Tutorial: How to Sew a Lining Using the Burrito Method

[@viviancoleman9874]

This is probably one of the clearest videos I've seen on this method, great job!!!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thanks!

[@christophernejman]

"The Burrito Method" was titled that method by Industrial Sewing teacher Margaret Islander, of Islander Sewing Systems.

[@torigoth7487]

Islander is amazing tbh

[@krystleroy3068]

Chris I wish I could get classes from u you are so informative in about everything sewing 🪡 I am a big fan of u and I want one of ur bags for Xmas 🎄

[@Thelisabest1]

You are the best teacher of the burrito method. You speak clearly and slow enough for one to understand. Thank you, so much!

[@EllenFaby-g4h]

Thank you so much for this clear explanation. BTW, I also watched a longer version of the same method you did a while ago. In that video, the outer fabric and lining fabric had distinctly different right and wrong sides which made it easier to understand when the wrong sides were out and when the right sides were out.

[@BeachPeach2010]

So much easier to see it step by step than to try and unravel the written instructions on how to do this! Thanks!

[@lorraineyoung5909]

Holy geez. Whoever came up with this is a genius of 3D visualization. I had to watch several times before I understood. My lined top is now waiting for a press. Thank you for the clear instructions.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad you liked it!

[@dawnsaeroplanejellyauditio6214]

BEST video on the burrito method! Nice and slow and great explanation, others are too fast!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Yay! So glad that you found it helpful!

[@lynomeara4159]

Thank you. I am helping my grand daughter sew a cocktail dress for her school end of year dinner. The pattern she found and we printed off had the armholes finished with biased tape, this is much better. I had forgotten how it was done.

[@JohnFMFilms]

Excellent instruction! I'd just say for those watching you may want to test it out with a muslin first to make sure the shoulders on your pattern are wide enough to pull everything through.

[@SeamworkVideo]

A muslin is always a good idea!

[@SledDog5678]

Look forward to trying this! I have previously.….long ago, in my life of sewing, magically and erroneously, created an "Escher" vest while making it with a "bagged lining". I had an opportunity to work with a master builder (stitcher) years later and was brought to tears of laughter to observe him do the same thing. I knew whst was going to be the end result byt kept quiet and watched. Hilarious. It was a good moment to see even the best have moments of "huh?" in their work. Thank you again, I look forward to trying this.

[@SeamworkVideo]

It happens to the best of us sometimes! 🤣

[@teammeteamus.8315]

I just used this technique for a sleeveless dress. It worked out beautifully. Thank you for clear instructions!

[@SeamworkVideo]

You are so welcome!

[@macha1330]

Thank you so much for this! I am sewing a dress from a pattern and sometimes the instructions are pure gibberish to me, just like a word soup with sewing terms and i have no, and when I tell you no, I mean NO clue what I am supposed to do. Now that I see it it makes perfect sense. So thank you for taking my frustrations away and keeping me from breaking my sewing machine :)

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@elizabethwilliams9554]

Thank you so much for this video - so clear! Managed to do it in one, no unpicking after being totally confused by written pattern instructions!

[@SeamworkVideo]

That's awesome! So glad it helped!

[@annblachly8068]

Thank you. I did this a couple times decades ago and it's nice to have a refresher.

[@pattypratt2139]

Thank you for posting this! After 2 unsuccessful tries from memory, I found you!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joygoncalves4917]

Me too. I am a visual learner. Love this.

[@KathleenIeraci]

Thank you, I agree with other subscribers your instructions and visual demonstration is very clear. Thoroughly enjoyed sewing along with you.... great work, hope to tune in again soon.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thanks for watching!

[@buttercup7900]

This is brilliant thank you so much. Made a sundress for my granddaughter using this method, so easy

[@SeamworkVideo]

You are so welcome!

[@sheilashort6340]

That's so much better than other methods that patterns suggest - thank you

[@christophernejman]

"Burrito" is a Margaret Islander method. People never credit her.

[@vivienlee610]

Very clear and helpful video. Thank you for saving my sanity!

