Seam Finishes Session 1: Overview

With just a little extra effort, you can take every project from homemade to professional grade by simply adding seam finishes. Why do you want to finish your seams? Well, it's time to go beyond the basic seam. And in mastering your seam finishes video, we're going to show you three key reasons for adding a finish to your seams. And more importantly, you're going to learn when and when not to finish the seam.

Since the seam is the basic element of all sewing, we need to make sure that we know how to create a perfect seam. So, you will learn how to create perfect seams each and every time you sit down at your sewing machine. The easiest way to finish a seam is with the simple machine seam finishes. They're fastest and easiest finish of all, and today, you will learn eight different options for this finish. Then it's on to encase seam finishes.

You will learn to enclose the seam within itself. Now that sounds very complicated but it's really easier than it sounds. and it looks incredible. Finally, we're gonna wrap it up with a bonus project: a super simple tote bag. This project is a prime candidate for encase seams, and in this case, we're gonna do French seams.

It's the perfect choice for easy, durable, professional finish. And the bag will be stronger, lasts longer and look great from the inside. No more raveling. It's gonna be professional grade. As another benefit, you will learn how to make an easy-lined pocket which is another professional touch that you can put in your sewing toolbox.

As always, you're going to have several PDFs available for download. So get ready to become the master of seam finishes.