How to Sew a Rolled Hem With a Rolled Hem Attachment

Sew a neat rolled hem edge on handmade cloth napkins for your special occasions.

Sewing a rolled hem on the bottom of skirts, pants, costumes, cloth napkins and table linens reveals a clean edge and hides any fraying fabric within the double-folded hem. Sewing machine manufacturers have developed a rolled hem foot you can attach to your sewing machine to make completing a rolled hem even less complicated --- and without pins.

Things You'll Need

• Iron
• Ironing board
• Thread matching the fabric color
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Heat an iron to the setting in accordance with the type of fabric. Iron 1/8 inch of fabric along a length of 4 to 6 inches on the fabric's edge on an ironing board.

2. Insert a rolled hem foot into your sewing machine following the manufacturer's instructions. Lift the rolled hem presser attachment, or foot, and insert the 1/8-inch ironed crease of the fabric under the foot.

3. Pull the fabric gently into the curl of the rolled hem presser foot, and sew a few stitches slowly to ensure the fabric is rolling before you stitch it. If the fabric is not cooperating with the foot, assist by rolling the fabric over, making a tunnel or tube into the presser foot as you sew.

4. Sew slowly to the end of the fabric or rolled hem, snip the thread with scissors and trim the excess thread at the start of the stitch row.

References

• Colin008: Pfaff Sewing Machine Rolled Hem Foot
• Craft Stylish; How to Create a Rolled Hem; Shannon Dennis; August 28, 2008