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Hi, I'm Jennifer from Workroom Social and today I'm going to show you how to sew a flat felled seam. A flat felled seam encases the raw edge of the seam allowance and this is a very common way to finish seams that you see on jeans and on sportswear.
To demonstrate that today, we're going to need to identify the wrong side of the fabric. So I'm just going to mark my two wrong sides. I'm going to start by sewing wrong sides together. I'm going to sew a 5/8 of an inch seam allowance. So I'm lining up my fabric with the raw edge on the 5/8 guide on my seam guide, and I'm just sewing a straight stitch. I'm using a 2.5 millimeter stitch length. I'm just going to go all the way down to the bottom.
Now, so we have our wrong sides together and our right sides with the seam allowance up. So the next thing I want to do is to just finger press this seam open, so it lies a little bit flat, a little flatter. Then I want to trim one side of the seam allowance down short because we're going to encase it with the other seam allowance. So I'm going to trim this down and leave about between 1/8 and 1/4 of an inch.
Now, to hide all these raw edges, I'm just going to take this larger seam allowance and fold it under, and then fold the whole thing over, so everything is hidden. Then you'll just pin it in place, and then you can just move up your seam to do the whole thing. Of course, if you're uncomfortable doing this by eye, you can get your seam guide out or ruler and measure this fold so that it's all nice and even.
So we have our seam in place, and then we're just going to go to the sewing machine and stitch close to this fold all the way down to secure our seam. We'll go back to the sewing machine and I'm going to lower the presser foot and I'm just going to eyeball close to this edge. Now when you're doing this, you can always use the edge of the inside of the presser foot as your guide for an edge stitch. Or my presser foot has little notches on the right hand side that are also really useful reference guides.
Okay, and there we have our flat felled seam, and this is the right side. This is the wrong side. Of course, depending on your preference, you can always choose to use this seam look for your right side, if that's what you would prefer, and put this one the wrong side. It's really up to you. But that's how you sew a flat felled seam. - Jak na to + styl
For a guy who hasn't sewn anything in over 5 years, this simple, step-by-step video took the fear out of doing my current project! Thank you very much for sharing.
This is the best kind of how-to youtube video. No long-winded introduction, no overt product placement or advertisement plugs, no frosting. Just a concise yet detailed instructions with good zoomed-in close-ups of each individual step.
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I would add that pressing the fold (prior to the final stitching) gives an opportunity for a really straight sew. You can see it flat on the ironing board and even without a ruler, you can visually spot any bits that are not even. It obtains a much better result.
After many searches I found your tutorial while hunting how to join fabric. I'm not a beginner sewer but have lots to learn. You're video taught me what I needed to make a beautiful seam, my first flat felt. Thank you!
Mind blown... I just thought a seam was a seam was a seam. This is incredible!!!!
love the way you teach. thanks for your time and talent. Pat G.
I had NO idea that this was the name of the stitch! I don't remember learning it, but it was what I always used to add linings! And that knot to start, seriously, never ever saw this before! LOL! My mother sat me down with needle and thread - in 1949. I was 3. I made most of my clothes in high school and onward - until health problems stopped it. I still love to sew though. Thanks for a great demonstration!
Thank you soooooooo much for the help!!! this was, indeed, very helpful, and easy
I've been doing this seam for a while I just didn't know this is what it was called. Just something I started doing because I thought it would make it a bit stronger (minus the trimming part - I knew there had to be a way to avoid them being so bulky. I'll remember that tomorrow when I am sewing.) This tutorial was still very helpful to show me the best way to do it. Thank you. This may be my favourite type of seam. :)
This girl is probably the only helpful host of all the howcast videos
Hello, I am very happy that I learned this method from you, I used to see it in the men's shirt but I did not know how to sew.
But I see in the men's shirt two lines from the front and the back, in the video there are only two lines on the front, how do I make it two lines from the front and the back?
Thanks! and I love your wedding ring!
Your video was the most clear and easiest that I have found for the flat felled seam. I love your scissors - where can I get them?
Thank you for this excellent lesson.
I watched billions of videos, none of them was clear as this. Thank you so much
Thank you! I needed to use this seam but did not know how. Thanks.
Good video, but this method of trimming one of the seams makes the seam less strong - therefore not suitable for many fabrics.
Thank you for sharing your experience I hsve learned so much
love your demo. very clear. thanks a lot.
Beautifully explained. Thank you.
I like this lady a lot. Her tutorials are straight up concise and cogent, and her presentation isn't "all about her". Thank you.
Btw if you have trouble doing the fold over and under, an iron helps.
So helpful - easy to follow - thank you 😊
Brilliant thanks very much, I have got really long ones of these to do.
Very nicely explained. Thank you for sharing. Blessings
Awesome thank you for the tutorials!!
I needed this for my homework
Me too
Same here 😂
Thank you for such a nice tutorial. 👌👌👍👍
Exactly what I needed - thanks!
The part I was missing was folding it flat to one side. Very helpful thank you!!
Thank you! Super helpful!
Great informative video. Thanks
Very interesting! (I wonder how they do this for production jeans manufacturing because this is relatively labor-intensive.) Also, I really appreciate how your editors shorten up the clips so that we don't have to watch the machine stitching the entire length of the fabric!
They use a double needle machine, with a folder that eliminates the second pass, as well as the trimming. One pass and it's finished.
She does make a good video! However watching a sewing machine that runs smooth and quiet is pleasing to watch also, sadly her machine doesn't run that smooth and quiet.....mine do, but they're older than me is why they do🙂
Nicely done 👍
thank you for doing this video!
