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Oh I love those too! It’s so great to have something playing in the background. 😊

Oh that’s awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know. God bless and Merry Christmas 🎄

I’m so glad it was helpful

Thank you !! ♥️

Yes, 🙌 always remain calm. There is an answer. Sometimes a few answers. ♥️ Thanks for watching!

I think you are right. 🤗🙌 I would have to go back and watch to remember but I’m pretty sure you are spot on. 😀

Yay! That’s awesome! I’m so glad it can help you in this exciting time. Congratulations on your daughter’s upcoming wedding and on finding the dress. And how amazing that you will be able to help her with the perfect fit. Happy Sewing and God bless! -Christa

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I’m so grateful to have you on the journey with me. ♥️ To find where to put the button and loop (eyelet) I just pull it up many times trying to figure out where it would work best. Every dress is different. Sometimes it’s hard to find the perfect spots.

Congratulations! How exciting! And 3 weeks! Wow! You got this. So glad I could help during this amazing season of your life. Happy sewing! -Christa

@ her dress was perfect and she was so happy with it. Thanks for your help!

I would probably mark with safety pins and then when I turn it inside out, I would mark with chalk. Or even then putting pins on the inside, Then remove the safety pins from the outside 😊 Hoping this works for you.

@ thank you!!! Thank you for the tutorial. It was exactly what I was looking for.

I love it! My favorite type of sewing. However, I never get to create anymore since I’m so busy with alterations. That’s one thing I want you to add to my 2025. Time to create. Thank you so much! Have a blessed day.

Congratulations! That’s exciting. Being in an actual Bridal Shop will give you so much knowledge about the industry and all that they go through in the selling and the ordering process. It will really benefit you on the alteration side of things. This coming year I hope to have lots of new videos that can benefit you. ♥️🤗 I’m excited to get to be part of your journey.

@christasdressshoppe Thank you so much, I'm really look forward to it! 💖

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That’s so exciting! It is so freeing to be able to set your own hours etc. You will love it! I will create some video for those types of alterations. 😀

Oh my goodness! Are you ready for winter. ❄️ I’m not. I don’t know why it took me by surprise. This is the season. I guess I was just busy getting things done and I didn’t think about winter. lol You guys get much more snow than we do here in Southern Idaho. Happy Thanksgiving by the way! 🍁

@@2Minababe I’m so glad the video will help you! ♥️ I’m so sorry about losing your mother. It’s so hard. Thank you for your kind comment. And congratulations on your daughter’s wedding. It’s such a blessing that you can work on it for her.

Most tulle dresses work best with an American bustle of one form or another.

I do only alternations at this time. However, my business started with custom gowns so it is something I used to do. Maybe I will get a chance to do that in the future. 😊🥰

Oh gosh, that all depends on where you serve your community. There are variables between alteration charges depending on the economic area you live in. Other variables that could be involved are if there are additional layers and what they are made from, or what the volume of the skirt is. But just to give you an idea how the range between bridal, bridesmaids or other formals might go. Possible amounts I would charge if it was a basic bagged hem. Bridal - starting at $250 Bridesmaids (usually they are not as full) - $95-$120 Prom, other formal (usually have more volume/fullness then bridesmaid) $120 to $150 These are loosely estimated I hope that helps you figure out your pricing. Look through other comments on this video or other of my videos. I have broke down a way to figure out your prices quite a few times. You should be able to find a comment with much more detail. 😊 Hope that helps! God bless and happy sewing! -Christa

Yay!! ♥️ You are sew welcome!!

Thank you!

Thank you!! I just found some similar buttons in a pack of mixed crystal buttons at Hobby Lobby. They were not quite as good quality, however, I used them on many gowns this last month and they looked great on the gowns. The original ones I get are from JoAnn’s. You can get them online at JoAnns as well. Many blessings! -Christa

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Oh thank you so much!! 😊 Many blessings!! -Christa

You can get free tips from me if you want.

That’s awesome! Yay! That makes me so happy! Happy sewing! Let me know how it goes.

Is there a trick to turning it at the hem side.

Hello 👋 😊 Open up a lining side seam to then pull it to the inside out position. Then sew. Then pull back through the side seam. 😃 No worries! We have all done that. lol 😅

Thank you!! I’ll have to show that on the next chiffon gown I do. I’ve never been super exact with my tension. I tend to just bump it up or down as needed for fabric or thread type. It helps if you have a scrap of the exact fabric to run a practice stitch on before putting the garment in. 😃 Thank you so much for watching and for a great question to talk about on video.

