Flat Felled Seams vs. French Seams The Difference and How to Sew
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0:00 Intro
0:03 Difference between Flat Felled Seam and French Seam
2:42 How to Sew French Seam
4:39 How to Sew Flat Felled Seam
How to Set-In a Sleeve with French Seams
• How to Sew...French Se...
Using Flat Felled Seam in the Inseam of Jeans
• Sewing Ash Jeans by Me... (time stamp in the description)
Using Flat Felled Seams in Men's Shirt Making:
• Sewing Fairfield Butto... (right at the beginning)
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This is exactly what I needed as I’m making beeswax bread bags and this will be perfect!
Nice! I made food wraps a couple years ago but I didn’t think to make a bread wrap. It was honestly so hard to fit usable sizes on my cookie sheet! But I did make some waxed zipper pouches.
Thanks for the informative demo on French seams and flat felled seams.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
I'm going to wow my 90yo mother and make her a shorts and short sleeve jacket/top ensemble. I think ffs will look nice and neat on a jacket that opens at the front and will be a nice touch on the shorts. she won't be expecting this finish and I'll get brownie points from her!!! Thanks for the excellent tutorial.
Woohoo! She’ll love it!! All the brownie points!
I like to use French seams for delicate thin fabric that tends to fray. I feel that a French seam in anything thicker just adds bulk. I love to do flat felt seams. I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. They really tame bulky fabrics into something nice.
I totally agree!
Never really gave it that much thought but you're probably right.
Thank you for the tutorials, Sarimy. I’ve struggled with French seams for armholes.
My pleasure! Good luck!
I love French seams but now I want to try flate felled, too. Thanks for the tutorial!
Thanks for watching Heidi!
Clear and concise demo, thanks. I didn’t know to trim my step 1 for the French seam. That will help me get a better finish.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! I’m adjusting a mesh costume sleeve - removing half of the material. I believe the flat felled seam will be the best.
That sounds cool! You might find French seams a little easier to wrangle. But if you have some scraps maybe you can try them both out. I’m sure you know best. And the location makes a difference.
Great demo! Will be watching again to make sure i get it. Planning to make a linen dress.
Happy sewing!
Thanks for a great tutorial 👍
You're welcome!
Nice! I love using French seams but with bulkier fabrics it gets to be a lot under the armhole. I have not tried a flat felled seam yet and now I understand it and can't wait to try one. Thank you for this very clear tutorial.
Oh yes! They’re so nice and smooth and flat. I remember the first time I saw one inside jeans-I couldn’t figure it out! It’s like magic.
This was really well done. Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
I’m going to make a coat and will use the French seam but I will start making a book with examples of all the different seam allowances for reference and link the tutorials . Love your tutorial’s.
That is clever! I've thought about doing a video about difference seam allowances and which goes to which seam finish best.
@@SewSewLive I'd love to see that!
@@NoonSkyWingsI'd love to see that too.
I love French seams. I did flat felled once when I was 16. I was too young to have any fear. Now, I would worry over it. LOL
Sometimes that sense of adventure is exactly what we need!
I'm using French seams for my chiffon button up I'm making. I definitely want to try flat felling again.
Chiffon is perfect for French seams!
It's been eons that the flat felled seem eluded me... It was nagging me on jeans... I observed it carefully, understood its final anatomy, but could not figure how to sew it. As I only have sewn 2 or three time for ultra simple things, I am not really familiar with it, and could not find how this seam was named...
Now I know, and thanks to you, I technically know how it is done now. Thank you so much ❤
It’s definitely tricky how it looks. And if you try to dissect the seam of ready to wear jeans, it’s often sewn differently since it’s done in one step with a specific machine. We can’t sew it like that with our home machines. There is a way to make it a one step process but it’s not quite as authentic. Happy sewing!
@@SewSewLive Thanks for the precisions. What matters to me is that it looks the same as the one you can find on ready wear jeans, even if the internal is slightly different ☺
@@ninie6156 Exactly! I’m glad it’ll be useful.
I've always french-seamed my shirt jackets because I felt like they make alterations like taking in or letting back out a little easier.
Nice foresight! I think I’d rather seam rip French seams than overlock too!
Thanks for clear, concise and informative video. Would love to know what model your Juki is and what your pressing equipment is.
Thanks for watching! I use a Juki 8700-7 and the iron is the Hot Steam gravity fed iron SGB-900.
If you set the seam before turning over, it is easier to get a crisp edge
Always!
I prefer the French seams since I don't need to trim it after I've sewn the fist part of the seam.
So true! But gosh that flat seam is so nice sometimes. Hope you're well, Walter!
I am using a prequilted, reversible fabric and am hoping flat felled seams will make the project reversable.
Yes I think that will work. One thing to watch closely is when you cut that pre quilted fabric, watch that the quilting doesn’t come unstitched before you get to sew the seam. If you have the space in the seam allowance I’d stay stitch the seams so the stitches don’t slowly come undone. It’s a big pain to re-stitch it! Good luck! I’m making a Bomber jacket from some reversible pre-quilted fabric starting tomorrow live!!
Your technique appears so clean, too bad it's lost on people watching on small screens or with old eyes. I wish people showing sewing seams or any tips in general would use two different color fabric and a high contrast color thread. Oh well.
Hi! CZcams added a feature where you can now zoom in on a device. Like a phone. Pinch to zoom in and out.
The fabric has a white back and a blue print front for contrast. The thread is also contrast but it’s less important since we’re mostly focused on seams and the amounts.
The thumbnail may not be the most visible but the video has some considerations like those you mention.
You can also turn your phone sideways to get a larger view.
I have old eyes too! I hope these may work! I’m always striving to do better and I’ll consider your comments for other videos. Thanks for the comment!
FF seams kill me at the catch of jeans. I have a walking foot Juki so the machine is no issue but getting two flat felled seams into another one is a lot of denim!
I know what you mean! I've been using a hammer and it helps more than I thought it would. But sometimes it's pretty sketchy!
I can’t see what the heck you’re doing on that busy fabric with matching thread. 🤨☹️😯😳
It’s contrast thread! But you can pinch and zoom in if you are watching on a phone or tablet that has that capability. (It’s a new CZcams feature!) Or watch on a regular computer.
I'm guilty of not pressing them, that's why they do not look as nice and neat.
Haha!! I’m guilty of this most of the time too.