How to Sew a Blind Stitch

By Daniel King
Daniel King

Daniel King has been working in fashion design for decades. He has worked as a trainer for one of the world leader's in CAD software for the apparel industry, and he has a B.S. in apparel design/fashion merchandising with many years of pattern development experience. King is experienced in all areas of apparel development and production.

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Sewing a blind stitch requires folding a hem in, sewing on the inside of the fold and catching very small pieces of each side with the needle for an invisible seam. Sew a blind stitch, using a matching colored thread, with a demonstration from a fashion designer in this free video on sewing.

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Hi, there are many different ways to sew by hand and the different types of stitches that one can use. Sometimes you want to see the stitch and sometimes you don't, and that's where blind stitch comes into play. Hi, my name is Daniel King. I'm a designer, pattern maker, and sewer. A blind stitch is a stitch where you can actually stitch something together but you don't really want to see it. Now I'm going to do a quick demonstration, but I'm using a contrasting color thread so that you can see it, but the object is not to be able to see it. So for instance, here on this pillow cover, I have a whip stitch where you can see the stitching. This is a certain technique that you can use, but we don't want to use this. We don't want to see the actual stitch. So by doing a blind stitch, where you have the two pieces of fabric together, and you go inside of those two, and you just catch a little bit of the one side, and a little bit of the other and try and push in between them to bring the needle out in between. You're catching the two ever so slightly and then pulling. That will stitch the two together without actually seeing the stitch. Now, some people find that you go out a little too far, but if it's the same color fabric, it's barely noticeable. So I'm going to do that again. Catch one side, catch the other on the inside, push through and bring the needle out between, not over, but right between the two, and bring the needle out. And once I've done that, then the two pieces are together but you don't see it. It's on the inside. Now that's just a little bit about a blind stitch. You can also use this on hems, so you don't see at the hems of pants. My name is Daniel King, and good stitching.