Don’t make the garment too short, though! Leave several inches to prepare your blind hem.
Stand on a stool or table and ask a friend to put a few pins at the correct level.
Use water-soluble pencil, pen, or chalk. Alternatively, you can mark the hemline with pins.
Again, you can use a water-soluble pen or pencil, or do this with pins.
Some experts suggest sewing this fold with a basic straight stitch or finishing the raw edge with an over edge or zigzag stitch, but this may not be an essential step. [1] X Research source
You can remove the previous pins and use them to secure the folds.
Alternatively, buy a universal blind hem presser foot for your machine in a sewing shop or online. These feet are fairly inexpensive and a good choice if your machine does not have the blind hem presser foot. [3] X Research source Make sure, however, that it fits your machine. Check the product specifications before buying: they’ll usually say which machines it works with. If you can’t find a presser foot for your machine, you can still make this hem! Skip to sewing instructions in Part 3, Step 2.
Put the machine feed dogs on the inside. Place your fabric on the machine as in Step 1. Make five straight stitches, and then one stitch to barely catch the fold. Continue around the hem.
If needed, go back and redo the sections where there is a missing stitch.
