What is a blind stitch?
A blind stitch refers to traditional techniques for hand or machine sewing. These methods aim to make the stitches invisible, and they are used for sewing up rips, tears or open seams or for making a hem in any garment.Closing a SeamAccidents happen, and a seam in a garment may give way under pressure. In addition, a common task when making a stuffed toy is the final closing of the seam. Craftster.org/forum offers a hand-sewing tutorial for closing a seam as unobtrusively as possible. The method requires making a number of very small blind stitches around the edge of the opening and drawing up the stitches to close.Hand-hemming a GarmentProbably the most common application of the blind stitch is for hems. A hem blind stitched by hand and using thread the same color as the fabric is almost guaranteed to be invisible. Begin by pressing the hem up all the way around, then turn the hem to the back so that the fold formed by the garment is on the left and the free edge of the hem is on the
