I once saw a professional sewer from the garment industry demonstrate holding the fabric for feeding into the machine. She took her right hand with her fingers on top and thumb underneath the fabric, then rotated forward so that the thumb was on top. You don't use pins of course with this method, but it naturally pulls the bottom fabric taut and prevents the problem you are addressing. (I agree with the others, too, that a walking foot helps especially with multi-layers or thick fabrics.)
There are some good suggestions in the comments, also you didn’t mention adjusting the pressure of the pressor foot, which will made a difference. My favorite, always successful hunt, has been mentioned, that’s to flip the fabric in the palm of the right hand and rotate the bottom to the top. I don’t like to tug or stretch the fabric, it gives a wrinkled result.
If you get a walking foot for your machine this will no longer be a problem. Try looking for RU-vid videos by Janet Pray, she does a good demonstration of how to hold the fabric if you do not have a walking foot. The fact that the fabric next to the feed dogs moves faster than the fabric on top can be useful when easing fullness into a sleeve cap.
I suggested videos by Janet Pray because she teaches industrial sewing techniques to control the fabric. I have been sewing for over 40 years and still try new techniques to see if they will give me better results. When I started seeing we used pins and hand basting to hold the fabric in place. If you do some experimenting you will find your own way of controlling fabric, none of them are wrong. No one will ever know you used temporary glue to hold a zipper in place, pins to sew in a gathered sleeve; basting and a walking foot to sew perfectly matched stripes, or used industrial sewing techniques to match up long seams.
This used to happen to me a lot when making pillowcases. When sewing the trim and the cuff on to the main fabric it would always end up unevenly. But then I bought a walking foot and a new machine and there is also another method I can’t really describe it it’s just the way you hold the fabric with your right hand you’re kind of bending it up which is pretty much the same thing is your stretching it a little bit
@@jenntydesigns662 Well I’m sure you have a regular sewing machine because the walking foot isn’t available for industrial sewing machines. I can’t remember right now but I think you are using an industrial sewing machine
I love using my walking foot on my machine at home. I don’t know if industrial machines can use an attachable walking foot, but many industrial machines have that feature built in. I’ve seen a number of videos on RU-vid.
there is a knob at the top of your machine that will loosen or tighten the "pressure" of the presser foot against the feed dogs - sometimes if you have this too tight then that can cause the uneven feed of the two fabrics - if you google "presser foot tension" it will give you instructions on how to adjust it if you don't have your machine's manual
Hello! I have a question not relevant to the title but still interesting. My question is regarding the foot you're using, what kind of foot is that and what is it used for? Thank you in advance!
Snap-on stitch guide foot. It has a little ruler guide to follow the seam allowance. My machine doesn’t have seam allowance guidelines on the plate, so this foot is very helpful.
I had industrial machines for deczdes, till I moved across the ocean. Domestics seem like toys or cheap copies of the real thing. You can chomp through bulky denim cross seams all day and not get nervous about stalling, nesting or irregular stitches. Guys, if you have the space and you sew regularly, get an industrial . Even a treadle machine is something to consider before buying the plastic trash theyre producing today. Get a real machine for sewing , theres more joy in the using of them.
Definitely. I remember the first plastic singer sewing machine I had when I was a teen. After a few months a huge piece of metal just fell out of it lol. I had to get it serviced to fix the tension about twice a year but soon just gave up cause it wasn’t worth the service fees. There are new basic industrial machines for $800 to $1000 and most people today will drop that much no problem on an iPhone or 🍎 computer. It’s on my wish list.
I got mine second hand between £100-£150. I dont see any benefit of paying fo r a new one. Its not like much can go wrong thatcant be simply fixed on them.
You are welcome mam I am here now in Cambodia working in a garment factory as a sewing machine mechanic I handle 10 lines 5 lines is all leggings mostly flatseamer machine
