming the Chinese on this occasion. I picked up some points of technique from the video and tried some lighter, more flexible fabric closer in quality to the one shown. This produced a vast improvement, not quite good enough to be confident using the foot on a project but sufficient for me to un-give-up and push ahead with this. Thanks very much for a helpful demonstration.
I've been looking for a pair of waterproof shorts. I hate getting out of the water and having wet shorts. Would it be possible to design and make a fashionable pair of swim trunks out of Polyurethane Laminate (or I guess sandwiched Polyurethane Laminate)? Does that exist at all? I don't know if this fabric would even work because it sounds like the polyester still soaks up the water.
I don't think you'd get the quick dry effect you're looking for with this fabric. I'm aware that many people who regularly do water based activities will often favour neoprene so this may be a fabric you can look into.
In the middle of cleaning and selling our house so I can't sew anything at the moment. My projects list keeps growing, and this is definitely getting added. Not only that, It'll be one of the first things I'm going to sew as soon as we are settled :) Love this. It's super cute!!!
Thank you for this useful tutorial--I bought the 3-pc wide-hem set and could NOT figure out how to get started. Now I know not only how to start but how to end. Since I won't use these feet particularly often, and my brain is like a sieve, is there by any chance a WRITTEN set of instructions for me to have on hand?
More trouble than it's worth, based on this demo. It would be faster to fold over twice, press well, pin or clip, and sew close to the edge. The French seams make using the rolled edge foot awkward and untenable.
I still struggle in inserting the fabric through the rolled hem part. I did everything like you did. I wish you had a different camera view. Thank You .
Ahhh, thanks for this video tutorial. I just tried using my set of wide rolled hem feet and it was challenging. I certainly only got one roll and they weren't even. Sometimes it stitched on and sometimes off. Tips I got: 1. Start stitching a little before you roll it in, do a double roll. 2. Feed in the double roll, slowly 3. Move your needle over. This will work well for couching wide ribbons and doing decorative stitching in the middle.
