How to Use a Blind Hem Presser Foot

How to Use a Blind Hem Presser Foot

If you will sew pants or skirt from thick fabrics and you want make an invisible hem quickly and easily you can do it using a blind hem presser foot. This presser foot can use for overcast stitches along edge seam your garment also.
In this tutorial I'm going to show you two ways how to use a blind hem presser foot.

How to hem a garment sewed of thick woolen fabric

Fold the fabric and press it

First, let's learn how to hem a garment from thick woolen fabric.
At beginning you need fold the fabric and press it.

Select zifzag stitch

If possible, select this kind stitch.

Place the folded fabric on sewing machine

Place the folded fabric, as shown and start sewing.
Using this kind stitch a few stitches will run along right side of slit.

Needle move into folded edge of fabric

But one needle move will be done on left side of slit, into folded edge a fabric.

Blind hem stitch with using a special presser foot

In this way formed blind hem stitch with using a special presser foot and using this special kind stitch.

The hem threads are hidden into fabric

The hem threads are hidden into thick fiber of fabric and are not visible on face side.

Another way of using this presser foot

Another way of using this presser foot

Now you learn second way how to use this presser foot.

Finishing lines near an edge seam

If you want to do finishing lines straightly to edge seam you can use this presser foot also.

The presser foot run along the edge rib

The presser foot will be run along the seam at the same distance from the edge rib.

Adjusting distance to seam edge

With this screw can be adjusted distance to the seam edge.

Stitching on other side from fabric joining

Using this screw the stitch can be laid on both sides of the seam.

Features of blind hem presser foot

Use these features of blind hem presser foot.

Blind hem presser foot

Now you know two ways how to use the blind hem presser foot and possibly you will be use this presser foot more often.

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