Noseeum hem

[hippofeet]

I finally got to the point I can roll as I go most of the time. But that is after many 10 plus hour days at the machine. I find I get lazier, and cheaper, as I go. Still, mesh of any sort is my least favorite fabric to sew.

[Jazilla]

I hate to say I'm a perfectionist but I try hard as heck. I dont know why I stress over it so much but I waist a lot of time rolling. I roll and pin the whole edge over once. Then I go back to the beginning and fold and pin a second time giving me my rolled seam. It's soooooo slow but it makes uniform seams.

Nothing like having perfect seams then crooked lines. I have ripped out whole seams cause they where too curvy. Yes I know I am loony toon.

[hippofeet]

That's not looney. that's just caring about what you do. If I am having problems, I will pin, glue or hand baste. Am about to make a quilted winter coat, and that is going to involve a lot of straight line stitching, going through the machine at odd angles. So far the hardest thing I have made was a thick vinyl truck tarp. It was hot out, the vinyl was sticky and did not want to slide across the machine bed. The rolled material got so big I had to sew a bit, then stuff it through, then sew a bit. I won't do vinyl anymore, except for boat seats maybe. I have never cussed so much sewing something. And the customer was a perfectionist so it had to be right on. One of these days I will get a long arm walking foot.

[thedavil]

I used a rolled hem with a zig-zag stretch stitch to make my snakeskin on a lower tension setting...worked like a charm. At first I was putting paper towel under the mesh to keep it moving through the presser foot, but I realized that keeping the fabric stretched tight on both sides and taking my time worked just about as well. Other than that I just pinned it every foot or so and rolled as I went.

[raiffnuke]

I find that if I just fold over once and hem, then fold on the seam that I just made to make a rolled hem, that my hems come out nice, straight, and even every time. And I don't have to fight the material not staying rolled as I sew.

[streamline]

I worked on a couple projects over the weekend with noseeum and tried to just roll hem. A bad side effect of my machine was the damage the feeder feet were causing to the fabric. To fix this I just used some tracing paper I had laying around between the noseeum and the feet. It fed through great!, and the paper tears right off. I also prefolded and ironed the roll hem, this helped a lot as well.
I will still use grosgrain for some of my edging, it just ads a nice edge and helps with the visibility of them. I was working on a couple gear stash designs and the grosgrain helps you visually see the edge of pockets and gives you something to actually grip.