Burda Style For people who sew

It’s often quite tricky to hem anything curved or round depending on severity of the curve and type of fabric. Here are two tricks to make it a bit easier. The first works well for those slight curves and the second may be better for the more severe ones. forum

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  Aug 24, 2010, 09.02 PMby Melissa Prosser

  Very good tutorial. I’m a beginner and I just did a project (not so pretty on the inside, but looked fine on the outside), that I could have used this for and probably done better! I like that you showed more than one way, and more than one type of curve, too.
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  Jul 17, 2009, 12.06 PMby nerissas

  This is just great, great, great advice. I am excited to try it. Thanx!!
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  Feb 10, 2009, 06.12 AMby amibambini

  Brilliant, exactly what I was wondering.. Burda you are tops!
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  Nov 13, 2008, 09.44 AMby thora47

  Wow! thank you; my Jakob was threatening to look very bad – relegated to forever being a tucked-in kind of shirt. Now everything is fine.
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  Aug 23, 2008, 01.05 PMby sweetscraps

  This is terrific. I will definently try this. thank you so much.
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  Aug 20, 2008, 01.21 PMby giffengood

  thanks so much!!
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  Aug 16, 2008, 08.37 AMby pippa

  Thank you! I wish I’d seen this before I made the Andre shorts. I struggled with the curves on the outside of the hem, and this would have helped a lot!
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  Aug 14, 2008, 12.24 PMby safeclothes

  I’m not sure exactly what sort of circle pieces you had to sew together, but if you need to completely hem a circle i would refer to this how to on Appliqued Flower Pillows. You sew the two right sides together and then flip them. I think the method above might be a little hard for complete circles. As for ‘pull the bobbin threads’, yes, pull the bottom thread in order to gather the fabric, as you would for making anything gathered, a skirt top, whatever. hope this helps.
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  Aug 14, 2008, 12.12 PMby elastikgirl

  Thank so much for this exact how to. It’s memoried….
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  Aug 14, 2008, 07.53 AMby carlatv

  Thank you Thank you THank you!
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  Aug 13, 2008, 03.00 AMby peaudane

  Thanks for this very useful how-to!
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  Aug 12, 2008, 07.05 AMby tresjolie

  i’m so grateful to you for this how-to!

  when you say ‘pull the bobbin threads’ do you mean pull the bottom thread (while leaving the top thread alone) on the garment’s hem that you just sewed?
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  Aug 10, 2008, 05.31 PMby maldrich

  Thanks for answering the How-to Request!
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  Aug 10, 2008, 09.59 AMby dianacirne

  This a really nice and useful how to! Thank you!
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  Aug 10, 2008, 09.32 AMby marmota-b

  Thanks for answering my request!
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  Aug 9, 2008, 12.00 PMby karencilla

  i like this, these methods are more professional. Thanks! this helps too!!
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  Aug 8, 2008, 10.49 PMby sewiknittoo

  can this same concept be applied when sewing circles? For example the other day I had to sew two circular pieces of fabric together and the results…were not pretty.