I've done a hem this way before, but it's been YEARS. Thank you for the video and step by step refresher course! And yay! I have presser foot #5 with my Bernina Virtuosa 160.
This was super helpful, thanks! I'm attempting to make a tent using silpoly fabric. It's incredibly lightweight (like 20 denier) and is silicone coated, so it's pretty slippery. Do you think the guide foot would still be the best method, or would you recommend something else? I've also noticed it's a bit dangerous to iron seams on low heat with this stuff. Any ideas how I could crease a light slippery fabric like this accurately?
I am so glad that I found this video! I can’t wait to get home and practice tonight! The rolled hem has been the bane of my existence as a beginning sewer. This will help tremendously 😊 **UPDATE I altered a prom dress using this method, and it turned out AWESOME! 26 feet of satin, and it looked like it came from a pro seamstress! Thank you again for posting this video. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Can you show how you would do a fully fled hem (a hem that is a large circle. Not sure what you call this in US). Because of the slight round it will pucker? Any suggestions?
Do you think this is easier and/or faster than using a rolled hem foot (I've never used one of these and am researching it, which is why I'm asking)? What about curves? Thank you
Thank you - I’m just about to sew my first rolled hem and this has helped so much. But why fold so much fabric over on the first pressing and so waste quite a lot of fabric? Will it work with, say, just 1cm? I say this because I have already cut a skirt hem to just 2 cm below the hemline I need.
You can determine the amount to fold up with the first fold I like to have at least 1 inch. Especially in ready to wear you could have a lot more if you are short like I am.
Thank You, Margaret! I was a bit nervous doing my first rolled hem on a very nice shirt. I watched and rewatched your video and I think it came out really well! Great explanations and demonstrations!
My issue is I am extremely tall. I have to either be really crafty about buying work pants - when pant cuffs were in style, I had no problems, I just took them down. I haven’t seen cuffed pants in decades. I have a few places that I can shop that aren’t so stingy with their hems, and they’re OK. But lately, with ‘ankle cropped’ pants I’m forced to wear skirts or pay quite a bit of money on tall women’s clothes (and they usually run big all over). Today I did it again; took a chance on a pair of pants with a decent seam, but I realized I didn’t really have an inch left to hem. I came here thinking there would be a hack for rolling the seam at the very end with that kind of stitch where it leaves a thin thread between the stitches by looping each stitch under before placing another. Box- stitch, maybe? But the fabric does run a little. What would you suggest?
This would be even more helpful if the camera would center in on what she is doing. For much of the video, what she is "showing" us is just off camera so we can't actually see what she is doing. "See, Look at that." No, sorry, I can't actually see what you are doing.
This seems to be such an easy way to do a rolled hem. Am gonna be using it on a "flowing" hi - low dress I'm altering for myself. TYSM for sharing this video with us. Love your channel.
So happy to find your help!! I had just been asked to hem a dress with a rolled hem and had no idea how. You explained it perfectly and the dress came out perfectly!
That seems to be using more fabric, thread and time than necessary. I either fold and press both turns and sew once or use a roller hem foot. Much more efficient.
This method works really well when you have a ready made garment you are hemming. Also many people aren't familiar with rolled hem feet, they do take some time to practice with and get used to. Use what ever you like for a garment from scratch.