[@SeamworkVideo]

You're welcome!

[@abcameo]

I like to sew reversible, sleeveless tops. I will switch from hand-sewing the shoulder seams to this fully-enclosed seam method. It looks so much better. Thank you!

[@marianita420]

You just got me out of a bind. Thank you so much! You made this look easy.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad I could help!

[@7O13]

Thank you!!!! I was breaking my brain for 2 hours over this. I couldn't get anything to work and the instructions didn't make any sense. Such a life saver x ❤

[@MultiHeyhey101]

It is like the Tube Pillowcase..it looks so tidy..I am working on a sleeveless top right now..cant wait to try it!

[@teresaconnery1365]

Perfectly explained, great visuals making this method easy to follow, thank you

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eharvey5058]

This is a great method and this tutorial is very clear. THANK-YOU!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thanks Elizabeth!

[@christinedonne]

Thank you. You explained it so clearly. No problem.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aprilgirl4411]

Yes! These instructions are just right. I did feel that I would benefit from creating a practice muslin of just the upper portion of my sleeveless sundress to see if I really understood - I did. It is like magic!

[@cjane51]

I can’t wait to give this a try. How very clever. Your video really helped me understand how to sew this and why it works. Thank you

[@doreenmoore6591]

Way cool! I will have to watch this step by step again when I do it.

[@SeamworkVideo]

You can do it!

[@sewlovemydogs]

Thank you, this was so clear and concise, so much so that I’m going to cut a full bodice lining for the dress I have cut out and dice the binding. Thank you for the confidence you’ve given me. ❤️

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@LydiaDeHep]

Well done you for providing an excellent, easy to understand tutorial 🌸

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thank you! 😊

[@norakathleenbertoglio4414]

Thank you for this tutorial!

[@jeanninelabonne5746]

Thank you, very good tutorial

[@annerobinson647]

Excellent..really appreciate these concise instructions 🌻🌞

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nikkikellum4629]

Thank you for this video!! I taught myself to sew to make shirts for my dogs. Been trying to figure out how to sew one with lining and this did the trick . Easy to follow and it worked!!

[@SeamworkVideo]

You are so welcome!

[@michaelbautistatapayansvlo7133]

Wow . Very excellent 🥰 I am tailor too

[@anitamurray7176]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!❤ So clear.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Awesome! So glad it was helpful to you.

[@NicoKwagmire]

This is a perfect and simple tutorial.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thank you! So glad you like it!

[@SeamworkVideo]

We actually just updated this video! You can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJiyeKRnjdSkeJY

[@mairapillai5701]

fantastic you made it soo easy☺

[@shibanidas7154]

Wow, great idea for a reversible top

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@andreapollack6106]

This is brilliant! Thank you. I'm adapting a jacket pattern to make a vest, and this is going to make all the difference!

[@clareconnolly9070]

That makes so much sense! Thank you! Could you use this if you wanted to line the prudence dress? And would you stabilise the neckline with interfacing if doing a lining? Thanks so much.🙏

[@SeamworkVideo]

Yes, this should work if you plan to line Prudence. I think whether you stabilize the neckline with interfacing would depend on how sheer your fabric is, and how prone it was to stretching out. Definitely stay stitch around the neck!

[@gvng7635]

love this! thank you so much

[@SeamworkVideo]

You're so welcome!

[@chrisbutler2097]

Great, thank you. Is there a way we could line a sleeved garment? I often want to line things I make, but as a lot of patterns don't come with instructions, I'm never really sure how to do it. Any advice would be much appreciated.

[@SeamworkVideo]

It's actually even easier. Usually, you sew the lining to the neckline (right sides together), turn the lining to the inside so the wrong sides are together, then install the sleeve, sewing through all layers together.

[@chrisbutler2097]

@@SeamworkVideo Many thanks, I'll give it a try.

[@mandycampbell9833]

thankyou so much i now am confident i can do this

[@SeamworkVideo]

Yes you can! Happy sewing!

[@3sonjax2]

I really like this tutorial. The best I've seen!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Yay! Thank you!

