Be Jealous Womens Curved Hem Turn Up Sleeve Jersey T-Shirt

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I like to make a picot edging with a curved hem and it is very easy to do with a regular sewing machine. I use settings you see in the image below. I use Eloflex thread because the hem is stretchy. I discovered it quite recently and I am still amused by how beautiful and at the same time simple it is. It gives very nice hem finish for lightweight silk fabric and cotton knits.

But no matter what fabric or design you use you have to finish the hem beautifully. A well-finished hem is a very important sewing operation and adds a professional touch to any garment. When a straight hem just won’t do, a curved hem can turn a plain skirt or a dress into a work of art! Learning how to make a curved hem comes in very handy, especially when making dresses or circle skirts. Here is an easy method that will give you a smooth, neat finish on any round hem. Curved Hem The third (and the main!) step is to make a gathering stitch at about 0.7 – 1 cm from the curved hem edge. Put stitch length to 4-5 mm and tension to 0. Stitch on the wrong side of the fabric. Don’t stitch around all hem at once. Divide it into smaller sections (at the side seams for example) and gather each of them separately.Make adjustments on your sewing machine for zigzag stitch – it should be 1.5-2.00 mm by 0.3-0.4. Use proper needle for your fabric, and suitable thread. I like to use 100% silk threads for this kind of hems. Stitch along the folded edge so that on the left the needle is going into the fabric and on the right of the zigzag it goes out and doesn’t touch the fabric. Practice scrap fabric before sewing your garment. This type can be used if you want your hem to be quite wide – 3-4 cm. It is suitable for woven medium and heavyweight fabrics like flannel, gabardine, denim, coat fabric, twill, linen, all kinds of cotton, some types of silk, for example, silk dupioni, etc., and also for faux and natural leather. It can be used on circle skirts and half-circle skirts made from medium-weight fabrics. In this tutorial, we will be focusing on the folded hem, which can either be machine or hand-sewn. Hand sewing looks neater, as you can work every stitch carefully, but it is also more time-consuming. If you do have the time, you can try hemming by hand and making an invisible hem. This is useful when you don’t want any seams showing on the right side of your garment. The problem with this type of curved hem is that the hem size at the edge is larger (or we can say also longer, wider) than the size of the hem on the fold (an actual hemline). And because of this, we will have to deal somehow with this fabric surplus – we will have to make it smaller for the hem to look nice. Save

In conclusion, if you make mistakes sewing a curved hem you may end up chopping off inches of your skirt or dress. Take comfort in knowing that you’re not the first this has happened to, and you certainly won’t be the last. I tried to cover everything you need to know about sewing curved hems. Armed with all this guidance you can approach sewing curved hem with confidence and wear your newly finished garment with pride. There are also a few methods to sew bias strips. But for all of them, you have to make sure that the part of the bias tape that stays underneath is caught in the stitching. Special “ invisible” stitch of your sewing machine (using a special presser foot – a blind stitch foot) You can always sew the curved hem on knits by hand ( invisible stitches). But in this case, fold the hem in 1 cm, baste, press, and then fold it again (2 -3 cm), baste, press and sew. Use thin but strong thread, like Eloflex, or silk thread. Make a regular straight stitch (2mm length and tension at 0 or close to 0 ) about 1 cm from the edge. If you are making them for a circle skirt you will see that in some places the fabric will be a little gathered and in other places the fabric will be a little stretched after you made that stitch. Try to evenly distribute the fabric so that it will be no gathering and stretching, make it as flat as possible, and press.

Curved Hem

The second step – measure and mark the distance of 6-8 cm from the hem edge. You can use a regular ruler or some special measuring tools like this small gauge for marking the distance.