How to Hand Sew: Slip Stitch & Blind Hem | Craftsy Sewing Tutorial

When the sewing job calls for hand stitches, look no further! Learn how to hand sew with the slip stitch and blind hem stitch on your projects in this quick tutorial. Learn more tailoring skills from Angela Wolf --- craftsy.me/1OA9YiJ
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Handsewing is a great skill to have in your toolbox! I'm going to show you a couple stitches that every sewer should know!
Hi, I'm Angela Wolf! Let me show you two versatile hand stitches: slip stitch and blind hem stitch.
For both these you only need a single thread, so I will pull out about this much - too long of a piece of thread will get twisted and knot up. Cut the thread and tie a knot.
Slip stitch is not only great for hemming, but attaching lining, trims and much more.
Begin by hiding the knot within the hem allowance fold. Starting a quarter of an inch away - grab one or two fibers from the fabric and then take the needle straight across into the hem allowance fold - then slide the needle along the inside of the fold - exiting it about a quarter of an inch away.
I will do a couple more stitches - again grab a thread of the fabric and insert your needle into the hem allowance fold.
Notice how all of these threads are in an even diagonal and on the right side of the fabric they are almost invisible!
To finish, take your needle back through where that last stitch just came out on the hem allowance. Pull the thread until you have a loop about this size, and run your needle through twice, and pull it tight to make a secure knot. Leave a thread tail and insert the needle into the hem allowance to bury it an inch inside.
Now you have a perfectly slip-stitched hem! Even with contrasting thread you can't see the stitches on the right side!
Let’s move on to the blind hem stitch! Although you can do this with the sewing machine, sometimes sewing the hem by hand looks better and you really can’t see the stitches from the right side of the garment - so it's a true blind hem!
Start by folding back the edge of the hem allowance about a quarter of an inch to half an inch.
Grab a stitch from inside the hem allowance. Then moving forward about 1/4" grab two threads from the fabric. Then go back to the inside of the hem allowance, grab a few threads of the fabric and go back across to the right side of the fabric.
Continue to go back and forth, being careful not to pull these threads too tight. Take a close look -- you can just barely see the stitches from the right side.
To finish I put my needle straight across - slip it through the loop twice, pull it twice and hide the thread tail - that's it!