This is awesome. What is that marker? I need it in my life.
Very helpful, thank you!
Great job
Sorry if I already asked, but I am trying to make a tote bag with handles, is it possible to make french seams on the side and flat fell seams on the bottom. I know how to make them, but I don't know how to make them "intersect" at the bottom. What and where do I sew first, etc
Good
yay simple, thank you so much!
Thank you
thank you jennifer!!
I think this can also be done right sides together esp if its thicker fabric
Thanks a bunch.
Thanks so much, big help 💛🙏🏻👍🏻😊😊😊😊
wow super explain mem thank you
how would you do something like this on say, king size flat sheets to sew them together?
thank you
Thank you.
So nice
I really hope I'm wording this right but here goes. I am making a blanket and needed three yards of fabric. The bolt (I think that's what it's called) only had enough for two yards so they ended up giving me what was left on the other bolt which was one yard. So now I have two pieces of fabric, one that is two yards and one that is one yard. How would I go about stitching them together so I'd have three straight yards?
It would probably be better to find a way to make the blanket more symmetrical by perhaps sewing three separated yards together like three blocks instead of one long, two yard block and one short, 1 yard block, if that makes sense... So it is visually consistent. The flat felled seam in this video should work to reduce bulk and if your blacket is just 1 layer, but if that isn't an issue and the blanket yardage is only going to be seen on the right side (like if you are adding a backing, etc) a regular seam would be fine since you wont see the raw edges anyway. Just remember that sewing pieces of fabric together will reduce the size of the total blanket because of the seam allowances.
very good
thanx !!!
Yasssss thank you
thanks. good vid :)
What was the white marking pen that was used in the video to mark the x's so easily? I'm looking for a good marking pen/ pencil. Can someone please help me out?
Most likely just something like tailor's chalk. You should probably be able to get it at the store you get your other sewing supplies
nice!
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Is there a difference between this and a French seam?
I would appreciate one video that ACCURATELY explains and illustrates the differences between French seams and flat-felled seams. There's a lot of inconsistency in the terminology used in CZcams videos that feature one or the other of these seams. I even have had the impression that the two terms were interchangeable, but now I don't think that's the case.
you can use some double sided tape to hold the sides down
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I need a tuttorial of how to apply french seam on a man shirt
Will this type stop fraying?
yup
I'm new to sewing, how could I incorporate this into my projects?(:
with creativity
In pants or skirts like Jean skirts. It's a very common jeans hem.
I noticed that my button down shirts' sleeves also have a flat felled seam . Does one need a special machine to duplicate that look , or can it be done with a domestic machine ???
Yes you can. some people use a coverstitch sewing machine which is more expensive than a regular sewing machine. coverstitch is faster than doing it with a regular machine. coverstitch machine have to needles but you can get a machine that cover stitches with one needle. I am currently doing it the harder slower way using either a french seam or a flat fell with my regular sewing machine.
Thank you very much
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Pins should be placed at right angles to the seam, then the machine will easily sew over the needle.
Merelina Ponsonby I'm always curious, most say everywhere "never sew over your pins". Just wondering why so many would say not to but some that have been sewing for a long time do it.
Thanks for any answer you can give.
@@2010stoof This is an ancient comment but I'll answer it for the future. Sewing over pins is -generally- okay as long as they're going across the seam (90 degree angles), but the major risks are the machine sucking up a pin and jamming, or breaking pin/sewing needle and having needle shrapnel flying. Personally I'll sew over thin pins without problem but I suggest to newbies not to. One of those "learn the right way then break the rules later" things.
Also if you see over pins you can mess up the timing mechanism of the mechine
Would not a fabric with 2 distinctive front and back be alittle easier to explain?
But won't that make the seam visible? Since it's the same view from front and back. I am a new sewer learning from CZcams videos haha.
Yes. This is an example of a seam that has to be visible but making it more visually pleasing.
This is actually a mock flat felled seam. But the flat felled seam, whether mock, fake (faux), or true are designed to look better than a regular seam. But the true flat felled seam also adds alot of strength which is why more high end jeans manufacturers use it. Most other jeans that are normal priced either use a faux or a mock flat felled seam to look like a true flat felled seam that jeans should have for it's strength. :-)
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Seems like it could almost make a waistband.
whawhat the hell is a 5 8th on an inch please ? 1cm seam allowance?
+greenyeyedgoldy Approximately 1.5 centimeters.
hahaha
Google " 5/8 in to cm "
Lol because my studio is this neat and tidy
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I thought a true flat felled seam did not have your first line of stitching, then relied on two passes of your second stitch line.This means that when viewed it looks the same both sides and each side has a line of top thread next to the folded edge and a line of lower bobbin thread further in, so you have to test stitch first to make sure thread tension makes matching stitches. Not sure what this stitch is called, but it is a perfectly good stitch, and is easier, so fine unless you are being fussy!
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If you drive in Rome and look in the back mirror you see the Italian version of it.
The sound of this machine makes me cringe. No plastic machines! I way prefer older metal model with there nicer stitch and solidity.
this isn't a true flat felled seam
crimson35124 then what is it.....
You’re right, that’s not a real flat felled Seam.
thank you so much ugh textiles class is so annoying
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This is not a flat felled seam. 😄
Then what is it? Why is it not a flat-felled seam?
riduculous
That's not a true Flat felled seam
agh use an iron please lol
I think you wanna learn first how to sewing ferfactly