i bought a foot, said it was a rolled hem foot, and I don't understand how it works...can anyone help me...maybe I'm calling it a wrong name.(I thought that is what it was called)..what I'm trying to do is sew around a piece of satin material to make a sewn edge.. but I tried feeding the material thru the edge of the foot and its not working.. if need be I could try taking a picture of the foot it that would help anyone... thanks for any advise

Google how to use a rolled hem foot. I found some videos online that show how to use it.

There is definitely a learning curve with this foot. Get out some scraps so you can practice.

Good luck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdDysubNrdM

Here's one, there are more.

That one needs practice.

Satin can be a challenging fabric.

Thank you for sharing this. I have the foot and never had any idea how it worked. Will have to go try it later.

yes, it needs practice. the trick is to hold the fabric up and to the left of the foot/needle.

Maybe try it with scraps of cotton first, the satin is much slicker and harder to work with like bearisgray said :D:D:D

I agree here. Satin can be a beast under the best of circumstances.

Theree are also several different sizes of the rolled hem foot. I have three or four sizes. And yes, satin is a difficult fabric to work woth.

Thanks for this video. I'd sort of got it to work most of the time, but this is a great practically fool proof way at least on cotton.

I just got one as well from a Quilt shop I work at and I've been practing with scraps. I got it to work but I have a long way to go.

I am sitting here saying to oatw13, "I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!" Thank you so much for posting the video! I had no idea there was a foot that could do that and even if I knew about it, I wouldn't have had a clue how to use it.

I have fourteen very large pieces of fabric that I needed to have hemmed by this Thursday for my sister. She is the state rep for a major non-profit organization and puts on fundraising banquets all over the state (over $700,000 last year was raised through the fundraisers, just in this state), and she has been using patriotic fabric for tablecloths, but they didn't have a hem on the bottom side. I took them from her on Wednesday and she is picking them up on Thursday morning. I told her I could do it, but have been dreading all the ironing, so I haven't started yet. I am going out tomorrow and buying one of these feet and practicing. I figure this just cut my time in half. Again, thank you SOOOOOO much!

Satin is probably the worst choice of fabric to learn how to use this foot! Practice a bit on cotton to get hang of feeding the fabric.

Thank you for posting this site. I have tried for years to learn how to work with this foot and it seems that the foldiing before you start is the key. I will do a practice piece soon so I won't forget.

I just used my yesterday for a hem on a PJ top for my granddaughter, and I have used it alot, but still struggle with it at times. It certainly does have a learning curve.

I went right out and bought this foot. I have lots of cotton to practice on, so I am going to give it a try this evening!