Can you see the seam is on the table and the curtain is on top? To pin the curtain, I fold it back down and I can see the inner side of the seam. To prepare the curtain for stitching, I turned it over on the table. These were my settings ( maximum stitch length, because it is a heavy weight fabric): The needle takes a thread, or half a thread of the fabric on the right side of the curtain (or garment).Īlways try on an extra scrap of the same fabric to set the stitch properties. Every 6th stitch is a stitch to the left. VerPetridure Sewing Machine Blind Stitch Foot Sewing Machine Blind Stitch Foot3Pc Rolled Hem Pressure Foot Sewing Machine for Singer Brother Low Shank. When you sew a blind hem, your machine will make several straight stitches on the seam of the fabric. So I folded that in and pinned.Ī quick ironing over the fold (not over the pins) helps to work neatly. In the 15 cm seam was a 2 cm seam allowance included. I ironed a fold in the curtain at the desired length and measured 15 cm for the seam. Let’s start for the blind hem in the curtain. Inventions such as the semi-automatic threading system, the BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR), the BERNINA DualFeed, and the embroidery system, are proof of this superior quality.
#BLIND HEM HOW TO#
This entry was posted in How to Sew and tagged sewing on Octoby Amy Alan.The BERNINA 710 offers many features to make sewing easier. Have you ever seen this stitch used somewhere other than on a hem of a garment? It worked really well and is invisible from the outside, thanks to silk thread and one of the best needles ever. Because they are made of a very thin rayon, I ended up hand sewing the new hem with a catch stitch. I don’t own a fancy-schmancy blind hem machine, so I couldn’t put back this exact same hem once I shortened the pants. If that happens, you can clip into the chain stitch anywhere you want, pull the thread out of the last loop and begin to pull the thread again. Since one look is worth a thousand words, we recommend you check this detailed youtube video. Sometimes the thread will snag on the fabric, especially if it’s been washed a few times. A blind hem is a hem with stitches that you can barely see. Once the thread tail is pulled out of the eye of the thread loop, give the thread a gentle tug and it will all come undone. The thread tail will have to be pulled out of the very last loop on the blind hem/chain stitch in order to easily pull out the thread. Or rather, I was removing this hem on a pair of smokin’ hot Anthropology pants I got this summer that make my butt look great and decided to take pictures. If you don’t want the stitch to come undone, pulling this will tighten the stitch to lock it in place.īut- we’re removing this stitch. If you were to pull this thread, the chain stitch would simply get tighter. Notice how this thread goes thru the last loop of the chain stitch. This should help you understand how the thread tail will need to be removed from the first loop on the stitch in order to be able to pull the thread cleanly from the hem.įind the tail of the thread on the overlapping stitch area. I made a quick ( very quick) drawing of how a chain stitch works. A small length of thread will likely be hanging off of the end. To begin to undo the stitch, you’ll want to look for the area on the hem where the stitch overlaps itself. You can see the way that the thread loops in and out of itself. Like I said earlier, the industrial blind stitch is a chain stitch. * If you would like to see more detail in these photos, click on them to have them pop up in a larger size that is less grainy.* It can be hard to see exactly where the thread starts and in which direction to pull it ( much like the coverstitch), so let’s look a closer look at the stitch. Sometimes though, pulling on the hem thread, especially when you want to remove it to shorten your pants, only makes it tighter. If you’ve ever snagged this stitch and then mistakenly pulled on the thread to see where it came from, you probably realized you were pulling out your entire hem. Often times, the thin threads used with the machine can get snagged on your shoes or simply break while the garment is being cleaned. A monofilament thread is often used in the machine to ensure that the hem is invisible. The fabric is fed into the machine so that it makes a circular motion, while the needle picks up the fabric hem and only a thread or two of the actual pant leg fabric. Because the machine makes a chain stitch, there is no need for a bobbin. It sews only the blind stitch, and uses a long curved needle to hook the fabric. The machine that makes this stitch is quite curious looking. This, my friend, is the industrial blind hem stitch.
It’s definitely much different than the blind hem that your home sewing machine makes, but it’s still invisible from the outside and only grasps a few threads. Perhaps you’ve noticed the stitch used on the hem of your purchased pants before.
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