Excellent tutorial. I want this to be my approach too. This year I am trying to bring my sewing up a notch or two.. by ensuring inside my garments, the presentation is just as finished as the right side. This is a wonderful technique.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video I have been looking how to sew the sleeve to the bodice and finally found u thank u again u did wonderful every step keep doing the videos,u are very talented ❤
This is one of the BEST videos explaining sewing technique I have seen. Explained EVERYTHING I needed to know. Thank you for this WONDERFUL video !!!!!!
I just found this channel from a recommendation from someone on Facebook. You describe things so well! I have struggled with burrito method that is just described in words. Seeing you actually doing it helps so much! Thank you
Thanks for posting this. I saw your comment on Sarah’s site, this helped clarify how to finish the sleeve once the shoulder seam was encapsulated. Mental puzzle it seems sometimes. Thanks again for sharing!!
I thought about doing this, but never heard of anyone else doing it so figured I must have the wrong idea 😄 Thanks for showing everyone that it works!!!
I knew there had to be a way to enclose that seam without doing it by hand. I figured it out when I saw someone else’s video where they enclosed the sleeve between the main and lining, but she hadn’t figured out the seams under the arm yet.
Thank you for doing the video and just what I was looking for. Excellent! Might have to watch it a couple times and pause each step so I get it right! Thanks again :-)
Thank you so much for showing so much step by step detail. I could not see the method with Sarah because she used all white fabric and it was so short!!!
Thank you. I enjoyed watching your video. While I have been using the burrito method for a few months when making my 18" doll clothes, I have never left the ends unstitched as you do so I'm going to give that a try today. Also going to use a french seam if I can. It's a bit difficult, I've found, when your seam allowance is just a quarter inch! 👍
That's exactly what I needed too! Could do the burrito but didnt know how to make the side seams enclosed on my 18" doll clothes. Not sure I will be able to do this with the tiny seam allowance though but I'll give it a go. I'm just thinking if the pattern needs to be altered to allow for a french seam on the sleeve.......
This is so impressive! I would try it… but I think it’ll stick with a serger stitch for my dress. As much as it pains me not to use french seams, I might have to add some binding! :)
Really helpful tutorial that I needed while making a christening dress. The only change I'd make is to move the angle of the camera so that your hands don't cover your work.
very nice!! thank you for this amazing video! english is not my first language but i was able to understand every step of the tutorial. do you think it’s possible to use this method to sew long puff sleeves on a dress?
One request .. can you tell us step by step what you sewed first. For example I like to see invisible zipper to whole back( bodice and skirt) first when it is flat. Also if I want to sandwich a Peter Pan collar between bodice and bodice lining.. I guess I should do that immediately after shoulder seams of bodice and lining are seen. It would be very helpful to give us best order. It was very interesting to see the sleeve seam is near the end. I like the inside to be as neat as outside.. so this is a great technique.
If you check out some of the other videos on my channel, like the bunny dress, I show the step by step process for the whole dress including how I do invisible zippers. As for the Peter Pan collar, you are exactly right, attach it after sewing the shoulder seams. I usually baste it to the main bodice and then sew the main and lining together. I hope this helps!
This a lovely video - thank you! I've been researching different double-layer yoke/enclosed seams bodice methods, especially using the "burrito" method and on another vid I asked this question. As you've mastered this method to a much higher degree than most I've seen I was hoping that you might be able to offer advice too please. Imagine a nightie with both front and back double layer yokes that join at the shoulder seams (rather than one double-layer yoke that both the left-and-right fronts and a single back are joined to on, say, a shirt yoke) and a gathered "skirt" section for both the front and back that will be joined at the side seams This yoke only comes part-way down the armhole so the yoke seam at the front is over the bust rather than under it - and the back yoke seam as at the same level (see, for example view A of Kwik Sew 3747 with but with the View B yoke less the "V" shape for the front yoke - mine is straight across like the back yoke): Is there a way to "truly" enclose both the shoulder seams of the yoke and the seams where the front and back skirts join to their respective front and back yokes? I'd like something better than the usual method where you sew each to their outer yokes and fold up and iron a seam on the inner yokes that you then top-stitch or slip-stitch in place over the seam that's already been sewn for the skirt-to-out yoke. This does enclose the skirt-to-yoke seams - but it's not the same as the "true" clean finish you get for enclosing the seam like you do with the burrito method. I don't need the neckline enclosed (but it would grand if it could be too!) and as it is going to have long sleeves attached they don't need to be enclosed at all. Not that I'd object if there was a way to achieve that kind of magic! I think there must be a way but I can't quite get my head around it from what I can find online or in any of my many sewing books. Any pointers you or anyone can give to videos or online tutorials showing how this is done would be much appreciated - thank you... Megan :-)
This is what i have been looking for, but unfortunately i couldn't understand the lesson, may be because i couldn't differentiate the lining piece from the main piece. Thank you anyway.
