{"id":107,"date":"2012-06-04T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-10-19T19:34:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T02:34:38","slug":"techniques-for-hemming-aamp-finishing-knit-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/techniques-for-hemming-aamp-finishing-knit-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Techniques For Hemming &amp; Finishing Knit Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Hemming:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/tutorialpics\/hem01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To do a simple hem: fold the fabric up 1 inch, and then fold the raw edge under about 1\/4 inch. To keep the fabric from stretching, I put a strip of tracing paper or tissue paper under the fabric as I sew it. Then I just rip it off when finished! Any little bits of paper that are left usually wash off in the first wash. You can also try a walking foot on your sewing machine. Other variations include using a double needle to make a more professional looking hem.<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Onesie Finish:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/tutorialpics\/hem02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I call this the Onesie Finish, because, well, that&#8217;s how a lot of onesies are finished! Simply serge along the edge without stretching the fabric. Because the pattern calls for hemming, you need to either serge off at 1 inch, or cut the hem up to about 1\/2 an inch and then serge. This may not work as well on a lighter weight fabric. The lighter it is, the more it will stretch when you serge, even if you don&#8217;t try to. I notice that even if it stretches a little bit- like you can see in the picture- when it&#8217;s washed, the fabric will relax back into a nice shape. You can use this hem for boys or girls stuff.<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Faux Lettuce Edge:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/tutorialpics\/hem03.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Faux Lettuce Edging is a nice variation of the Onesie Finish. Simply serge the fabric, but stretch it out as it goes through the serger by pulling back on the fabric. There is a special setting and foot for a real lettuce edge, but I find this to suit just fine. Because the pattern calls for hemming, you need to either serge off at 1 inch, or cut the hem up to about 1\/2 an inch and then serge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy Leiberan-Titus writes for Muse of the Morning.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemming: To do a simple hem: fold the fabric up 1 inch, and then fold the raw edge under about 1\/4 inch. To keep the fabric from stretching, I put a strip of tracing paper or tissue paper under the fabric as I sew it. Then I just rip it off when finished! Any little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41,647,600,557,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-sewing","9":"tag-sewing-techniques","10":"tag-sewing-tutorials","11":"tag-sewingtechniques","12":"tag-tutorial","14":"post-with-thumbnail","15":"post-with-thumbnail-icon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}