The Hemmer Foot

My sewing machine, a Janoine professional quilter, came with a box full of attachments.  There are all these shiny sewing feet and finally last night, I decided to try one of them out.

The Hemmer Foot

I was wanting to put a small rolled hem on a sleeve for a blouse I am making.  Rolling it myself was making the hem too large, so I pulled out the hemmer foot.

 

The width of the hem is based on the back of the foot, that little grove, which I believe is a 1/8 inch.

 

So...here's how it works.

First you have to start a little roll and them manipulate the fabric into that twisted curvy thing on the top of the foot.  The fabric needs to "touch" both sides of the inside of the foot (see picture below).  Pulling the fabric across that opening allows for the fabric to be pulled into that curvy thing and then the magic starts to work.

 

 Then out the back of the foot comes this perfect tiny little hem.

I did find that if I put too much fabric into the foot that it did a twisted hem or if I had some fringe on the fabric, it showed in the hem (see photo above).  But overall....I loved this foot and will definitely be using it more often.

My favorite foot is still the 1/4 inch for piecing and the standard foot for general sewing.

So what is your favorite sewing foot?