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LOL! Then you understand my excitement!! I have since found that some of these pins seem to have little burrs on them. I just toss those in the garbage as there are SO MANY left! 😆

Oh thank you for not cutting corners here and following my directions!!!! ;) It makes me happy to hear that the cute petal sleeves turned out so well! As for your question regarding curves, I think the tighter the curves, the more ‘fiddley’ the fabric would be in getting it to fold without puckering. That would be a matter of really working with the bias to try and get those threads to squish together more tightly. The good thing about sewing it with the hem side down is that you can use your feed dogs to your advantage by possibly holding your fabric taut, allowing your feed dogs to sort of pull any extra fullness through a tad more than the outer layer of fabric. Then a good press (and cooling with a towel or something) should help it to not ripple. Hope that makes sense! Thanks for watching, commenting, and hopefully subscribing ;)

Thank you so much for your comment, Kelley! I hope you have subscribed so you don't miss out on my videos. You're right about chiffon....it's great if someone else has prepared it, but when we have to hem it, it's a different story ;) So glad you found me and good luck with your sewing! <3

Yes, these people ARE a treasure!!! They're so fun to work with. I appreciate your comment, so thanks for taking the time. I've heard of the lighter-sealing method. I'm afraid that this ribbon would have just burned up, rather than melted. But now...I've got to go try it out to see if it works on this stuff ;) LOL! If I did a lot of end-finishing for ribbons, I might try it out. But this is one of those once in a while projects. What I didn't show, though I know I took footage of it.....but now I can't find it....was that each of those little ribbon loops that holds the D-rings, I reinfoced with a separate narrow piece of material that is underneath the ribbon, wrapping around the ring, and holding most of the strain that might happen in that area. So the concern for strain on those little loops isn't a concern any longer. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I hope you've subscribed! <3

Big congratulations on your anniversary! We just celebrated our 25th also ;). I’m so glad you found my video. Let me know if you have any questions and I wish you the best of luck transforming your dress! 💕

So glad you found this helpful! Yes there were TONS of extra beads that I saved from this dress!!! Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️

I'm so glad! Thanks for taking the time to comment ☺️

😆😆Silly! They don’t need to! You understand this is just a bias strip, right?! Even designer garments for the RTW industry don’t always match stripes or plaids😉

Hi there! I'm not sure what type of cape you are needing, but do you already have a pattern? Are you doing this without one? In my mind I'm envisioning a short cape, like the downloadable pattern you can get here: www.stylearc.com/shop/sewing-patterns/sussex-cape-dress/?srsltid=AfmBOoqwwysORFQ8kvB1qMK4SB6R_SmAFZf4xwoQS2zYer0JQY59GiNW I've not yet used this pattern company, so I don't know how easy or not their patterns are to use. Or...if you want to try and draft one on your own, and can filter through information that might not be what you need, here's a video of my 'sewing guru' as she shows how she made this same sort of cape (she shows how she uses an already made pattern and changes it, but you'll see the shape of the pattern and maybe can dummy one up for yourself to see if it works. Please make a fake garment first before you try it in chiffon!!!) ruclips.net/video/Y9xilQgF05w/видео.html As long as you have a pattern to guide you, you most certainly can hem the chiffon as you need. Please practice doing it first though! Good luck!!! <3 <3 <3

