10 Seam Finishes Without a Serger || Basic to Couture

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No serger? No problem! Here are 10 seam finishes with no serger needed!
From basic to couture, these finishes can help you finish the insides of your garments for a more professional look!

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Sewing Machine:
Janome HD3000

Gravity Feed Iron
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Camera: Canon Rebel T5i DSLR Kit 18-55mm
(similar model Canon T6i DSLR Kit

Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

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GVM 560 LED Video Lights (2 pack)

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Blue Yeti - Silver (voiceover)

PowerDeWise Professional Grade Lavalier Lapel Microphone

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - 01:15 - Introduction
01:15 - 02:06 - Pinked Edge Finish
02:06 - 02:40 - Zig Zag Finish
02:40 - 03:18 - Turn and Stitch Finish
03:18 - 04:22 - Flat Felled Seam (machine)
04:22 - 05:37 - Self Bound Seam
05:37 - 06:09 - Bias Bound Seam
06:09 - 07:35 - Ad
07:35 - 08:15 Hand Overcast Finish
08:15 - 09:21 Hong Kong Finish
09:21 - 10:12 Mock French Seam
10:12 - 11:08 French Seam
11:08 12:02 - Closing
12:02 - 12:35 Sillies

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[MorganDonner]

As a non-serger owner, this video speaks to me 👌👌

[argusfleibeit]

I made a bunch of dresses 30 years ago, French-seamed them all. The fabric wore out before any of the seams deteriorated. I'm still wearing the survivors.

[heliumowl]

Praise be there is a mock French seam! My innate desire to make life for myself as difficult as possible has been satiated!

[dexaria]

I love doing French seams but the hardest part is remembering to sew the original seam wrong sides together. I always make at least one screw up on every garment 🤣

[mishkalarsoncreations]

Thank you for this - I am 62 and have been sewing since I was 5. My grandma and mom taught us - my grandma’s family were tailors/seamstresses. My grandma would fly from her grave if unused a serger. This finish has always been associated with what we now call fast fashion. She made a lot of custom gowns and dresses for women in the 30s, 40s and 50s. She would never have considered serging any of those garments - it would have been perceived as tacky. She always said, why would you spend the time and money making a special garment and then not finish the inside to be as beautify as the outside. Some makers think get mad at me for my distaste for serged edges. Unless you’re pre-finishing a puffy quilted fabric so it it’s unwieldy, I see no reason to not take the extra time to properly finish a seam.

[ClaraZijlstra]

Haha the silent judging of your dead serger

[unnamed_B]

french seams in french are "couture a l'anglaise" je sais pas pourquoi mais je suis fière d’être française. And a french curve is a "pistolet", french is just increadible, lmao <3

[Cassiterit]

That mock french seam one is spectacular. I bet that one is also easier to do on pieces with curves than a regular french seam is! And it warmed my heart to hear the snippet of "All I Ask of You!" <3

[aliciacose]

Your video has very valuable information, but your singing got me hooked!! Perfection!!!

[SnappyDragon]

Some irony : I watched this while hand-sewing flat felled seams, on a dress with about 10 yards of them. Thank you for a lovely video, which I am sure will save me much frustration on projects where I am willing to use a machine :D

[carolmasonsherrill]

You're a wonderful teacher!!! Keep teaching!!!❤️ You are so dear, !!!

[marisaganguzza]

Loved this video! As someone without a serger, who can't stand unfinished edges on their sewing projects it's great to see a concise, hands-on demo! This was so helpful! Thank you!!!

[dymphygoossens]

I really enjoyed this video. What I did in the past was do a fake serger seam: first doing a zigzag-stitch as in this video, then adding a straight stitch over it.

[Chibihugs]

I think I am in love with the look of the mock French seam

[marystavenhagen]

Great speaker, fluent, and very easy to understand.

[ninad]

I can’t tell you how many ufo projects I have because I couldn’t bother to hem or finish the seams. You’ve inspired me to get them done! Wonderful video as always :)

[rachaeltinker]

My favorite finishing techniques right now are all done by hand... I'm not couture; I just left my sewing machine in America.

[Bo-kqtn]

I've never felt anything harder than the judging look at your serger lmao, also this was the most understandable and easiest seam tutorial I've ever seen, I know which seams to use on my cropped jacket project now!!

[piccolodi]

I save time by using pinking shears to cut my pattern pieces.