Thank you so much for guiding us through this neat finish. After experiments, I had resorted to hand sewing thin silk fabric sleeve hems with rolled hems as used for silk scarves! Okay, but this is much neater.
You can start by doing the edging of Chiffon or any silk top with short sleeves. This is a great finishing for visible edges of blouses, skirts or anything that you like their finishing touches to look high-end. Cheers. ❤
Neda, thank you so much for this video! I used it to hem my wedding dress (5 layers!) and it turned out absolutely beautifully! The baby hem really adds sophistication and was surprisingly easy (if a little time intensive, though that's expected)
I remember my days that I had to do layers of layers of bias binding or baby hem on silk or chiffons, pheww. I feel you :) But once you get used to it, it is actually like knitting :) super meditating. Cheers.
Definitely trying this hemming technique. I was having such a hard time hemming my silk pillowcases with my narrow hem foot, which I just learned to use and definitely haven’t mastered. I have a feeling this will be easier
Can you please demonstrate how you would do a corner, there are a lot of videos with rolled and tiny hems but not one shows how to do a neat corner with a narrow hem, thanks
This video is really useful. I am applying to make silk pocket squares, but I'm having difficulty keeping the stitches neat when I go around corners. Do you have any tips for doing this technique on a square handkerchief?
Neda, Thank you for this. I would like to make my own silk ribbon. This seems like a great option to finish the sides. I noticed that your fabric is not on the bias. If I used this technique, would you have any suggestions for me to prevent me from stretching the edge? Perhaps, use something below it to prevent me from stretching as I go?
When I sew this technique on silky circle skirts, there are places that hit bias of the fabric, if you pull the fabric too much that will give you little lettuce edge, so if you want to not have that type of curls, you just don't pull your fabric. It should work on bias. But beware, thinner the fabric on bias, will be more challenging to make it not curl, on the other side if the fabric has a weight and body, totally fine. Cheers.
This technique will work on curved line since it's super thin. You just have to be careful to not stretch it too much otherwise it will curls like lettuce edge.
Hi Neda, your instructions are very clear. You mentioned we will never want to use serger again. Could you use this method to nicely finish seams ? Many thanks,
You can use the same technique, only when hitting on the curved area, be careful to not to pull the fabric and you can make the stitch length or pressure little less, especially on super sheer fabrics.
Hi, yes of course. At the beginning of sewing when i refer to "Lock it", i meant that I backed my stitching. But I usually do it fast and just a few stitches.
Yes you can do on curve edges, one thing you need to be careful that not to pull your fabric when it comes to bias of the fabric otherwise you'll have little lettuce edge finishing.
Rolled hem is achieved by using rolling hem foot, that I dont like to use on my slippery Silk Charmause or any other Satin silks, because they always come out messy. This technique is called baby hem, when after first edge sewing you use scissors to cut very close to the stitch and roll one more to finish it. This way I feel more in control + I can even go narrower if needed, and with different pressure of pulling, I can create a lettuce edge. Some can achieve things in different ways, they just have to find the best outcome for themselves. Cheers.
