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Achieve a professional finish on your woven garments without an overlocker! This sewing tutorial demonstrates five essential sewing techniques, including the elegant french seam and the durable flat felled seam, perfect for sewing for beginners. Learn how to use your standard sewing machine to create garments that look high-end. ✨

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CHAPTERS
0:00 The Inside Should Be as Beautiful as the Outside
0:57 Turned & Stitched - Your Everyday Workhorse
2:44 The French Seam - For Sheers & Lightweights
6:33 The Flat Fell - Built for Denim & Hard Wear
9:34 Inside the DPL Atelier
10:22 Bias Bound - The Hong Kong Finish
13:16 The Taped Seam - Structure Meets Detail
15:50 Sewing With Intention

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20 Comments

@Jessica_Jones 3 weeks ago

It's so wonderful finding someone who cares about the small details! As a recovering perfectionist, I've always actually admired people who can brush with a broad stroke and who don't fuss about the small things, but when it comes to garment construction, it's a really great outlet for me and I get to be rewarded for it! ✨

@laididee 3 months ago

I love a taped seam! Would be really interesting to see you highlight some "sensory friendly" finishing techniques, like the taped seam or flat felled seams, and show how to use them to modify existing garments to make them more comfortable

@themireillepegu 1 month ago

Thank you so much for these 5 finished techniques. My favorites are the French’s Seam and Hong Kong one.

Again thank you. I love how you share. I just subscribed to you Channel

@projectmellow 3 weeks ago

Thank you for this video!

@BetterThanDrinking 1 month ago (edited)

Wow, thank you so much! As a person who never liked the look of the overlock stitch . I’m so grateful for you and your channel information. I really appreciate you. Thank you so much.🙏💕👏

@laura_vilela 1 month ago

This is really handy! I’ve just started sewing and I’m using my mum’s vintage sewing machine which only has straight stitch so now I have some techniques I can actually do!

@Aletheia4eva 3 months ago

Love all you're sharing, thank you!

@DannyShantayYouStay 3 months ago

As a beginner I am thankful for this kind of well explained videos ❤

@NinaHagen-ym7ng 3 months ago

Thank you so much. You have just given me the perfect solution to a seam I wasn‘t happy with. Well explained and so many good ideas for my next project. Thank you very much! Greetings from Germany 🙏❤️

@cheryl3366 3 months ago

Great video, I would also like to see what to do on curve and clip points. I've also had trouble with trimming the seams down and then having them fray out after I've enclosed them.

@ameliab4495 3 months ago

This was really useful, thank you! What type of finish would you recommend for the armhole seam after attaching a set in sleeve on something like a viscose or cotton lawn?

@lianesumi 2 months ago

i love a french seam. however i do not know how to deal with the bulkiness on intersections, such as armpits =(

@SewwithFakhraEnglish 3 months ago

Nice sharing ❤

@sandyp2485 2 months ago

On the Hong Kong finish, I used to use a Dritz product called Seams Great which nearly impossible to find. The product is made of of bias cut nylon tricot which will curl a bit when pulled. To use it, first wrap around the beginning of the seaming to fasten the start (pinn or bar tack) and then pull gently to make it curl around the edge to be bound with either a straight or zig-zag stitch set at a normal length or a bit longer. The tricot adds no extra bulk or weight to the fabric. I found it indispensable for bridal fabrics which are notorious for fraying with so much as a glance at them.

I recently came across a post in a sewing forum that mentioned the near impossibility of finding this product in any color or width but they had decided to purchase some nylon tricot in the color they wished and easily made their own. Best of all, their DIY seam binding worked beautifully and did not ravel or fray when they cut it. Of course, there was still the issue of sewing all those strips together but good to have the seam binding product they wanted.

Long post, but I've been around the sewing table for quite some time. I always enjoy watching even basic tips because one never knows when a new twist can be added to the sewing closet techniques. Today, I learned that it's worth considering using contrasting bias tape for a taped seam. I have no idea why that never occurred to me since I'm fairly adventurous in the sewing room but now I'm looking for a project to try this on.

@Tnwy-n1r 2 months ago

متابعتج من العرب ❤❤❤❤

@Latifaali-w2x 3 months ago

Thank you

@victoriahannah1633 3 months ago

All these are great ways to finish off seams and I have used a few of them. However I use another method. This method only works on wovens. It doesn’t work on knits. However I have heard some say they have had success on light weight knits. There is a device that you can attach to your sewing machine like any other presser foot. It’s called a side cutter. Basically it’s just an overcast foot with a blade. It finishes off your seams and trims away the excess fabric similar to a overlocker (serger). No not as fast as a serger and not as fancy. It does same stitches that your overcast foot does. The thing I like about it is that it wraps the stitches around the fabric like a overlocker and the overcast foot does. However you don’t have trim the fabric and get seam straight like you do with the overcast foot which takes time. Like the overlocker it finishes the seam and trims excess fabric at same time. It’s great for beginners, if overlocker might not be in your budget, and great for travel if you sew while traveling. Knits don’t ravel. So some things in knit I don’t even do a seam finish. More dressy knits I use one or more of the methods you showed. If interested YouTube shows many videos of side cutters. Also mine is the brother SA177 on Amazon and it has couple good videos. Singer and Baby Lock also have their versions. Advice stay away from the cheap ones. Lot less expensive though than a overlocker.

@CastleHassall 3 weeks ago

Really interesting thanks!

I'm not meaning to be bugging but your advice and skill is SO Great that it would be Really helpful if the lighting was a lot brighter on the work area so we can see the detail and seams much more clearly

I'm just starting out so i hugely appreciate you explaining all these things to us

Best wishes to you
from Rolland in Scotland