I was agonizing over the fact that I might have to get a serger and learn how to use it, but your video just made things so much easier for me! My great aunt left me her antique sewing kit when she died, and I had no idea what the pinking shears were or what to use them for. Thank you so much for this video!
I've been sewing since 1963 and had 6 years with an excellent teacher (in "Home Economics"- a required class for girls in those days). We actually spent the first few weeks learning to sew on a treadle! These classes progressed until my senior project - a fully lined coat and matching skirt...out of plaid fabric! We had to do bound buttonholes and our finishing had to be "perfect". This was in the days prior to home sergers (overlockers), so we did a lot of French seams and flat-felled seams. Heavy fabrics often had to be steam pressed over a pressing "ham" and the seams "hammered". Otherwise, finishing seam edges was done by enclosing them inside a fine biased ribbon. For very casual clothing, we would sometimes simply do a double seam. I have never used a serger for regular sewing or tailoring, but they are nice for projects like swim suits, & stretchy fabrics. Most of the time, we can use our sewing machines in creative ways, though, and don't have to have a serger. Thank you for these tutorials, Evelyn. I usually glean some new tip in every one of them. Keep up the good work! We all are learning...even after age 70!
You have no clue you just changed everything! I’ve been using the zig zag but what a mind blower to move the zigzag stitch to the edge. I can’t wait to try this! You’re a rockstar!
I recently bought an older machine to learn sewing. I’ve made a couple of simple projects, like everyday use table napkins to replace paper napkins. However this video and today being Anzac Day 2020 in isolation, has just reminded me that I have a commemorative apron I bought for Anzac Day 2018. One of the seams let go the first time I wore it 😐. I’ve just fixed it with the zigzag/straight stitch and it’s good as new!! I did consider saving it for Monday amending, but it was seriously less than 10 minutes and I was done! Have a great Anzac Day Evelyn and all the Aussie’s and Kiwis alike. Lest we Forget.
I don't have a serger, I exclusively use a 1950's Singer from my grandmother, and just got her original German made pinking shears sharpened thanks to this video! This really does elevate the project, if only I was not so darn lazy and I forced myself to do this every time. My problem is I don't do it on a mockup, and then by the time I have a fitted mockup and pattern (5 tries later) I'm just so anxious to finish the garment!!!
Great channel. I wanted to start making masks for people in my city so I taught myself how to use a sewing machine last week. I've made 6 masks that are on their way to a nursing home. Had I seen these videos, learning would have been alot easier. I pat myself on the back because I never touched a sewing machine until last week. You've earned a subscriber.
I like that you're showing what you really can do with a basic sewing machine. An over locker has it's place but now I'm on a mission to try to make all of my construction to look more couture. Yeah I know I'm cheating by not doing it by hand. Here's a great way to overcast with your zig-zag stitch finishes. Try your overcasting foot with the pin that sticks out over the needle hole so the tension of the thread will rest on the pin and the fabric won't roll. But be sure to test the swing of the zig-zag stitch clears to the right of the pin. I teach as well and I appreciate anybody who has the guts to put themselves out there. Keep up the good work.
We learned all the various ways to finish seams in Jr.High Home Ec! We had to mount each one to a page of paper and then place all of them in a folder with clasps. I'm referring to the late 1960's when Home Ec was a required subject. I loved Home Ec !!
@@Evelyn__Wood I remember attending my first Home Education class in the mid 60's. I wore a dress that I had made. I was so proud of that dress! Our mom sewed our clothes and then taught us to sew. It was either Thrift Shops (usually Salvation Army), or sewing them ourselves. Store bought clothing was very rare in our place. Those were simpler days. Thank you for your videos.
Perhaps you mentioned and I did not pay attention as well as I should, but I wish you had spoken about overlocking AND pressing seams. I tend to overlock seams BEFORE sewing pieces so I may press seams open AND overlock them. A third process which is more time consuming, but is ultra fancy is binding your seams as they do with couture garments. It’s not hard but is time consuming, but oh does it bougie up your garment and it makes your pieces look like you put that extra touch into them. Making binding is super easy and I usually get a complimentary but opposite color with patterns to do the seam, which is so nice. Like a plaid whose main color is pink with a yellow comp, so the binding is yellow main with comp pink. When I sell garments I always do this and clients are so impressed at a level that far exceeds the effort it took. Plus with my own garments, it does put that extra pride when I wear it. Thank you for all of your vids. As a costume designer I have often gone to your vids and play them in the background as I sew. THANK YOU!
