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

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Straight stitch your sewing machine with a stitch length of 2-3 mm for lightweight fabric and 3-4 m for heavier fabric.

Remember, that often we don’t want any stitches showing through to the right side of the garment. And also make sure no folds or ridges from gathering the fabric are visible from the right side of the garment.This tutorial will teach you how to hem a circle skirt the very easy way, so no more frustration or ugly hemlines! The technique is best used for medium weight fabrics. For light and heavyweight fabrics, you might want to use a serger first.

I like to use bias strips (or just elastic strips) with any lightweight and medium-weight fabric, especially with silk organza fabric. You can make bias strips yourself, or use already made ones bought from a store. Bias tapes are cut on the bias so they are a little stretchy which is good for sewing curved hems. 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. 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. SaveFor lightweight fabric we usually make a narrow curved hem. There are many different methods of sewing the curved hem with lightweight fabrics like silk charmeuse, chiffon, georgette, cotton voila, etc. 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. 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. Did you ever happen to wash a beautiful glass vase, only to drop it after and watch helplessly how it shatters ( clean, nevertheless ! ) into a million pieces? Frustrating, right? The same is true when hemming a dress for which you have probably worked many hours. Since the hem is one of the last items to be sewn, rushing the job to get it done may result in costly mistakes that are difficult to fix. First – stitch the bias strip (which is not folded yet) to the curved hem (about 5 mm seam allowance) trying to sew very precisely. Turn the bias strip over the edge of the hem, fold it and sew by hand or by your sewing machine.