I’m sorry that this video didn’t work for you. I would definitely like to make some updates versions with a contrasting lining. I just need to find the time and energy.
Hi, I am hoping to use this technique on a bodice that doesnt have a split in the middle of the back ir front. I've watched your tutorial- is there a reason why it wouldnt work?
It will not work as shown. The center front or back opening allows you to pull the bodice through the shoulder area. Without a center opening you would need to roll the bodice and the sleeve into the shoulder strap before sewing the seam. It’s definitely more complicated and it helps if the pattern has a wider shoulder area.
@TheCraftedCloset thanks. I'll see how I go. I'm making a few dresses for my girls and I don't think they'll wear them if they have rough or unenclosed seam. I think I might be pushing my luck though as there probably won't be enough room!
I wish you had mentioned AT THE BEGINNING that this only works with a back opening pattern. I serged my seam 😢 And the link to the burrito method is a pattern with NO sleeves. Otherwise this is an excellent method. Any tips on how to remove my serged seams? 😜
I’m so sorry. When I made the video I didn’t think about patterns that didn’t have a center back or front opening. I was just so excited that I had figured out a way to fully enclose the armscye seam. When I unpick serged seams I cut the lower looper thread and the carefully pull out the rest of the threads.
I am sewing a dress with no front or back seam. The long sleeves are sewn at the shoulders, side seams still open. the bodice is sewn together at the neckline. I followed exactly what you did but it didn’t work. Is it because BOTH sleeves were in. Can it be done if I remove a sleeve?
It is more difficult if you don’t have a front or back opening in your bodice. You would have to have enough room in the shoulder to be able to roll the sleeve and the entire bodice into the space between the main and lining. (I have done it, it is just much tighter.)
I was excited to find this, but it didn't work for me, and it took me awhile to realize the bodice on this dress is open in the back (presumably for a zipper), and my bodice was not. :/ It might be helpful to mention that in the description, as this method just results in a lot of seam ripping if you're not putting a zipper in the back.
I’m so sorry that this video caused you seam ripping and frustration. I have added a note to the description. I do wish that I had mentioned it in the video. Unfortunately, as far as, I know there isn’t away to edit the video after it’s posted.
@@TheCraftedCloset thank you! It was a well done tutorial. I'll keep this method in mind for future! If you need ideas for future videos, I'd love one on attaching cape sleeves (or any other sleeve that doesn't fully fill the arm scythe). I couldn't find a video out there for that.
Easier way to ease sleeve cap or other gathered: Find middles and match, hold with a pin. Divide that into 1/4ths and pin. Spread gathers equally within each section.
Hi I’m trying to follow your steps but I can’t get it to come out of the tube correctly. It seems I end up pulling the entire bodice into the tube. Any idea where I’m going wrong?
Marie Cassells for this method to work how I show in the video your bodice needs a center back opening. If it has that you should be able to pull the back bodice through the front to turn it right side out. If your front an back bodice are both solid pieces you will need to roll the entire bodice and sleeve into the shoulder area before sewing. Depending on the fabric that you are using and the width of the shoulder area that could make it very tight and difficult to sew without catching the bodice and the sleeve. This is a link to a tutorial for the burrito method for a lined bodice without a back opening ua-cam.com/video/aHKgIllmYoU/v-deo.html
The Crafted Closet ahh thanks so much for replying! At least I know now and won’t waste more time trying to do the impossible😉. I will definite try this method next time I do a bodice with back opening. Thankyou
Great tutorial. It would have been easier to follow if the lining was a different colour! Thank you.
