Blind hem?
Question:Okay, I completely do not understand the blind hem. I have a picture of it in my sewing machine owner's manual (that is, how to fold the fabric in order to use the foot and make one) but what I don't get is the big picture - how does it look in the end and what is the step-by-step used to create it? Can anyone use their expertise to enlighten me?
Answers:
It IS hard to explain, but here are two illustrations.
This is how to do it by hand...go about 3/4 of the way down the page:
http://www.ia470.com/wardrobe/stitches.h...
This is by machine...go about halfway down the page:
http://www.isew.co.uk/sewing_techniques/...
Hope those images help. The general idea is that most of the "body" of the stitch is hidden between the doubled-over fabric, so it only "peeks out" in tiny little bits on the visible side.
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Blind hem takes a few straight stitches, then one big zigzag. Folded right, you should be sewing the straight stitches (may be little zigzags) on one layer of fabric, and the big zig - zags over to barely catch the fold where you actually have 3 layers. I've used it, but have not been happy with the results, but maybe I didn't practice enough. My results took too big a bite into the fold, which worked, but was unattractive on the outside. Mostly I use the blind hem to overcast seams, like that better than most overcast stitches.
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