Sewing Tips: Turning & Finishing a Cuff

Video Transcript

"Hello! I’m Stephany of Stephany’s Simply Sewing. I’d like to show you how we finish off our cuff once we’ve attached it to our sleeve. I’ve been into my ironing board and I pressed my seam allowances down toward the cuff. I’m now going to open my cuff up just a little bit so I can fold down my seam allowance and then fold it over. This is the inside of my sleeve and the inside of my cuff. I’m going to go ahead and pin this down all along this edge, making sure that I have turned it and that my cuff is flat. There is a kind of a tendency to fold over just a little bit more than you need to, and you end up with a little bit of a roll on your cuff, and it feels funny for the gentleman in your life. Once you’ve pinned down this inner portion of your cuff, you can take it to your sewing machine and simply, as we’ve done so much on the garment, topstitch right along here, which will close your cuff opening. I will want to do a little bit of backstitching on this one because these stitches are not crossed by any other stitching, and we want to be sure that it’s secure. This is on the inside of your sleeve, so if you do happen to come up with a little bit of wrinkle or a little bit of a ripple in your sleeve cuff while attaching it, it’s not a major issue. It’s not really going to show once your gentleman buttons his cuff. Make sure you sew and make sure that there’s nothing underneath your needle. Because you’re working on a small item, there’s a tendency for fabric to get folded under there, and then you end up having to find your friend a seam ripper. It’s called frog stitching because you have to go rip, rip. That is the last part of putting on our cuff."