Slip stitch hem

While we'd never want to go back to a world without sewing machines, we have to admit that some tasks are best accomplished with a good ole needle and...

Learn how to hand sew a hem with our step-by-step slip stitch guide! Perfect for beginners, this tutorial covers essential tools, fabric tips, and detailed instructions for a nearly invisible, professional finish.

This hand hemming stitch is practically invisible on both sides of the garment or project. Learn how to hand sew the blind hem stitch.

Three basic (but very useful) hand stitches for hems. Slip stitch, Catch stitch and Whip stitch.

A slip stitch / blind stitch is a common and excellent hem stitch. It is used when you don't want visible stitches. We use slip stitch / blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing. Usually, I use it for closing an opening of a pillow, attaching the body and the parts of a sock doll, sewing a seam from the outside of a garment, and other soft finishing. How I do the slip stitch / blind stitch Thread the needle and tie a knot at the…

The slip stitch is a hand-sewing technique that is usually used to sew down the…

Slipstitch

In this video I'll show you how to make a Flat Felled seam on Muslin and how to hem it with a slip stitch (invisible).

Blind slip stitch (blinde zoomsteek) - work it from right to left.

Priceless: When someone shows you a clever way of doing something rather mundane and in a moment of awe and giddiness you realize, "I will finally like doing this!" I was always slipping and sliding around the sample room floor at work because of these small bits of weird 1" wide woven trim that looked like a coated ho

Garment sewing expert Judith Neukam explains the parts of a hem and demonstrates how to sew blind hems by hand and then by machine.

SewNso's Sewing Journal: the shell hem

A slip stitch / blind stitch is a common and excellent hem stitch. It is used when you don't want visible stitches. We use slip stitch / blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing. Usually, I use it for closing an opening of a pillow, attaching the body and the parts of a sock doll, sewing a seam from the outside of a garment, and other soft finishing. How I do the slip stitch / blind stitch Thread the needle and tie a knot at the…

Don't want the stitches to show when hemming? Try this simple sewing technique to make the stitches almost invisible.

How to sew a french seam. See how to french seam pants, how to french seam a pillowcase and more - and see what's the (only!) catch with sewing french seams!

Do you need to hem a skirt or pants? A simple and fast way is by using the sewing machine blind hem stitch.

I decided I wanted needed to make myself a new denim skirt but I was a little nervous it was going to look home made. So I incorporated a couple of fancy Flat Fell Seams to help give it a professional look. Have you ever looked at the seam on your jeans and wondered, "How'd they do that? Where's the raw edge?" Well, wonder no longer. While I was working on my skirt I took a couple of photos so I could share this fun sewing technique with you. Believe it or not it's really not as hard as you…

Learn two different ways to hand sew a hem on a garment including the slip stitch or whip stitch and the blind hem stitch.

Hand sewing is one of oldest art in dressmaking. There are many stitches you can use to accomplish your sewing activity. You can use tacking, hemming stitch, overcast stitch, back stitch, running stitch, darning, slip stitch or buttonhole stitch to...

Taly, this is for you. :-) (I've put this info into my Tips pages — link at top right — if anyone needs to quickly find it again.) I use 1/4" and 3/8" plush-back picot elastic. The sample 3/8" elastic is not plush-back but it will work for this series of photos. 1. Pre-stretch the elastic a few times and then align the straight, non-picot edge of the elastic with the raw edge of the fabric. 2. Attach the elastic to the fabric, sewing next to the picot edge of the elastic with a narrow…