I see your video is about a year old so if you've already figured the following long ago, or perhaps have an even better method now, then please ignore the following. Otherwise I hope these hints are helpful... You might find it a wee bit easier if the first fold is only 1/4-inch and the second fold is the "hemmer width". This allows the hemmer to actually "turn the hem" which is what a hemmer foot should do for you if it's earning its keep - it is, after all, the only job it has! 🙂 You might like to try, to start with, soft-creasing up just once at the hem-width + 1/4-inch. (For example, if the hem is 5/8-inch soft-crease it up at 7/8-inch.) Then practice feeding it in the front of the hemmer as you stitch so the soft-creased fold is going inside the hemmer so it runs along the inside of the hemmer's right-hand curl. At the same time, a little way in front of the foot, you can use your left hand to manually turn under 1/4-inch. If you hold this just a little taut it will "hold the fold" enough in advance of it feeding into the foot which "encourages" about the right amount of fabric to then fold under the left-hand curl inside the hemmer. The foot is meant to then "hold both folds" for you and feed them right up to the needle to be stitched as it is fed out the back of the foot. If you're going to iron up both folds in advance anyway it would be easier for you to get a nice line straight line of sewing as close to the top fold of the hem as you like by using the seam guide that attaches to the bed of the machine. Unlike most of today's machines these older ones had the seam guide attachment as a standard accessory and they work really well.
Yeah, I could definitely use some more practice at this for sure. Next time I want to use the spoon hem feet I’ll give some of this a try! Thank you for watching!
Try creating a angled piece of fabric to thread through the hemmer then the foot should do all the work
I’ll experiment with it! Thank you!
I see your video is about a year old so if you've already figured the following long ago, or perhaps have an even better method now, then please ignore the following. Otherwise I hope these hints are helpful...
You might find it a wee bit easier if the first fold is only 1/4-inch and the second fold is the "hemmer width". This allows the hemmer to actually "turn the hem" which is what a hemmer foot should do for you if it's earning its keep - it is, after all, the only job it has! 🙂
You might like to try, to start with, soft-creasing up just once at the hem-width + 1/4-inch. (For example, if the hem is 5/8-inch soft-crease it up at 7/8-inch.)
Then practice feeding it in the front of the hemmer as you stitch so the soft-creased fold is going inside the hemmer so it runs along the inside of the hemmer's right-hand curl. At the same time, a little way in front of the foot, you can use your left hand to manually turn under 1/4-inch. If you hold this just a little taut it will "hold the fold" enough in advance of it feeding into the foot which "encourages" about the right amount of fabric to then fold under the left-hand curl inside the hemmer. The foot is meant to then "hold both folds" for you and feed them right up to the needle to be stitched as it is fed out the back of the foot.
If you're going to iron up both folds in advance anyway it would be easier for you to get a nice line straight line of sewing as close to the top fold of the hem as you like by using the seam guide that attaches to the bed of the machine. Unlike most of today's machines these older ones had the seam guide attachment as a standard accessory and they work really well.
Yeah, I could definitely use some more practice at this for sure. Next time I want to use the spoon hem feet I’ll give some of this a try! Thank you for watching!