@@SewDarnedFun thank you so much for this advice!!! 🥰🥰🥰

I truly hope it helps! ❤️

That's a great question with probably many answers, none of which will be easy and quick if you're doing this all by yourself. There will be a lot of trial and error, I think. Please bear with me as I try to explain my thoughts. And maybe out of this, you can determine what might work for you. First, lots of dresses have that chiffon outer layer. So I'm going to approach this assuming you have a sheer layer. When there is a sheer layer, those types of fabrics usually (not always, but most often in my experience) have a bias stretch. There will be some point on your skirt that goes along a slight curve at the hem, and this is probably along the bias. The bias is unstable and will want to stretch a bit as it hangs. That's why I don't recomment just laying it flat and marking it for hemming. When you lay it flat, the bias retracts, and may make those areas shorter than you intend. So, unless your dress is a cotton, or stable fabric, try to mark it while it's hanging (preferably while you're wearing it). If you feel the fabric is stable, AND if you think the factory hemline is actually straight, not higher in the back and lower in the front etc, then you can figure how much you want it shorter and just measure that much all the way around while it is flat on your table. BUT.....let's assume that's not the case. You need to have some sort of mark, or way to measure your hemline against something that doesn't move, so that you can try and get accurate markings all the way around. Maybe put a piece of tape with a marking of your desired length on a door or wall (if the dress is shorter than floor length) and fold your hemline up (just do the outer layer...you can measure your inner layers against this one later after it's hemmed) and pin it. Try to turn and compare this marking on the tape on the wall with the sides, and again fold the hem up trying to match this mark on the wall and pin it. It will take pinning, unpinning, and pinning again. It will be a process, so don't be mistaken there. If the dress has way too much fabric to fold up and pin, then cut off a certain amount of inches that you know are extra, making the extra you're working with much more managable. Now, if the hem is to be floor length, then I would put the dress on, and visually mark where you want the length to be and pin it up....doing this all the way around. I'm afraid I have no easy method off the top of my head, so these are just my first thoughts on how you might accomplish this. If you come up with any other ideas, or links, please put them here so others might be helped, too! Good luck and I hope some of this made sense, or might have helped you with a new idea that will work for you. Thanks for watching and commenting! <3

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!

You’re very welcome. I hope it’s helpful to you.

You’re welcome! So glad it was helpful to you!!!

Yes! I think the hanging is SO important! I’m glad you found this video to be helpful :) Thanks for watching ❤️

You're so welcome! Thank you for taking the time to drop a comment! It makes me smile when people let me know my content is useful. :) <3

So great to hear! Good luck converting your skirts. I hope it goes very well for you. Thank you for taking the time to comment!

There isn't a reason I would do that when I can get to it by turning the jeans inside out. The more time I spend plucking out seams, the more I have to charge my client. I try not to steer things toward costing more, if I don't have to. But, if you find it difficult to work on the inner seam, then you certainly can pluck out the outer seam first ;) Thank you for bringing up this option.

@@SewDarnedFun well... I do it only for myself and I don't use any pins. So, it's pretty simple and fast with always good results. There is another way to do it, but I haven't tried it, yet. Maybe sometime later if needed. If you are interested, try to search RUclips "Few people know this secret. How to narrow jeans and preserve the original seam"

I watched the video you referenced, and first of all it has nothing to do with opening the outer seam in order to work on the inseam, as per your first comment!!! ;) This is an interesting way of taking in the inseam, but the outseam also must be taken in, so the pants will be balanced and angle correctly on the leg. This is a shortcut 'hack', which I usually don't do for my clients in my sewing business. I focus on quality alterations, and I can see how the wide, flappy seam that this shortcut method creates, might be irritating and bulky. Also, there is a little pucker where the stitching lets out...you can see her ironing over and over it again to try and get it to lie flat. The coloration of the jeans she is using helps to hide this.Thank you for referencing this video, but it's not a method that I can see myself doing. HOWEVER, I can imagine that some home sewers might want to try this method for a quick fix ;) Once again, thank you for watching and for your comment, as well as your video...for an alternative method, if someone wants a short cut.

@@SewDarnedFun when I do it for myself I measure every millimeter, so my job is absolutely perfect. I didn't try that what showed in the referenced video because I don't have any jeans that are too wide, but I am planning to try it some day. What is good about that method that you don't have to recreate that double seam. That's the main thing. Thank you and good luck.

That's a great question! I look at the clock and write down the times that I start and end. If I get interrupted, I guestimate the interruption time and subtract it from that particular time block. It can be truly difficult to keep track of time when there are many interruptions. I didn't keep strict records of this dress, that's why I have the estimated time range spent. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching :)

Great use for the faux fly! Have fun and thanks for watching and commenting!!!