This is the exact tutorial I needed, I was trying to brainstorm how to sew sleeves without raw edges showing…thank you!!!
do this work even with big and long puff sleeves?
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This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
Excellent tutorial. I want this to be my approach too. This year I am trying to bring my sewing up a notch or two.. by ensuring inside my garments, the presentation is just as finished as the right side.
This is a wonderful technique.
The best. You uave no odea how long I've been searching for this. Amazing technique.
Thank you! From Nigeria.
Excellent video! I added sleeves to a garment that uses the burrito method, but was sleeveless. Your video helped tremendously. Thank you!
Thankyou so much. Excactly what I needed . The line up with the three seams did the trick for me, couldn't figure that out until this video.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video I have been looking how to sew the sleeve to the bodice and finally found u thank u again u did wonderful every step keep doing the videos,u are very talented ❤
This is one of the BEST videos explaining sewing technique I have seen. Explained EVERYTHING I needed to know. Thank you for this WONDERFUL video !!!!!!
This is just magical! Thank you so much for making this video.
I just found this channel from a recommendation from someone on Facebook. You describe things so well! I have struggled with burrito method that is just described in words. Seeing you actually doing it helps so much! Thank you
This is fab! I just could not wrap my head around how this would work on my own, THANK YOU :)
Thanks for posting this. I saw your comment on Sarah’s site, this helped clarify how to finish the sleeve once the shoulder seam was encapsulated. Mental puzzle it seems sometimes. Thanks again for sharing!!
I thought about doing this, but never heard of anyone else doing it so figured I must have the wrong idea 😄 Thanks for showing everyone that it works!!!
I knew there had to be a way to enclose that seam without doing it by hand. I figured it out when I saw someone else’s video where they enclosed the sleeve between the main and lining, but she hadn’t figured out the seams under the arm yet.
Thank you for doing the video and just what I was looking for. Excellent! Might have to watch it a couple times and pause each step so I get it right! Thanks again :-)
This was very good, clear instructions and easy to follow. Thank you so much for this video.
Brilliant tutorial, wish I’d watched it before I sewed up the sleeve seam. Thanks so much for this x
Thanks for taking the time to record this. This is a wonderful help.
A very good video and it is just what I needed to know. Thank you so much!!
Thanks I was stuck at this step while watching Sarah's video then read your comment so great full to you
Thank you so much for showing so much step by step detail. I could not see the method with Sarah because she used all white fabric and it was so short!!!
Maria Nadal You’re welcome. I’m glad you found my video helpful.
This is so awesome! I tried it and it came out beautiful! Thank you so much for your clear instructions!
Thank you so much for this! I am going to use this method on a formal dress with lace sleeves! And very carefully pull it thru.
did it work?
Thank you so much!! This is really useful, and very well explained😊
Thank you. I enjoyed watching your video. While I have been using the burrito method for a few months when making my 18" doll clothes, I have never left the ends unstitched as you do so I'm going to give that a try today. Also going to use a french seam if I can. It's a bit difficult, I've found, when your seam allowance is just a quarter inch! 👍
That's exactly what I needed too! Could do the burrito but didnt know how to make the side seams enclosed on my 18" doll clothes. Not sure I will be able to do this with the tiny seam allowance though but I'll give it a go. I'm just thinking if the pattern needs to be altered to allow for a french seam on the sleeve.......
"The Burrito Method" was titled that method by Industrial Sewing teacher Margaret Islander, of Islander Sewing Systems.
Brilliant . Thank you very much for this tutorial.
So well explained and demonstrated. Big thank you from me.
Brilliant. Thanks, so neat and professional.
Thank you so much this is awesome! I'm about to make a penelope VFT for my granddaughters flower girl b dress. I'm definitely using your method!!!
This tutorial can’t get any better!! Thank you so much!