I never knew what that zig zag stitch with the dash - line on it was for. I'm so glad I found this video !!! It's also helped me decide which way I want to "finish" the edges of my work. TY for sharing this video with us.
I am so glad I found you. My ribbon skirts are just as happy too. You’re a blessing to new sewing people like me!! I had no idea how much I’ve been winging this.
Thank you for showing this stitch. I have been sewing for a long time and this is new to me. My maching will do this, I have just never tried it. Thanks again.
I love your channel you are charming and professional with clear concise lessons. I am self taught started on my mum,s singer treadle in the late 60,s made my wedding dress on a basic singer straight stitch machine in early 70,s. Just retired and wanted to refresh my knowledge and start sewing again now i have more time and need to learn about the stitches included in my basic singer which has a few computerised stitches. I want to get the hang of overcast seams i mostly did french seams or fold over straight stitch edge seams. Have not been satisfied with results so far. This tutorial has made all the difference and i cant thank you enough. You have a gift of letting the viewer feel you are talking to them directly . Freaked me out a bit when in one of your videos you talked about the vintage lady planter lol thought you were watching me 😳 please could you do something detailed on hem lining finishes in coats and dresses. I am finishing a 50,s style swing coat with full lining made by someone else and not finished. It has a fully enclosed hem and top stitching along full length of lapels an facing. It is not hanging well, when enclosing hem lining and doing top stitching on bottom. I could do with ideas for alternate hem finishes. I suspect no ease has been put in lining and that might be part of problem. Wishing you all the best for your sewing school xx
Oh my god!!!!!! You are so good at teaching it is incredible!!!! Some of the basic stuff you say I knew from childhood from watching my mum make clothes. I didn’t even know until two weeks ago that we can get extra “feet” for the machine. WATCHING YOU HAS BEEN SO SO SO HELPFUL! THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving up your time, knowledge and patience in teaching us newbies. It is most appreciated! X
Aww thanks Andrea! I'm really glad your enjoying my videos and have learned some new things!! I hope you continue sewing and that I help you on your sewing journey! I have some fabulous plans for the future!
My favourite at the moment is pinking shears. I find the zig zag method takes a lot of time and uses a lot of thread while pinking shears are much quicker. Plus, I'm currently sewing a project on a vintage machine that only does a straight stitch, so pinking shears are pretty much the only way to go!
I work with upholstery, so at work vi overlock everything, and if I sew something at home I use det zig zag, but I hvd never understood, how cutting the edge with a pinking sheers should stop the fabric from fraying?
I have some vintage Singer sewing machines that came with boxes of different feet (ruffler, etc). but have No idea what they would be used for or how to use them. Would you do a video on them in the future? I learn so much from your videos! Thank you so much!
Again, I enjoyed another one of your videos, thank you! 🙂 I have my Mother’s pinking shears, and a sewing machine my parents bought for us children in 1968. Simple machine vs today’s computerized ones. It’s rather like : ) vs 😊 . Making it from scratch vs a serger!
Had only one piece of an expensive, multi-layered, woven Italian fabric that matches my bed coverlet. Love the locking zig-zag stitch that my new "Simple Singer" has - would have had NO IDEA what it was or how & why to use it w/o your video. Thanks!!! Exactly what I needed to protect the edges before finishing my toss pillow cover.
I prefer french seams, flat fell seams, bound seams (with fabric) and embroidered seams with decorative stitching and lining. Most (save for the decorative stitching) are done with a single needle single stitch machine. I sew on a 111 year old machine because it out performs many modern machines and it is quiet so I can ninja sew.
I'm very new to sewing and I just realized I was doing french seams on my projects without even knowing. I was just doing it because it looks more aesthetically pleasing that way.
Just read others comments! I actually have a sewing machine, foot powered, that a neighbor wanted to get rid of. They are out there. My first thought was hey, not electric, perfect !! I guess there are plenty of us who either have and/ or really appreciate the old, older and oldest machines. Yay!!!
