Vintage Sewing - Simple Sleeve Hems
Simplest Way to Hem Vintage Dress Sleeves
Vintage sewing patterns can sometimes provide limited instructions on finishing techniques, leaving beginners wondering where to start.
That’s why we’re sharing these helpful diagrams from a French sewing course taught in schools back in 1956.
These illustrations demonstrate the simplest and most straightforward ways to hem dress sleeves.
If you’re looking for instructions on cuffs, decorative turn-ups, or facings, check out the other mini tutorials on this page. With these tips, you’ll be able to create beautifully finished garments that you can be proud of
If you’re looking for a straightforward way to turn up the sleeves of a vintage dress, this simple technique can be done by machine or by hand.
First, a narrow hem is pressed under and stitched. Then, the hem is turned up a second time and stitched close to the hem edge.
Please note that the diagram only shows the open ends of the seam as instructions, so you can see how the hem is folded. The seam has actually been joined at the underarm seam first, and the hem folds over the completed sleeve end.
With these easy steps, you can achieve a neat and tidy sleeve hem on your vintage dress. Give it a try and see the difference it makes
Showing a lightly gathered hem with narrow binding to finish the raw edge.
Please not the diagram is showing the open ends of the seam as instruction only so you can see how the hem is folded.
Underarm seam is sewn before hemming!
This is showing a simple contrasting binding that is sewn with right side of bias cut binding to wrong side of sleeve (after underam seam sewn) then turnd to the outside and hand stitched with invisible slip stitches. or machine stitched close to the edge of binding.
This gives a pleasing and neat contrasted edge.
Please not the diagram is showing the open ends of the seam as instruction only so you can see how the hem is folded.
Underarm seam is sewn before hemming!
This is showing simplest way to attach lining to plain sleeve.
a facing is sew and turned to inside of sleeve. finish with a seam tape the use invisible slip stitches to join lining to the inside sleeve facing so stitches do not show on right side of sleeve.
