Chiffon Scarf: Left Handed Hand Rolled Hem Photos

hand hemmed chiffon scarf

I went to San Francisco recently to do some wedding shopping with my big sister. I insisted we visit Britex Fabrics. I bought a short length of Italian printed silk chiffon to make a scarf for my mother. Using the Coletterie tutorial, I have hand hemming a shot.

Begin with a machine stitched edge

Fix your work to hold it taut

Trim off the excess

Roll in the machine stitches and make a slip stitch: long

Short slip stitch opposite it

Loose stitching

Pull stitches taut

Rolled edge (wrong side)

Flat edge (right side)

Hand rolled hems in the wild: Hermes silk twill scarf right side

Hermes scarf wrong side

I am pretty pleased with how it came out (for a debut effort). I will share pictures of mum modelling it as soon as possible.

It didn't take too long and I would highly recommend trying it if you are a "scarf person!"

Edited to Add: of course I find this after finishing, but here's a video from Hermes showing a worker doing their hand-rolled hem. A few interesting notes: She pins the work to a fabric-covered weight, She uses paperclips to 'pin' her edge as she does a corner, it shows the corner process. You see her long needle, you see she snaps her thread in her hands which along with it's thickness and drape suggests it is cotton), she's wearing a thimble on her sewing hand (she's right handed). So definitely watch is video and do what she does.