Thanks!! I love your videos. It gives me more confidence that pinking shears are really all that's needed without compromising the longevity of the garment.You're the best.
From 5th to 9th grade we had a weekly sewing / knitting / other yarn crafts class in school (in the 1980s). We were taught to either use the zig zag scissor or to zig zag all edges before we started sewing anything together. I've been doing this ever since. Maybe it's time to try another method.
I recommend pinking shears. Somebody borrowed mine without asking, probably thought they were normal scissors. If I buy new shears I'm locking them up. (Expensive).🤣
@@SallyAnn191 my hubby picked my scissors up for decorating, I said where do you think you're going with them, he replied I need good sharp scissors for decorating, I took them off him and told him they are very sharp, and that's how they are staying, find the decorating scissors,
Scott Davis, same here! I told my "boys" I'll break their fingers if they EVER touch my sewing scissors LOL (Well, I wouldn't really but... they replaced them and found out how expensive they are LOL).
My sister and I had four pair if punking sheets we collected over the years we gave lived together now for nearly three tears and there are no longer pinking shears any where to be found.😏 Each of us had some we got when we were 12 she will be 70 and I am 61
Thanks! This was really helpful! I made pajama pants as a part of a course that I did and they frayed all over the seam allowance. It's practically gone. Now I can fill in the gap that my sewing teacher didn't address!
Evelyn Wood has great style. She's a good teacher, too. All of the methods shown in this video are very helpful. I would eliminate the background music. It is very distracting and unnecessary.
I would love to see a seam finishing tutorial on actual pieces of clothing; so I can see how to deal with one set of seams getting another set of seams, e.g.. Trouser crotch or sleeve. Would be good to know the order of which seams to finish when.
@@ninthsquarecommunity See, this is what I need to know, also. It looks like she zig zagged the two pieces together, so I don't see how you press your seams open. If you don't press them open, this looks bulky to me. What do you do with the seam after you sew them together?
@@bonyenewcomb4071 Searching comments for this same question. Some seams have to be pressed open. Zig Zag/overlock presser foot puts the seams together. I'm not that experienced to know in advanced when to zig zag and when not to. I'm afraid I'll realize too late.
my overlocker! I have tried the overcast foot on my sewing machine and the tension wasn't right since the fabrics I was using wasn't as stout as yours. so bought an overlocker and learn't every stitch on it! its been a godsend to me since some garments can be done totally with the overlocker.
Just listened to you on the love to sew podcast and was charmed. Glad to have found your channel. This is a technique I’ve been trying to figure out quite a while and I am grateful for this tutorial. Thank you! ❤️
Well, of course I like the pinking shears because it’s easiest! Lol But I do find the zigzag with a straight stitch to be quite beautiful and even more neat.
Wow, I didn’t know the overcast foot could make such a nice finished inside seam! Yes, it uses a lot of thread but if one wants a beautiful result and can spare the thread it’s perfect! Thank you 👗
This is a very useful tutorial, thank you! One thing I'm wondering though: if the pattern says to press the seam open, is finishing with a zig-zag stitch still possible? The way you've shown it here, the two edges wind up sewn together, and I'm having trouble imagining how you could keep them separate and still have it work.
I think my mom used to use was it seam binding? I remember two different types. there was a lacy strip and then there was a solid folded strip of fabric. Were those used for finishing seams back in the probably 60s and even early 70s? she used to make my clothes sometimes ☺️
My dad bought me my pinking shears when I was 14. Still using them and I'm 74.
That is wonderful!!
Cant beat the classics!
awww ☺️☺️☺️
Susan Smith you go girl
Do you have them sharpened from time to time?
I've just spent a whole hour on UA-cam trying to figure out everything you just explained so clearly. THANK YOU!
Agreed! Concise, exactly what I needed.
I was agonizing over the fact that I might have to get a serger and learn how to use it, but your video just made things so much easier for me! My great aunt left me her antique sewing kit when she died, and I had no idea what the pinking shears were or what to use them for. Thank you so much for this video!
