Nice! I made food wraps a couple years ago but I didn’t think to make a bread wrap. It was honestly so hard to fit usable sizes on my cookie sheet! But I did make some waxed zipper pouches.
You’re welcome! If you wear jeans or have some men’s dress shirts in your life you’ll see it on the inseam of the jeans often and the armholes and side seams of the shirts!
I'm going to wow my 90yo mother and make her a shorts and short sleeve jacket/top ensemble. I think ffs will look nice and neat on a jacket that opens at the front and will be a nice touch on the shorts. she won't be expecting this finish and I'll get brownie points from her!!! Thanks for the excellent tutorial.
I like to use French seams for delicate thin fabric that tends to fray. I feel that a French seam in anything thicker just adds bulk. I love to do flat felt seams. I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. They really tame bulky fabrics into something nice.
Nice! I love using French seams but with bulkier fabrics it gets to be a lot under the armhole. I have not tried a flat felled seam yet and now I understand it and can't wait to try one. Thank you for this very clear tutorial.
That sounds cool! You might find French seams a little easier to wrangle. But if you have some scraps maybe you can try them both out. I’m sure you know best. And the location makes a difference.
I’m going to make a coat and will use the French seam but I will start making a book with examples of all the different seam allowances for reference and link the tutorials . Love your tutorial’s.
It's been eons that the flat felled seem eluded me... It was nagging me on jeans... I observed it carefully, understood its final anatomy, but could not figure how to sew it. As I only have sewn 2 or three time for ultra simple things, I am not really familiar with it, and could not find how this seam was named... Now I know, and thanks to you, I technically know how it is done now. Thank you so much ❤
It’s definitely tricky how it looks. And if you try to dissect the seam of ready to wear jeans, it’s often sewn differently since it’s done in one step with a specific machine. We can’t sew it like that with our home machines. There is a way to make it a one step process but it’s not quite as authentic. Happy sewing!
@@SewSewLive Thanks for the precisions. What matters to me is that it looks the same as the one you can find on ready wear jeans, even if the internal is slightly different ☺
I’ve never gotten to try one! I think it could be really cool-but limited. It’s going to depend upon the fabric thickness, width and the seam you’re sewing. It could be a fun tool to have for some projects-but I wouldn’t bet it’d be great for all situations.
I don’t have a How To video but I did live stream it here: Sewing Fairfield Button Part 2 up by Thread Theory Designs ru-vid.com_R0EvJaszmU?feature=share I’ll put a how to video on the list.
Yes I think that will work. One thing to watch closely is when you cut that pre quilted fabric, watch that the quilting doesn’t come unstitched before you get to sew the seam. If you have the space in the seam allowance I’d stay stitch the seams so the stitches don’t slowly come undone. It’s a big pain to re-stitch it! Good luck! I’m making a Bomber jacket from some reversible pre-quilted fabric starting tomorrow live!!
Your technique appears so clean, too bad it's lost on people watching on small screens or with old eyes. I wish people showing sewing seams or any tips in general would use two different color fabric and a high contrast color thread. Oh well.
Hi! RU-vid added a feature where you can now zoom in on a device. Like a phone. Pinch to zoom in and out. The fabric has a white back and a blue print front for contrast. The thread is also contrast but it’s less important since we’re mostly focused on seams and the amounts. The thumbnail may not be the most visible but the video has some considerations like those you mention. You can also turn your phone sideways to get a larger view. I have old eyes too! I hope these may work! I’m always striving to do better and I’ll consider your comments for other videos. Thanks for the comment!
Let’s see! There are a lot of things going on in that question: Of course you can sew anything without a pattern using French seams if that seam finish is appropriate for the seam you’re sewing. Usually flat felled is more often used on pants sewing (say the inseam or crotch seam of most jeans) and French seams are a little too bulky. That being said if your fabric is light weight then yes. Bias cut fabric doesn’t fray in most cases so no seam finish is necessary. Of course people still inside on finishing the edges but like I said, I’d check the fabric, if it doesn’t fray it’ll be nice and soft agains the skin without any seam finishing. Bias cut shorts or pants are going to be an interesting pattern- it could work but it might not be worth the fabric use for the trouble of fitting them. They will feel weird when you’re wearing them. You probably can’t cut pants or anything that long on the true bias unless the fabric is wide enough. But you can cut it on some amount of bias.
@SewSewLive, I appreciate your answer. However, I have heard and seen videos on how to make a pants waistband on the bias for added stretch. Also, from reading your reply, I have tutorials on how to make palazzo pants on the bias. And it works while looking very good.
@@johnpluta1768 You are right! But you didn’t tell me either of those things. 😂 you didn’t say waistband. Yes you can do a waistband on the bias. But this is a seam finish video and I thought we were talking about seam finishes. Personally I like a waistband that doesn’t stretch out. So I never use a bias cut one. Palazzo pants can be on the bias too. I just didn’t know that’s what you meant. And I also maintain that cutting them on the true bias is hard due to fabric width and length of the pattern. Good luck!
FF seams kill me at the catch of jeans. I have a walking foot Juki so the machine is no issue but getting two flat felled seams into another one is a lot of denim!
It’s contrast thread! But you can pinch and zoom in if you are watching on a phone or tablet that has that capability. (It’s a new RU-vid feature!) Or watch on a regular computer.
