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Technical Help / How to hem a circle skirt (stretch fabric)
« on: December 19, 2017, 07:36:46 AM »
So I’ve made multiple circle skirts by hand but now the first with my sewing machine. If you do it by hand you can cheat a little bit with the machine I just can’t get it right.

This is a full circle skirt. If I do not stretch the fabric when guiding it along the machine, it will ‘grab’ more fabric and make ruffles. If I do stretch it, it also makes ruffles. I used a regular running stitch, maybe that is the issue?

Attached a few photos to show the issue. The beginning went great as i just stitched straight, no ruffles. But at some point there is fabric left ‘over’. The hem is around 1 cm high.

Any tips how to get this right? Much appreciated!

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Hi, I'm new... / New student arrived :D
« on: December 12, 2017, 09:22:38 AM »
Hi there!

After some back and forth with the registration, I finally have a profile on the forum  :D

I'm Vivianne, 23 years old and live in The Netherlands. I've started sewing this summer, but really small and basic. I started with handsewing and learing about fabric, thread, stitches etc. My grandmother gave me a sewing machine (Brother CS10, picked by me) and now I'm learning how to do some sewing on a machine.

So far I've been practising with skirts (circle skirt, pen skirt). I've made a circle skirt with viscose on the sewing machine but still having trouble hemming something round with not stretchy fabric. The second project I'm working on is a shirt, based on an existing shirt I have, without sleeves. This one is from tricot so I can stretch a bit with finishing the seams in the armpit, but still trying to find the best tactic. I already have a small stock of fabric that is ready to be made in something awesome  :angel:

A lot of times I feel like I need 2 extra hands haha  0_0

Well, thank you for having me here and I'll probably be asking a bunch of questions. Hopefully at some point I'll be able to help other people too.

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