I've been sewing since 1963 and had 6 years with an excellent teacher (in "Home Economics"- a required class for girls in those days). We actually spent the first few weeks learning to sew on a treadle! These classes progressed until my senior project - a fully lined coat and matching skirt...out of plaid fabric! We had to do bound buttonholes and our finishing had to be "perfect". This was in the days prior to home sergers (overlockers), so we did a lot of French seams and flat-felled seams. Heavy fabrics often had to be steam pressed over a pressing "ham" and the seams "hammered". Otherwise, finishing seam edges was done by enclosing them inside a fine biased ribbon. For very casual clothing, we would sometimes simply do a double seam. I have never used a serger for regular sewing or tailoring, but they are nice for projects like swim suits, & stretchy fabrics. Most of the time, we can use our sewing machines in creative ways, though, and don't have to have a serger. Thank you for these tutorials, Evelyn. I usually glean some new tip in every one of them. Keep up the good work! We all are learning...even after age 70!
Great tips as a sewist for 55 years, some actually were reminders!!
I like the overcast stitch
The last one is the best
You have no clue you just changed everything! I’ve been using the zig zag but what a mind blower to move the zigzag stitch to the edge. I can’t wait to try this! You’re a rockstar!
I have a 1980s Singer slant that does not have all the fancy stiches, but it works! Zig Zag and pinking sheers are my options. Thank you.
Thanks for Uploading.
I recently bought an older machine to learn sewing. I’ve made a couple of simple projects, like everyday use table napkins to replace paper napkins. However this video and today being Anzac Day 2020 in isolation, has just reminded me that I have a commemorative apron I bought for Anzac Day 2018. One of the seams let go the first time I wore it 😐. I’ve just fixed it with the zigzag/straight stitch and it’s good as new!! I did consider saving it for Monday amending, but it was seriously less than 10 minutes and I was done! Have a great Anzac Day Evelyn and all the Aussie’s and Kiwis alike. Lest we Forget.
I don't have a serger, I exclusively use a 1950's Singer from my grandmother, and just got her original German made pinking shears sharpened thanks to this video! This really does elevate the project, if only I was not so darn lazy and I forced myself to do this every time. My problem is I don't do it on a mockup, and then by the time I have a fitted mockup and pattern (5 tries later) I'm just so anxious to finish the garment!!!
Great channel. I wanted to start making masks for people in my city so I taught myself how to use a sewing machine last week. I've made 6 masks that are on their way to a nursing home. Had I seen these videos, learning would have been alot easier. I pat myself on the back because I never touched a sewing machine until last week. You've earned a subscriber.
That is fantastic!! You should be proud! I have many videos thst can help you along and I hope you continue sewing! 😄
I don’t even make garments but love watching your videos!!
Oh my gosh! I always wondered how to use that zigzag stitch. I didn't realize you wanted to miss the fabric on the raw edge
I like that you're showing what you really can do with a basic sewing machine. An over locker has it's place but now I'm on a mission to try to make all of my construction to look more couture. Yeah I know I'm cheating by not doing it by hand. Here's a great way to overcast with your zig-zag stitch finishes. Try your overcasting foot with the pin that sticks out over the needle hole so the tension of the thread will rest on the pin and the fabric won't roll. But be sure to test the swing of the zig-zag stitch clears to the right of the pin. I teach as well and I appreciate anybody who has the guts to put themselves out there. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much ma'am I have learnt new things today...
The small details make all the difference thank you your the best! 👍
We learned all the various ways to finish seams in Jr.High Home Ec! We had to mount each one to a page of paper and then place all of them in a folder with clasps. I'm referring to the late 1960's when Home Ec was a required subject. I loved Home Ec !!
That was my favourite class too!!
@@Evelyn__Wood I remember attending my first Home Education class in the mid 60's. I wore a dress that I had made. I was so proud of that dress! Our mom sewed our clothes and then taught us to sew. It was either Thrift Shops (usually Salvation Army), or sewing them ourselves. Store bought clothing was very rare in our place. Those were simpler days. Thank you for your videos.
Love the last method
I didn't know you could use pinking shears instead of serging...Thanks for this,!!
Thank u Evelyn
Pinking shears like my mom grandmother taught me 😊💜
Old fashioned is not dead! Yes! Woo! ☺️
thank you, im a beginner currently cutting fabric and ready to sew soon asap.
