Denim, an American invention, originated in France during the Middle Ages and was named “serge de Nîmes”. It is essential to use a needle that can penetrate the thick fabric without breaking or bending. There are various needle types for sewing denim, including heavy-duty needles made specifically for denim, universal needles, and denim needles. For lightweight and medium-weight denim, use a 90/14 needle, while for heavyweight denim, use a 100/16 needle.
Stitching tips include holding denim taut to prevent skipped stitches. If you don’t want to buy specialty needles, just ensure you have at least a size 90/14 universal needle (100/16 for thicker denim). For denim, a size 90/14 or higher is usually ideal.
For thicker fabrics like denim, canvas, or leather, a larger gauge needle is necessary, typically from 90/14 to 110/18. Fine fabrics like silks need a finer needle, while thick denim requires a larger, stronger needle. Jeans/Denim Needles are ideal for hemming due to their strong and sharp qualities. They are usually labeled 130/705 H-J.
When selecting a needle for your project, consider the weight of fabric and type of thread you will be using. For example, Sharps in sizes 2 to 4 are ideal for heming jeans or hand sewing on denim.
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Thanks for not taking 20 mins to teach this. It’s very frustrating to me when I go to watch someone’s tutorial and they spend 5 mins stroking their fabric/yarn and talking about details that aren’t needed to learn the technique and then keep stopping to talk some more thru the article! Gonna jump in with both feet here so wish me luck!! 🪡🧵❤
Thank you! This just helped me alter my daughter’s dress for a fancy dance last minute, I don’t think it’s strong enough for the thickness of the dress / bust area that I just worked on but hopefully it’ll stay together long enough for the pictures and the formal part at the beginning! She’s bringing a back up just in case! But she needs to wear this one to match other people for the purpose of this event, tomorrow!
Perchance can you recommend me a stitch for when you don’t have access to the back of the fabric? My jacket has pockets that are stitched to the outer layer of fabric, and they’re coming undone, but there’s also an inner layer, and probably some insulation inbetween, so I obviously don’t want to stich through all of that. I realise I can still use this stitch for that, but then how do you finish it off without access to the backside of the outer layer?