That was just what I needed to see. Thank you so much.
Very nice and helpful tutorial! Thank you VERY much.
Absolutely brilliant. ..exactly what I needed. Thanks
Very informative. Many thanks for all the details!😊
Super helps! Thanks v much for such a detailed tutorial!
Simply Amazing!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial.
This is so impressive! I would try it… but I think it’ll stick with a serger stitch for my dress. As much as it pains me not to use french seams, I might have to add some binding! :)
I did it! Thank you very much for this awesome tutorial. :D
This was really helpful thank you for your time
Thank you for this video! It was exactly what I needed.
Exactly what I needed.
Really helpful tutorial that I needed while making a christening dress. The only change I'd make is to move the angle of the camera so that your hands don't cover your work.
An engineering miracle! Nice.
Thank you for making this video! I'm making an Oaklyn!
It would really be helpful if the lining were solid color. Otherwise I love the idea. Thank you.
very nice!! thank you for this amazing video! english is not my first language but i was able to understand every step of the tutorial. do you think it’s possible to use this method to sew long puff sleeves on a dress?
Thank you so much for this!
One request .. can you tell us step by step what you sewed first. For example I like to see invisible zipper to whole back( bodice and skirt) first when it is flat.
Also if I want to sandwich a Peter Pan collar between bodice and bodice lining.. I guess I should do that immediately after shoulder seams of bodice and lining are seen.
It would be very helpful to give us best order. It was very interesting to see the sleeve seam is near the end.
I like the inside to be as neat as outside.. so this is a great technique.
If you check out some of the other videos on my channel, like the bunny dress, I show the step by step process for the whole dress including how I do invisible zippers.
As for the Peter Pan collar, you are exactly right, attach it after sewing the shoulder seams. I usually baste it to the main bodice and then sew the main and lining together.
I hope this helps!
This a lovely video - thank you! I've been researching different double-layer yoke/enclosed seams bodice methods, especially using the "burrito" method and on another vid I asked this question. As you've mastered this method to a much higher degree than most I've seen I was hoping that you might be able to offer advice too please.
Imagine a nightie with both front and back double layer yokes that join at the shoulder seams (rather than one double-layer yoke that both the left-and-right fronts and a single back are joined to on, say, a shirt yoke) and a gathered "skirt" section for both the front and back that will be joined at the side seams This yoke only comes part-way down the armhole so the yoke seam at the front is over the bust rather than under it - and the back yoke seam as at the same level (see, for example view A of Kwik Sew 3747 with but with the View B yoke less the "V" shape for the front yoke - mine is straight across like the back yoke):
Is there a way to "truly" enclose both the shoulder seams of the yoke and the seams where the front and back skirts join to their respective front and back yokes? I'd like something better than the usual method where you sew each to their outer yokes and fold up and iron a seam on the inner yokes that you then top-stitch or slip-stitch in place over the seam that's already been sewn for the skirt-to-out yoke. This does enclose the skirt-to-yoke seams - but it's not the same as the "true" clean finish you get for enclosing the seam like you do with the burrito method.
I don't need the neckline enclosed (but it would grand if it could be too!) and as it is going to have long sleeves attached they don't need to be enclosed at all. Not that I'd object if there was a way to achieve that kind of magic!
I think there must be a way but I can't quite get my head around it from what I can find online or in any of my many sewing books. Any pointers you or anyone can give to videos or online tutorials showing how this is done would be much appreciated - thank you... Megan :-)
Amazing video!!! I was working on an Alexandra by VFT and this saved my project!!! Thank you thank you!!!!
jandtbang I’m happy my video helped.
hey does this work with big puffy sleeves?
Yes, I actually find it easier with the extra width than with a fitted sleeve.
This is what i have been looking for, but unfortunately i couldn't understand the lesson, may be because i couldn't differentiate the lining piece from the main piece. Thank you anyway.
I’m sorry that this video didn’t work for you. I would definitely like to make some updates versions with a contrasting lining. I just need to find the time and energy.