Wow, you should be hired by toothpaste companies never seen teeth so white... By the way, nice video and thanks for the tips much appreciated.
haha I have never been told that before! Glad the video helped!
Perhaps you mentioned and I did not pay attention as well as I should, but I wish you had spoken about overlocking AND pressing seams. I tend to overlock seams BEFORE sewing pieces so I may press seams open AND overlock them. A third process which is more time consuming, but is ultra fancy is binding your seams as they do with couture garments. It’s not hard but is time consuming, but oh does it bougie up your garment and it makes your pieces look like you put that extra touch into them. Making binding is super easy and I usually get a complimentary but opposite color with patterns to do the seam, which is so nice. Like a plaid whose main color is pink with a yellow comp, so the binding is yellow main with comp pink. When I sell garments I always do this and clients are so impressed at a level that far exceeds the effort it took. Plus with my own garments, it does put that extra pride when I wear it. Thank you for all of your vids. As a costume designer I have often gone to your vids and play them in the background as I sew. THANK YOU!
I never knew what that zig zag stitch with the dash - line on it was for. I'm so glad I found this video !!! It's also helped me decide which way I want to "finish" the edges of my work. TY for sharing this video with us.
I am definitly fond of all your videos and i watch them several times. The explanations are so precise and easy to understand .
I'm very happy to hear it Michelle!
Love your look.
Oh my goodness thank you for explaining about the zig zag just missing the edge of the fabric and then going back over with the straight stitch!!!
I love her hands 😍
I am so glad I found you. My ribbon skirts are just as happy too. You’re a blessing to new sewing people like me!! I had no idea how much I’ve been winging this.
Thank you for showing this stitch. I have been sewing for a long time and this is new to me. My maching will do this, I have just never tried it. Thanks again.
Very helpful.thankyou
Very helpful, thank you.
I love your channel you are charming and professional with clear concise lessons. I am self taught started on my mum,s singer treadle in the late 60,s made my wedding dress on a basic singer straight stitch machine in early 70,s. Just retired and wanted to refresh my knowledge and start sewing again now i have more time and need to learn about the stitches included in my basic singer which has a few computerised stitches. I want to get the hang of overcast seams i mostly did french seams or fold over straight stitch edge seams. Have not been satisfied with results so far. This tutorial has made all the difference and i cant thank you enough. You have a gift of letting the viewer feel you are talking to them directly . Freaked me out a bit when in one of your videos you talked about the vintage lady planter lol thought you were watching me 😳 please could you do something detailed on hem lining finishes in coats and dresses. I am finishing a 50,s style swing coat with full lining made by someone else and not finished. It has a fully enclosed hem and top stitching along full length of lapels an facing. It is not hanging well, when enclosing hem lining and doing top stitching on bottom. I could do with ideas for alternate hem finishes. I suspect no ease has been put in lining and that might be part of problem. Wishing you all the best for your sewing school xx
Oh my god!!!!!! You are so good at teaching it is incredible!!!! Some of the basic stuff you say I knew from childhood from watching my mum make clothes. I didn’t even know until two weeks ago that we can get extra “feet” for the machine.
WATCHING YOU HAS BEEN SO SO SO HELPFUL! THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving up your time, knowledge and patience in teaching us newbies. It is most appreciated! X
Aww thanks Andrea! I'm really glad your enjoying my videos and have learned some new things!! I hope you continue sewing and that I help you on your sewing journey! I have some fabulous plans for the future!
My favourite at the moment is pinking shears. I find the zig zag method takes a lot of time and uses a lot of thread while pinking shears are much quicker. Plus, I'm currently sewing a project on a vintage machine that only does a straight stitch, so pinking shears are pretty much the only way to go!
Perfect combination Katie! Pinking shears on the old machine!
Love the pinking shears method.
pinking shears is the winner for me too, I have them in hand too
Sew Old Fashioned I am new to sewing. Does the seam hold up with the pinking shears? I’m always afraid they will eventually fray.
I work with upholstery, so at work vi overlock everything, and if I sew something at home I use det zig zag, but I hvd never understood, how cutting the edge with a pinking sheers should stop the fabric from fraying?
So here for pinking shears.