Hello 😊 Great questions! I used a seam gauge way back in my earlier days. 🤔 But I’m trying to think why I stopped. 🤔🤔 I don’t know. Maybe because I always have a measuring tape around my neck and it’s just easy to grab. 🤷‍♀️ The tissue paper idea is a great tip!! I’ve done that in the past. And especially on hard fabrics or to start out a rolled hem that’s on a slit. To keep the it from bunching up into the plate. Thank you so much for two great tips!

Well thank you! You are so kind! 🤗 Thank you so much for watching and making my day with that sweet comment.

That’s awesome! I’m so glad that it turned out great. Thank you for your beautiful comment. ♥️

Thank you!! My iron has a guard. I learned the hard way years ago and never put a bare iron on my projects. That guard acts as the cloth. It keeps it from scolding. I believe it’s called “iron glide”. 😃

“I see said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw”- 😂 my dad said that too. lol 😂 Yeah, it still scares me a bit at first. It takes me a bit to map it out in my mind. Where I will cut and pull up etc. I probably spend too much time thinking it through. But better safe than sorry. lol

@@christasdressshoppe I do the same! I call them “church dresses” I cuss a bit and pray a lot. Had a lady laughing ask if hers was a church dress. It was ALOT. I told her nope. “Revival dress” It took all week. 😈 You know that we have to laugh. Enjoy those terms on Debbie from Alabama! ♥️

@@debiperkins love it!! That’s great! Especially the revival dress. 😂 I’ve had many of those.

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Great advice!! Yes, how they stand makes such a difference.

Me too! 😊

That’s awesome! Glad I could show you a way to do it when there is too much beadwork. Or the appliqués are hard to remove. Yes, in the good old days LOL, all my bodice alterations had me removing the appliqués and beads. But that is also when the base structure of the gown was made out of bridal satin. I tried doing the same to these new tulle bodice gowns. Sometimes it works ok to “peel back” the appliqués and do the alterations. And I do peel back the appliqués for many alterations, such as the shoulder seams. However, many times the appliqués are so stuck to the tulle that removing makes more of a mess. Thank you so much for watching! God bless and happy sewing! -Christa

I do have a question. If the boning is going to be where the dart will go through do you take it apart to the point where you can put the dart in then resew the boning back in place?

I love it! We all need a Duke 👑 to “lord” over our sewing projects. 😂 ♥️ 🐈 🐕 Yes! I’m getting so many bagged hems these days as well. I don’t know why so many designers are doing them. 🤷‍♀️ Have a beautiful day! -Christa

Thank you Laurie! I’m so glad you learned a new way. 😊 Have a blessed day! -Christa

Thank you so much! Congratulations on your daughter’s new engagement! 🎉 🥂 ♥️ Time depends on how many layers, how many appliqués and/beadwork needs to be removed and then replace in the new location. And it could take a different amount of time depending on the seamstress. I think I worked on this one off and on for a week. It was a much harder one than most. It had all the challenges possible. lol Cost will depend on all those things as well, and also depend on your location and the cost of living in your location. I’ve seen hems like this range all the way $250 to $500 and maybe more in big cities. But whatever they charge, just know a lot of work went into it and it’s worth every penny when she walks down that aisle. 🤗😊

That’s so exciting!!! Thank you Shay! I am so glad you found me!! I’m so blessed to have you on the journey with me! 😊

Hello ♥️ Yes I don’t mind. In fact I think I have a video showing one of my invoices. I’m trying to remember which one. Let me think and I’ll get back with you

It might have been on the sewing tip- transferring a diagram. I show my invoice in a few different videos. But I will try to show it again in future videos

Oh my goodness. 🙏🏻 Be careful with silk. Water stains it. So go slowly and carefully. You might also think about adding a decorative panel either on the bottom or at the waist. This could extend it and look like it was part of the design.

Yay!! I will check that out. Thank you Debra!

You can sew each layer closed. A gown that has a slit from the factory should have a seam at the top of the slit. Close up the seam all the way down to the hem or if the bride wants a smaller slit, close it to the length she wants. If for some reason there is no seam above the slit, you will have to create a seam in that location on each layer. I hope that helps. 😊

Thank you so much! 😊

Love it! These are great ideas! The microfiber cloth is perfect. And picking up and sorting beads with the needle is amazing. I do that to sew, why have I never thought to do it to sort the beads?!?! Amazing! Thank you! Have a wonderful day! -Christa

Thank you!