Flat felt seam

Sew a seam finish to keep your fabric from fraying. Learn to sew an overlock seam without a serger, a French seam and a flat-felled seam.

When it comes to a seam that conceals all raw edges, French seam and Hong Kong seam finish seem to be first that come to people’s mind. But I think the flat felled seam deserves equal accolade. Flat felled seam is, well, flat. Unlike French seam and Hong Kong seam, there is nothing that sticks […]

Tutorial: Lapped Seam by ohbabylee (for fabrics that don't fray such as felt and leather)

How to sew a flat felled-seam

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I decided I wanted needed to make myself a new denim skirt but I was a little nervous it was going to look home made. So I incorporated a couple of fancy Flat Fell Seams to help give it a professional look. Have you ever looked at the seam on your jeans and wondered, "How'd they do that? Where's the raw edge?" Well, wonder no longer. While I was working on my skirt I took a couple of photos so I could share this fun sewing technique with you. Believe it or not it's really not as hard as you…

There are many different types of seams that can be used to sew fabrics together. This post discusses how to sew a flat felled seam.

This week I'm covering Flat felled seams. This is a great option for seams that need reinforcing. I'm talking jeans, men's shirts, any seams that will be put under a lot of stress. They do take longer to sew, but they are totally worth it. Here's how.

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Do you know what is a hand overcast seam (also reffered to as whip stitch seam) and how to sew it? This seam is an easy technique used to finish raw edges of fabric. Use a thread and hand needle and go ahead. To learn more, read my blog post.

Flat felled seams are strong and sturdy, perfect for tailored shirts, trousers, and denim garments. Use this technique when extra durability is needed.

A flat felled seam or run and fell seam is a sturdy seam used for apparel. Most notably in jeans and workout apparel. Here's how to sew one!

Sheila asked an excellent question in the comments. She wanted to know the difference between a flat felled seam and a french seam. The m...

Don’t know how to call it but that’s what it is: a pocket with flap in a seam: I wanted to topstitch it, preferably in one continuous line. This means that the pocket must not be completed fully, otherwise you would close the pocket while topstitching. Below how I did this. Sew the pocket flap and attach the pocket lining to it. This is the side of the pocket that will be to the wrong side of the front coat when finished. I used one layer of fabric and one layer of lining for my flap, as the…

I have several pair of jeans that are perfectly good jeans, but just a size too large now. I've lived with them like this for a couple months now, thinking they weren't ill-fitting enough yet to make it worthwhile to ditch them and buy new ones (from a thrift store, of course - I don't really do new). However, recently it got to be too much. Why did I work my butt off (literally!) to lose all this weight just to hide it in baggy jeans? So I decided to do something about it! Here's what I'm…

A lapped seam is formed when one fabric layer is lapped over the other and topstitched in place. This tutorial will show the basic lapped seam. This seam can be used when stitching a regular seam is difficult such as when sewing a blouse yoke or curved pieces.