I love the last one looks so professional thank you
Now thank you so much. Best nod have found.
I thought I was the only one doing this! Thank you Evelyn!
I ordered pinking shears by accident, now I realize that was seridipity. Thank you for teaching.
😄😄😄 I think so!
I have some vintage Singer sewing machines that came with boxes of different feet (ruffler, etc). but have No idea what they would be used for or how to use them. Would you do a video on them in the future? I learn so much from your videos! Thank you so much!
I just bought my sewing machine. Love your videos!!
Again, I enjoyed another one of your videos, thank you! 🙂 I have my Mother’s pinking shears, and a sewing machine my parents bought for us children in 1968. Simple machine vs today’s computerized ones. It’s rather like : ) vs 😊 . Making it from scratch vs a serger!
Had only one piece of an expensive, multi-layered, woven Italian fabric that matches my bed coverlet. Love the locking zig-zag stitch that my new "Simple Singer" has - would have had NO IDEA what it was or how & why to use it w/o your video. Thanks!!! Exactly what I needed to protect the edges before finishing my toss pillow cover.
So happy to find an Australian! Keep the amazing videos coming.
Thanks so much Renee!!
I prefer french seams, flat fell seams, bound seams (with fabric) and embroidered seams with decorative stitching and lining. Most (save for the decorative stitching) are done with a single needle single stitch machine.
I sew on a 111 year old machine because it out performs many modern machines and it is quiet so I can ninja sew.
I want to get an old foot powered machine so I can sew when I'm on the road and dont have electricity
Same I french seam everything I can, and my machine is a 70 years old Elna. It's all mechanics, no electronics, never fails me
My sewing machine is roughly 100 years old ish, so yeah, french seams it is!
I'm very new to sewing and I just realized I was doing french seams on my projects without even knowing.
I was just doing it because it looks more aesthetically pleasing that way.
What's an embroidered seam?
Thank you. I have my Grams vintage Singer Sewing machine. I want to start sewing, so this was very helpful.
Thank you for sharing this video it is very helpful to me because my overlock machine had just been destroyed
I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
Thank you❤
Thanks a lot 👍🏻
Ver nice. . !
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us !
🤗
Thank you
Thank you
sewing for the first time, now my edge is wobbly haha
Thank you! I didn’t know I could use that foot for this purpose, I appreciate this information!
My mom had pinking shears when I was a kid and I never knew what they were for! :-)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Loved this video! I’m taking up sewing for my two girls.
Yaaaaaaaay thanks Evelyn! I'll have to finish watching this later, but I just bought pinking shears! 😃
FABULOUS!!! They are my favorite, without an overlocker!
Just read others comments! I actually have a sewing machine, foot powered, that a neighbor wanted to get rid of. They are out there. My first thought was hey, not electric, perfect !! I guess there are plenty of us who either have and/ or really appreciate the old, older and oldest machines. Yay!!!
Thanks!! I love your videos. It gives me more confidence that pinking shears are really all that's needed without compromising the longevity of the garment.You're the best.
Thank you for this! I'm a guy just getting into sewing and this helps a lot!
Hahaha me to actually liking sewing more than I ever thought I would self taught by you tube. Cheers
Thanks.
I definitely prefer the pinking shears. A great method of finishing the edges. Thank you!
I find pinking shears hard to open and close. Ends up hurting my hand
Does the pinking shears method work effectively? Does it not last as long as a zigzag stitch?
This is so wonderful, I'll try both methods asap
thank you so much :)
From 5th to 9th grade we had a weekly sewing / knitting / other yarn crafts class in school (in the 1980s). We were taught to either use the zig zag scissor or to zig zag all edges before we started sewing anything together. I've been doing this ever since. Maybe it's time to try another method.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Was debating if I needed a server but now I'm good.
Great!! Now you know your options!!
I recommend pinking shears. Somebody borrowed mine without asking, probably thought they were normal scissors. If I buy new shears I'm locking them up. (Expensive).🤣
My mum used my dressmaking scissors to cut the dog's fur. They never were the same again. :(
You have better pinking shears than mine then. Mine only cut very crisp thin fabrics.
