Sew a handkerchief hem
I'm here to talk to you about the handkerchief hem! When designing the Iris dress I wondered about the finish to choose for the ruffles present in versions B and C! I first sewed my prototype with a classic hem but I found this finish a little too "rough", I wanted something finer, lighter. So I decided to finish Iris's ruffles with a handkerchief hem!
What is a handkerchief hem? (And no, it's not a hem in which you can blow your nose! Even if it would have been very useful to me during my husband's speech ;) ) It is a very fine hem that you can will use for finishes on very fine fabrics or to finish ruffles, frills, as in the case of the Iris dress!
So let's go!
First of all we will mark with the iron a first fold wrong side on wrong side 1 cm from the edge (or less according to the instructions of the pattern).
Then, we will make a seam as close as possible to the folded edge (1 to 2 mm).
Then we will cut the seam allowance as close as possible to this seam (1 to 2 mm).
We will then make a second iron fold along the cut edge.
Finally, we're going to make a second seam to secure the hem. We stitch on the first seam.
And there you have it, your handkerchief hem is finished!
You can now sew a pretty handkerchief hem onto the IRIS dress !
Happy sewing!