[@cathymacdonald2920]

This video is amazing, thank you. My bodice has darts, do I sew the dart before I attach the lining? Thank you.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Yes!

[@gailhuntley6674]

Loved Loved this / Thank you Thank you. wonderful

[@SeamworkVideo]

You are so welcome!

[@MissMaxdalena]

Witchcraft and wizardry! I love love love it!

[@emilyzelinskylow4002]

That’s exactly what I was going to write

[@kimsmith3595]

I have seen dresses with zippers down the back that are enclosed and finished looking like they were sewn with the buritto method. Could you do a video showing this method, or another way to insert a zipper that is similar. The finish on the inside of my dress is really nice and clean looking.

[@softenstudio]

This is such a good tutorial. Thank you :)

[@suzykalai]

Hi... thank you sooo much for this detailed video. I’m a little confused about I do I go about doing the same method but if I want to insert a zip on the back. Could you please kindly show how I can do that🙏🙏🙏

[@eldflaug]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gILbhGhjqM6hn8k here is a zip at one side

[@suzykalai]

@@eldflaug Thank you so much for taking time to reply. I truly appreciate it❤️

[@theg1rl313]

This was a great tutorial! Very clear and easy to follow along, thank you!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pamdavis5178]

Thank you so much! Your tutorial made it so easy!!!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it helped!

[@vanessanandez]

Best video tutorial! Thank you. Simple, straightforward, efficient!!

[@eharvey5058]

This is a great explanation and demonstration! I was easily able to follow it.

[@BramptonGardener]

Such a great video i always feel like I need a reminder when doing this haah.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vanessanandez]

How do you understich the armholes once you have sewn it??

[@texasproud8822]

Great instructions. Thanks

[@robynjury4403]

Another great video - thanks!!

[@oliviajohnson7305]

Followed this video and it came out perfectly - thank you :)

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad it helped!

[@marilynmann3896]

So clear and concise, thank you! I now think I will line bodices like this and use a side zip instead of in CB!

[@lenorerhodes8110]

Brilliant. Thank you. ❤️🌺

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@solangeherault7038]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@SeamworkVideo]

You are so welcome!

[@deedeesteele1801]

Love your video. Thanks much!

[@stylzgohardllc.1132]

Very excellent

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thank you!

[@susanwenzel9516]

Most excellent instruction!! Very easy to follow. Thank you!!!

[@katemcivor6577]

This is so helpful! I remember the first time I tried this method....What a mess! I will definitely refer back to this video the next time I make a burrito!

[@WDwyer]

Me too! :) I ruined my cloth -but I am happy to try again with this video

[@WDwyer]

Me too! :) I ruined my cloth -but I am happy to try again with this video

[@WDwyer]

Me too! :) I ruined my cloth -but I am happy to try again with this video

[@kerrys778]

So helpful! Thanks so much.

[@divyasahasrabuddhe2157]

This is pure genius. Thank you!

[@asankajayasekara3848]

This is brilliant 👏 thank you so much ❤️ ❤️ ❤️.

[@73QZK-K-7]

Thank you very much.

[@SeamworkVideo]

You are welcome!

[@sabrinashortt92]

Great video, really easy and clear steps!

[@UnseenMisery45]

love this method: however, if you have a sleeve? what would you do, how would you handle that. specifically, i will be make a child's dress out of eyelet with matching white lining. want to know whether to make them all in one or like you did.., but the sleeves are a mystery. thanks.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Generally, we don't recommend this method with sleeves.

[@KatiusciaBayslak]

Thumb up! Great tutorial! I have a question: for knit or spandex fabric this can be done in the same identical way with a serger?

[@Made_by_Julia]

Thank you so much!

[@joycallender6086]

Thank you for this precise instruction. Can the burrito method be used for a vest which would be open in the front?

[@SeamworkVideo]

I think so! It's hard to say for sure without seeing the pattern.

[@JA-db1dn]

Thank you

[@SeamworkVideo]

You're welcome

[@ToniGuerrero]

This is magic. Thank you!

