Beginner Sewing Basics: Sew & Finish 2 Seams

1. Introduction: I tell me you're welcome to this lesson on how to sew to basic seems that super beginning, frankly, on TV, too. So in this class you'll learn how to say a basic scene and a friend scene and then also have to finish him off in a professional way. For this lesson, you need some threat. A sewing machine scrap far Brooke to practice on pins to help keep the fabric together and a pair of scissors. 2. Sewing a Plain seam: So let's get down to the basics. What is a scene? A seam is the joint where two or more layers of fabric are held together with stitches. Seems a really important because they join fabric together and have an impact on how your garment looks and the durability and quality off your finished piece. The most common on Easiest seem to start with is what we call a plane. Seen a plane seem is one Niner stitching that joins two piece of fabric that all right sides together. This allows the same announced with raw edges to be visible from the inside. Let's get started and how to create the scene. So the first thing you want to do is grab to scrap piece of fabric and placed them one on top of the other right sides together. Now we're going to measure how much we want us. Ive announced to be a seam allowance is normally stated on a pattern on the rule of thumb is to use 5/8 of an inch. You can use tailor's chalk or a pencil to mark these points. Then we'll once up in the fabric together so it's easier to handle at the same sheen. This gives us a guide on wetter, so we're going to so a straight line from the top to the bottom. So over the sewing machine, you want to lift up the price of that. Place your fabric underneath it. Seven Needle is in line with our seam allowance. You're sewing machine will also have a guide for different measurements to help you. We're going to start this very back stitching will do this by selling a line of stitches and then going back on them to secure the threads, allowing us to so the rest of the scene without anything coming loose. Remember to take the Pinza as you so and when we get to the end, you want to do the same as what we did to start with. Buy back stitching again to secure the threads and cut any loose ends. This is what it looks like after I cut off police threats. As you can see from the right side, the fold is nice and flush, and we have joined two pieces of fabric together, and now he's successfully sold a basic plane seen 3. Finishing a seam with Pinking Shears: finishing the seam allowance prevents the fabric from fraying when worn and makes the garment that neat and professional from the inside. There are a few ways of doing this. On the most common scene. Finishes are using pinking shears or using an over locker. If you're a beginner, I recommend using the pinking shears unless you already have an over locker so you could buy this type of scissors, which is called pinking shears. And they have a zigzag looking blade that helped prevent the fabric from frame fold. The fabrics of the seam allowances are touching each other and, using the pinking shears, cut off a small amount of the seam allowance, leaving enough to be compressed this open later on. Once you have cut off, will want to take it to an iron and press the seam open so it will sit nice and flat. This is how it looks after its been pressed. I love how flat it sits on the effect of the thinking shares. It's really nice 4. Finishing a seam with an Overlocker: The second way of finishing a basic scene is to use an over locker, and this is by far the most professional, endurable way to finish a scene. If you're starting out, it might not be necessary to buy an over locker because it can get quite expensive over lockers. Also known a surges trends, and so's the seam allowance Inside a threat casing, which is made up of four separate threats. You can also serve a scene with an over locker, not just finished the edges of the seam allowance. But for this purpose, I'll show you how to finish the scene. We've already so So you want to have the seam announces together and put their under the over locker foot. Place the foot down. And so, as you normally would, using a sewing machine, you'll see that the blade at the end or cut off any excess fabric and in case the whole edge. Once you got to the end, run a few stitches and cut off the excess. You want to threaten the access through the stitches to prevent it from unraveling. And then, well, I in this black, as you can see, it looks super knee on from the inside. It will be very durable. So he's saying a basic plane seen. But now I'm going to show you how to sew a French scene. 5. Sewing a French seam: a French seem is a little more complicated. But once you get the hang of it, it becomes super easy to do a French seem needy tux Any raw edges within the scene that we so So when selling a French seen your that she want to start with the wrong sides facing together and then so a basic seen like we did to begin with, remember to back stitch at the beginning and end. Then you'll want to trim the seam allowance and press the same flat. Now we'll place the right side of the fabric together. So the basic scene we just created is in close. Within this new fold, offer a pin. I always like to open the layers of fabric to check a smooth scene, and now we're going to. So a line of stitching pinna half an inch, or enough to make sure that seem, is definitely enclosed on no bits of poking through. - Remember to take your pins are as you so on back stitch at the beginning and end. - Once you have done this, presses seemed to one side, and you can just see how professional and durable this looks. It's my favorite way of finishing a scene because it last so well and works great with lightweight fabrics 6. Recap: so that is two basic seem types and how to finish them in a big in a friendly way. I hope you enjoy this lesson. There are so many different C and types you can play with. It just depends on how you want your government to look and lost.