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for leaving a comment!

If you look at the 7:00 minute mark, I make a quick mention of what I 'could' do, but went the more professional route. If you have a sleeveless dress, this would be a good quick way to do it. If there is a sleeve, you will still have to pluck it out at the shoulder seam, take up the shoulder, then figure out if you want to add gather, pleat, etc. to the top of the shoulder, or take the entire sleeve out and take it in on the underarm, then reshape the sleeve to reset it. The quickest way of course, would be to add gathers or a nice pleat at the top of the sleeve head. Hope this helps a bit! Thanks for watching :)

@@SewDarnedFun Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! I hope it was helpful to you!!!

I don't quite understand your question...sorry! In the video you can see that I pin the hem of the dress while my client is wearing it, making sure that it is the same distance OFF THE FLOOR all the way around. Then when I put it on my dress form, I measure from the floor up, once again, and adjust how the dress is hanging off my dress form, to make sure that the hem is the same distance all around, so I can chalk mark it on the same line. If I didn't answer your question, can you please rephrase it so I can try and answer you accurately? Thanks!! :)

@@SewDarnedFun I thought the seams were on the grain, sorry. I thought it makes sense because the grain holds position and bias doesn’t. Thank you very much for the answer!

Well I don’t know if I adequately answered your question or if I even quite understood what you meant ;) A seam is where any two pieces of fabric are sewn to each other. This can be either on the straight grain or on the bias. If the question here is in regard to how this dress hangs unevenly at the bottom edge, for this particular dress, it’s probably because of how it hangs on the body AND possibly uneven hem from the factory (ALL TOO common!) I hope something in what I wrote makes sense you! Please ask if you have any more questions and thank you for asking in the first place 😊

LOL! They're probably cousins!!!! <3

😆 LOL! I’m glad my video is of help to you! Thanks for your awesome comment! 😉

OH PLEASE DON’T cry! 😢 (Though I understand where you’re coming from!) Truly I hope my video will help you to get a successful rest. Let me know how it all turns out, and dry those tears! ❤️😊

Hi there! I plan to make a video in several week addressing this specific issue. What you will need to do is lower the armhole. You can do this by tracing the front and back of the existing armhole and making a template. You’d have to make sure the garment is lying absolutely flat and not skewing the shape. If you are taking the shoulders in 1” on front and 1” on back, then you will position your templates 1” below the old armhole (added up it will actually equal the 2” you took in). Then trace around the templates, blending the shape into the old armhole about half way up or so. I hope that helps a bit! I have a video that does include lowering the armhole on a summer dress that I am making. Here’s the link… maybe it might help a bit! Start watching at about the 10:40 mark and it will show on a paper pattern the same steps you can do on an actual dress. But I’m using a French curve ruler rather than a template. ruclips.net/video/VfLQNnAmHtg/видео.htmlsi=eFoiVRXi6F7JDjMs I hope this helps you! 💕

Thanks for watching!

Good luck! I hope it works well for you and thanks for watching! 💕

Thanks for your tip! Yes I have used this method on pants. For dresses I have yet to have a wearer that doesn’t hold perfectly still! So marking accurately all the way around has been challenging. ;) And with chiffon, I need it to hang to measure it. I have hemmed chiffon (many times and years ago) flat on a board, only to have that darned bias mess up the straight hem line. That’s why I prefer marking it while it is hanging or being worn. The method you mentioned might be very useful especially for someone who doesn’t have the benefit of a dress form, especially one that can change height. Thank you for posting your tip! It’s definitely one worth knowing.

THANK YOU for taking the time to tell me this. I'm SO happy that this video helped you to successfully hem your friends dress!!!! Such good news, and I'm glad you shared it. I hope the wedding goes well!! <3

LOL! A REAL hedgehog, or a stuffie??!!