[@lydiaevans7019]

Great tutorial! And perfect timing... I was going to work on sewing the metamorphic dress by sew liberated this afternoon. Would you be able to post a video on sewing invisible zippers? Thanks.

[@eldflaug]

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[@catherinev5249]

Great! The visual is so helpful!

[@judithdsouza6370]

Wonderful 👍

[@hani1278]

This is a life saver. So simple and clear 💛💛💛

[@k3of5ks]

This is soooooo good. Thank you!!! 💕💕💕💕

[@lindamiller7200]

LOVE THIS CAME IN HANDIE FOR SOME TOPS I HAVE BEEN CREATING! THANKS

[@vegababes123]

Oh yes this was nailed !

[@marlafernandez9858]

Could we add a little cap sleeve or ruffle at the shoulder between the main fabric and the lining and still use this method?

[@SeamworkVideo]

It might be challenging to have that extra fabric sandwiched in there, however, it's worth trying on a muslin!

[@ginette8540]

I actually just ran into a video demonstrating exactly this, which I found to be helpful. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaHPl3aoe8uteaM

[@ellenwillemin4548]

ohhhhhh makes me want to make a lined clark

[@marykalier92]

Love this video! The only part glossed over was understitching the armhole. How do you do that after the burrito flip??

[@SeamworkVideo]

You won't be able to understitch the whole length of the strap, but try to stitch as far up as you can. That should be enough to keep the lining from flipping out.

[@marykalier92]

@@SeamworkVideo wonderful! thanks for the tip!

[@SledDog5678]

GREAT channel name!👍

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thanks!

[@kassiopireyes8230]

Amazing video/turotial!!! Thank you, quite helpful!!!!!

[@torigoth7487]

Question, what's that on your table that allows you to iron on it?

[@sherryvanrijn5453]

How would you understitch the armscyes after the work has been turned? Would this have to be done by hand?

[@elaine58100]

This is an amazing video! Could you demonstrate how to do a burrito shirt yolk? Thank you :)

[@barbarabarnett8228]

A very clear video. However, what about the bottom. Could you sew the main & lining, leaving part of the side seam of the lining, to pull the whole thing through, and hand stitch the lining opening.

[@SeamworkVideo]

You can hem the lining and main fabric separately with double fold hems.

[@elizabethhorn9861]

Great video-I learned a lot! I have lots of trouble using a rolled hemmer foot-especially on organza and chiffon fabrics. Do you have any tips?

[@SeamworkVideo]

Have you tried sewing a baby hem? Baby hems are great for delicate fabrics and don't require a special foot. You might have more control using this method! Check out this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKa4fYqdlMSmjJY

[@clarafarrell9393]

Wow!! U explained that so well , it actually looks easy, dare I say that 😂

[@SeamworkVideo]

So glad you found the tutorial useful!

[@mjey1]

It is! Just made the top section of a stretchy dress. Felt like having a double layer look to enclose the raw edges.

[@clarafarrell9393]

@@mjey1 I'm gonna try it!!!!

[@aliciawoodbury8707]

If we would like to understitch through the armhole area (once we "unburrito"), would you recommend that we do this from the lining or fashion fabric side? It would be through all layers (lining, seam allowances, and fashion fabric), correct? Thank you for the great tutorial!

[@suedemasellis]

I'd love to see how they do the armholes..seems like it would be top stitching if sewing thru all layers

[@SeamworkVideo]

​@@suedemasellis That's correct. You would either topstitch or edgestitch through all the layers. Topstitching is a little further from the edge and meant to be visible. Edgestitching is very close to the edge, and meant to be inconspicuous. Hope that helps!

[@toniurban9189]

I would think you would be able to understitch the armhole while it’s still burritoed, no?

[@noel7871]

So how would you hem the bottom, or add in a fully lined skirt? I’m struggling to find a method for this 😬

[@SeamworkVideo]

You'll probably want to hem the shell and lining individually. If you want to anchor the two layers together, say at the side seams, you could create thread chains. Here's a link for a quick tutorial on that: blog.colettehq.com/tutorials/thread-chains-two-ways