I have some lovely silks I am making into shirts, skirts and scarves.
It would look best with a rolled hem, but I have never learned how, and my Grandmother who taught me how to sew is not available to show me. So I now turn to the Dope, my source of knowledge, with the question: should I buy a rolled hem foot? learn to do it by hand? I could even try using a serger. I plan on doing this a lot.
Hmmm. Here is an online guide for a machine stitched rolled hem.
Their directions are very close to what I do when I’m needing an easy hem. The more you do it, the better you get at it, and so the width of your hems can decrease (plus you can eventually get to the point where you skip the first few steps. I’m to the point where I hardly ever have to measure, press, and mark the whole thing out. I roll it as I sew it, and press at the end. If you sew a lot for yourself it gets almost instinctive).
A serger wouldn’t be that great for scarves, but if you’re planning on doing a lot of clothes-making, one would come in very handy. It saves you the time of going back to finish the seams.
I learned to make rolled hems with an attachment on my mother’s foot powered sewing machine. I still have a similar attachment for my electric machine. It takes a little practice, but the hems are about an 1/8" wide when finished. I can’t do heavy fabric with the attachment, but silk, cotton blends, and fine linen work fine. No measuring, marking, or trimming, I just leave a 1/4 - 1/2" for the hem and go. 