Hi there! Thanks for watching. There’s not one place my general rule of thumb comes from, but rather, many places. Of course every fabric stretches differently, so the ratio can vary with different fabrics! Sometimes more…. Sometimes less. ;)

What a wonderful idea for even a baby dress! Wish I could see your pics. Thanks for sharing :)

Your feedback is SO important to me, in knowing if what I include is useful to viewers or not. I'm SO glad that what I included is information that you needed!!! What a coincidence that we both are interested in making the same dresses...WOW! Both are cute dresses, each with its own benefits. Thank you for your very kind words, and the time you took to leave a comment for me. I hope you keep watching and are subscribed. Please let me know how your Chair dress turns out! (if hindsight is worth anything, for my dress, I probably wouldn't have been so aggressive with my shoulder angle, I think I took 1/2", but would probably back it down to more like 1/4". I find that it rides rather tightly at the edge of my shoulder and wants to slide up) ;)

Thank you for commenting! It's a cute skirt! I hope you have a successful sew of it, and let me know how yours turns out!

I’m glad you found me! Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you’ve subscribed! There’s more videos coming out regarding this dress :)

Keep watching so make sure you are subscribed and notifications turned on! My client will be in the next episode of this dress project!! Thanks for your comment!

Wow, your dress sounds AMAZING!!! My bride also has scoliosis, so you and I both are addressing the same type of fitting issues. Your custom 'dress form' sounds great! Thanks for describing how you made it. I'd love to have you follow along with this series, and offer any input from your experience with your petite friend! Thanks for commenting!! <3

Thank you so much! The bride is very pleased so far, I’m happy to report. You will see her in the next installment in this series!

I hope that what I do is helpful! If you have any questions, please ask. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Good luck with your sewing adventures!!!

Yay! I'm glad someone is interested in this project. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!! <3

Thanks for letting me know. I will go check it out and see if I can change the link. Incidentally, you can use any t-shirt type pattern for this purpose. I just happened to have this one. ;)

Johanna, comments like yours make my heart SO happy! Knowing that all the time and effort put forth in getting videos recorded, edited and published are actually useful to people, makes it worth the time spent creating them. I'm very happy that you had an outstanding outcome with your first ever chiffon hem! Hurray for you!!! Congratulations! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to comment and share your positive experience <3

Hi there! Every region will be different depending on your cost of living. I hesitate to state any price here, but I will in this case. For a loops and laces WITH modesty panel, my basic, usual charge currently is $150. This is subject to be higher if I need to take an adjustment in the back waist (which is common) or any difficulties dealing with extra layers that might be below the waist in the skirt area. Also, if I need to buy fabric and supplies that I don’t have, would need to charge more. So that would be my basic charge, going up from there. Hope that helps you a bit! Thanks for watching :)

You got this! I’m so glad you found me! I wish you the best of luck for a great outcome! ❤️

There are so many different styles of ‘bustiers’ that it’s impossible for me to comment specifically on the one you have in mind. Of course, the main thing would be if it’s possible to easily get in between the layers, or if all layers are stitched together , with boning slid into channels. In short, the concept of this video would work, but in practicality, you’d need to check and see if you could get inside the layers to perform the needed cup reduction ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

Good luck! I hope you find it to be easier than you think ;) Just have patience with yourself and the process ❤️

@@SewDarnedFun in your opinion do you think I should keep the back long and only hem the front… tapering off? I’m only sewing about 4-6 inches off. That’s what I want to do and I don’t have anyone to help me measure it while I’m in the dress.

@@kimberchick8527 If you want a bit of a train to drag on the ground you could do this. Otherwise you could hang it on a hanger, above the ground…. Maybe on a door, and rig some padding in it to fill it out like a body would (I use rolls of bubble wrap and batting when I have some). That way you might be able to measure from the floor up. Maybe this makes sense, or maybe it doesn’t. Otherwise if you want it the same length in front and back you’re going to have to guess, by taking the average measure lent you come up with in the front (as often chiffon could measure a couple inches difference within a short space!)