One of the best I h have seen, thank you so much
Hi, I am hoping to use this technique on a bodice that doesnt have a split in the middle of the back ir front. I've watched your tutorial- is there a reason why it wouldnt work?
It will not work as shown. The center front or back opening allows you to pull the bodice through the shoulder area.
Without a center opening you would need to roll the bodice and the sleeve into the shoulder strap before sewing the seam. It’s definitely more complicated and it helps if the pattern has a wider shoulder area.
@TheCraftedCloset thanks. I'll see how I go. I'm making a few dresses for my girls and I don't think they'll wear them if they have rough or unenclosed seam. I think I might be pushing my luck though as there probably won't be enough room!
You explained that brilliantly. Can the burrito method work where you don’t have a waist seamed bodice but a shift dress to line?
I think there would be more bulk in the burrito, but there's no reason why you can't use it.
I wish you had mentioned AT THE BEGINNING that this only works with a back opening pattern. I serged my seam 😢 And the link to the burrito method is a pattern with NO sleeves. Otherwise this is an excellent method. Any tips on how to remove my serged seams? 😜
I’m so sorry. When I made the video I didn’t think about patterns that didn’t have a center back or front opening. I was just so excited that I had figured out a way to fully enclose the armscye seam. When I unpick serged seams I cut the lower looper thread and the carefully pull out the rest of the threads.
Does this only work when the back bodice is split?
Either the front or back of the bodice needs to be open for this method to work as shown.
I am sewing a dress with no front or back seam. The long sleeves are sewn at the shoulders, side seams still open. the bodice is sewn together at the neckline. I followed exactly what you did but it didn’t work. Is it because BOTH sleeves were in. Can it be done if I remove a sleeve?
It is more difficult if you don’t have a front or back opening in your bodice. You would have to have enough room in the shoulder to be able to roll the sleeve and the entire bodice into the space between the main and lining. (I have done it, it is just much tighter.)
Brilliant!!!!
Fantastic video!!!!
I was excited to find this, but it didn't work for me, and it took me awhile to realize the bodice on this dress is open in the back (presumably for a zipper), and my bodice was not. :/ It might be helpful to mention that in the description, as this method just results in a lot of seam ripping if you're not putting a zipper in the back.
I’m so sorry that this video caused you seam ripping and frustration. I have added a note to the description. I do wish that I had mentioned it in the video. Unfortunately, as far as, I know there isn’t away to edit the video after it’s posted.
@@TheCraftedCloset thank you! It was a well done tutorial. I'll keep this method in mind for future! If you need ideas for future videos, I'd love one on attaching cape sleeves (or any other sleeve that doesn't fully fill the arm scythe). I couldn't find a video out there for that.
Easier way to ease sleeve cap or other gathered: Find middles and match, hold with a pin. Divide that into 1/4ths and pin. Spread gathers equally within each section.
Hi I’m trying to follow your steps but I can’t get it to come out of the tube correctly. It seems I end up pulling the entire bodice into the tube. Any idea where I’m going wrong?
Marie Cassells for this method to work how I show in the video your bodice needs a center back opening. If it has that you should be able to pull the back bodice through the front to turn it right side out.
If your front an back bodice are both solid pieces you will need to roll the entire bodice and sleeve into the shoulder area before sewing. Depending on the fabric that you are using and the width of the shoulder area that could make it very tight and difficult to sew without catching the bodice and the sleeve.
This is a link to a tutorial for the burrito method for a lined bodice without a back opening ua-cam.com/video/aHKgIllmYoU/v-deo.html
The Crafted Closet ahh thanks so much for replying! At least I know now and won’t waste more time trying to do the impossible😉. I will definite try this method next time I do a bodice with back opening. Thankyou
I wish the lining was a different fabric. This was hard to follow.
Thank you!!!
Excellent!
This is genius😲
Excelente👍
thank you Love .
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Thank you soo much!
Genius
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Sorry; this is very confusing. Both fabrics are the same and it's not clear what you're doing.
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This is the exact tutorial I needed, I was trying to brainstorm how to sew sleeves without raw edges showing…thank you!!!
This is the tutorial I needed! Thank you!