@@SallyAnn191 my hubby picked my scissors up for decorating, I said where do you think you're going with them, he replied I need good sharp scissors for decorating, I took them off him and told him they are very sharp, and that's how they are staying, find the decorating scissors,
Scott Davis, same here! I told my "boys" I'll break their fingers if they EVER touch my sewing scissors LOL (Well, I wouldn't really but... they replaced them and found out how expensive they are LOL).
My sister and I had four pair if punking sheets we collected over the years we gave lived together now for nearly three tears and there are no longer pinking shears any where to be found.😏 Each of us had some we got when we were 12 she will be 70 and I am 61
Thanks! This was really helpful! I made pajama pants as a part of a course that I did and they frayed all over the seam allowance. It's practically gone. Now I can fill in the gap that my sewing teacher didn't address!
This was great info! Thank you.
Evelyn Wood has great style. She's a good teacher, too. All of the methods shown in this video are very helpful. I would eliminate the background music. It is very distracting and unnecessary.
Yay, thanks it's fun learning with you 🌞
Never did straight stitch after zig zag stitch. Thanks for info.
Your welcome! It just makes it look that little bit neater!
I would love to see a seam finishing tutorial on actual pieces of clothing; so I can see how to deal with one set of seams getting another set of seams, e.g.. Trouser crotch or sleeve. Would be good to know the order of which seams to finish when.
You sew a seam, then finish it, press it, then move onto the next seam!
Are the two pieces of seam sewn together, or zig zagged separately then pressed open?
So the seams are not sewn TOGETHER but more like left side of seam and then right side of seam??
@@ninthsquarecommunity See, this is what I need to know, also. It looks like she zig zagged the two pieces together, so I don't see how you press your seams open. If you don't press them open, this looks bulky to me. What do you do with the seam after you sew them together?
@@bonyenewcomb4071 Searching comments for this same question. Some seams have to be pressed open. Zig Zag/overlock presser foot puts the seams together. I'm not that experienced to know in advanced when to zig zag and when not to. I'm afraid I'll realize too late.
I like to use the zigzag as the main stitch in gold thread when i hem my jeans...looks so cool.
Thank you for teaching me something new♡
This was so much help, I’m so glad I found your channel 💙
WHAT A GREAT Video!! Thank you so much!
Just learning but have had fun using curved pinking shears that make a scalloped edge. :)
Oh! I've never seen curved pinking shears for fabric! Only for paper crafts! That would make a great decorative finish!
my overlocker! I have tried the overcast foot on my sewing machine and the tension wasn't right since the fabrics I was using wasn't as stout as yours. so bought an overlocker and learn't every stitch on it! its been a godsend to me since some garments can be done totally with the overlocker.
Really helpful content, even though I've been sewing for quite a while, thanks!
I'm not a beginner, but returning to garment making and I appreciate your help in making good choices! Thanks.
Just listened to you on the love to sew podcast and was charmed. Glad to have found your channel. This is a technique I’ve been trying to figure out quite a while and I am grateful for this tutorial. Thank you! ❤️
I just got my overlooker foot. I will give it a try.
I've just discovered you and LOVE your videos!
Thank you for this, recently found your videos and they are absolutely fabulous! Answering all my questions perfectly! X
I Love your style😀😀😀😀
Well, of course I like the pinking shears because it’s easiest! Lol
But I do find the zigzag with a straight stitch to be quite beautiful and even more neat.
Wow, I didn’t know the overcast foot could make such a nice finished inside seam! Yes, it uses a lot of thread but if one wants a beautiful result and can spare the thread it’s perfect! Thank you 👗
Thank you for this
I must be really old school. I cut out my material using my pinking shearers. Saves time as it does two jobs at the same time
This is a very useful tutorial, thank you! One thing I'm wondering though: if the pattern says to press the seam open, is finishing with a zig-zag stitch still possible? The way you've shown it here, the two edges wind up sewn together, and I'm having trouble imagining how you could keep them separate and still have it work.
Superb I will surely follow this method. Thanks mam
Thank you, now I know what that buttons for lol.🇨🇦🌨️
I think my mom used to use was it seam binding? I remember two different types. there was a lacy strip and then there was a solid folded strip of fabric. Were those used for finishing seams back in the probably 60s and even early 70s? she used to make my clothes sometimes ☺️