The beauty of hemstitching
It can be done on the newer machines but a machine can never
match the beauty of work by the human hand.
The Fabrics-Store offers a weave that goes by the name IL041.
It is an open-weave linen that lends itself well to hemstitching,
with sturdy threads in the weave, for using to do the stitch.
My hemstitch process in unlike most that's seen in instructions.
I add an extra step to provide a more balanced tension.
Needle under selected threads
Needle picking up 2 threads
of the folded hem, and 2 stitches
of the garment.
Needle goes over selected threads
and into the same 2 threads of the fold,
and 2 threads of the garment.
After the hemming is stitched,
the garment edge only is also
stitched to secure the weave.
It is also possible to hemstitch a tightly woven fabric:
I have used heavyweight, densely woven linen, IL037 to make bread bags.
The bag allows the bread to "breath" preventing mold while
keeping it fresher than in the fridge. It will dry out eventually
but keeps for a couple of days.
I learned to do this from articles on The Thread - the blog of
Fabrics-Store: Bread Bags Revisited.
The heavy linen needed openings, to allow a drawstring to pass
through and close tightly. A simple sewn channel creates more
bulk than is desirable, for my taste. Not everyone will like
ruffled end that imitates a plastic bag of bread,
in which case the tutorials on The Thread show a plain hem
channel for the drawstring.
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