How to Sew a Baby Hem

In this video: Sarai shows you how to sew a baby hem. Baby hems are great for delicate fabrics and you don't need a special foot to sew them!
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[@saritawilson7529]

Much easier than I expected. Thank you for sharing.

[@mywonderland11]

A baby hem is a very narrow hem, good for delicate fabrics, which you sew without a rolled hem foot. Using a straight stitch baste a line 1/8 inch below your hem allowance (e.g., for a 5/8 inch hem, sew it 0.5 inch). Press fabric to the wrong side along the stitching line. Then sew a scant 1/8 inch from the bottom of the folded edge, all the way around. carefully trim the excess fabric as close to the stitching line as you can. You may want to use smaller scissors for this step. As you trim, try holding the bit you're cutting in your non-cutting hand to keep it taut. Roll the bottom edge towards the wrong side of the fabric to create a tiny fold. Press that down. Stitch down the centre of the fold, all the way around. (An edgestitch foot is handy here!) You'll see two lines of stitching on the inside and one line on the outside. And there you have it, a tiny little baby hem.

[@natalee3012]

yey learned something new today!!!

[@portalwarper6733]

THANK YOU, I was just going to google something like this and then your email arrived. Y'all are psychic.

[@k3of5ks]

Another great video. Thank you!

[@Dean56Bell]

Really enjoyed the tutorial! Thanks!

[@vonvon4890]

Thank you, i needed this for my project!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad we could help!

[@michelletancini5601]

Thank you for the tip!

[@noramingming]

Great info! Thank you!

[@kristinabathory8870]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@MsTinks101]

Thank you, i've need this for some time.

[@beths2806]

Thanks!

[@sally-annflak2831]

Love the hints, Seamwork team, keep them coming.

[@caireenbrain9612]

Do you leave the basted stitches in?

[@Maggie-qk1vv]

My question too!

[@dianesawyerdooley4424]

There’s no basting. Those are turning lines.

[@alesswonderland]

@@dianesawyerdooley4424 What's the difference? In the video, she called it a basting line

[@dianesawyerdooley4424]

@@alesswonderland Because it's not used for basting. It's used for turning. When you baste, you put in temporary stitches to hold something in place. This is a hem, and she hadn't even turned it yet, so there's nothing to old. That's not basting.

[@alesswonderland]

@@dianesawyerdooley4424 Okay

[@hafidazeddour5012]

Merci pour cette vidéo. J'aurais préféré que l'écriture soit plus petite. Elle gêne.

[@kerryvankeuren1223]

Very helpful! Thanks!