The flat felled seam is a versatile seam, especially good for making a reversible shirt. This tutorial shows you two separate techniques - the first is one commonly used by home sewers, and the second is the one used by professional tailors.
Just updated your iPhone to iOS 18? You'll find a ton of hot new features for some of your most-used Apple apps. Dive in and see for yourself:
How To:
Sew you own pair of easy, Victorian style bloomers
How To:
Make a Military Bugle Cord Decorative Knot
How To:
Draft a Basic Pant Pattern
How To:
Disassemble your home sewing machine for routine maintenance
How To:
Crush velvet
How To:
Maintain your sewing machine after it's been in storage or unused for awhile
How To:
Tie a Japanese bow knot
How To:
Make a Solomon Bar decorative knot
How To:
Do the Wheat Stitch
How To:
Measure a woman's hip circumference for a suit
How To:
Make a baby bib
How To:
Sew quickly by hand without using a sewing machine
How To:
Make Homemade Microwaveable Foot Warmers
How To:
Draft a Basic Bodice Pattern
How To:
Thread a vintage Kenmore sewing machine
How To:
Wrap embroidery thread around a bobbin
How To:
Machine baste on a Singer sewing machine
How To:
Sew basket liners without a pattern
How To:
Tie a quick Rope Shackle
How To:
Create a small capelet out of a vintage felted sweater
How To:
Sew you own pair of easy, Victorian style bloomers
How To:
Make a Military Bugle Cord Decorative Knot
How To:
Draft a Basic Pant Pattern
How To:
Disassemble your home sewing machine for routine maintenance
How To:
Crush velvet
How To:
Maintain your sewing machine after it's been in storage or unused for awhile
How To:
Tie a Japanese bow knot
How To:
Make a Solomon Bar decorative knot
How To:
Measure a woman's hip circumference for a suit
How To:
Make a baby bib
How To:
Do the Wheat Stitch
How To:
Sew quickly by hand without using a sewing machine
How To:
Make Homemade Microwaveable Foot Warmers
How To:
Create a small capelet out of a vintage felted sweater
How To:
Draft a Basic Bodice Pattern
How To:
Wrap embroidery thread around a bobbin
How To:
Tie a quick Rope Shackle
How To:
Sew basket liners without a pattern
How To:
Thread a vintage Kenmore sewing machine
How To:
Machine baste on a Singer sewing machine
1 Comment
This is cool, and I appreciate learning about this method. But doesn't this method mean that the width (or circumference) of your article of clothing will be 1/4 inch larger for each vertical flat felled seam?
Share Your Thoughts