Regarding pants for you-Lands End makes a lot of their pants in a Tall
version.
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] nice hems
My method developed
of a sewing helper. I put the dress on (inside out, if I plan for it to
be unwashable).
Careful with this method though. When you put it inside out, the right side
ends up on your left and vice-versa, so if you're even slightly lopsided
(most of us are) your hem will end up longer on one
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:02:38 +0100, Claire Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
There are probably some really simple solutions that I haven't thought
of, but
do the list persons have any tips about getting long hems level?
this is what I do with floorlenght or longer medieval
I put my dress form on a stool, and mark the hem as if the dress form were
a person wearing the outfit. I mark this height by using a solid ruler
and measuring from the floor to my desired level. The longer the hem, the
closer to the floor I declare to be the level (remembering that there's
a
So I've finally decided I need to do something about my appalling hems.
I'm talking about getting them level, not actually sewing them. Especially
on dresses with large volumes of skirt (I'm rather fond of large volumes of
skirt) that are floor length or longer. For instance, houppelandes or
At 11:02 01/02/2008, you wrote:
So I've finally decided I need to do something about my appalling hems.
I'm talking about getting them level, not actually sewing them. Especially
on dresses with large volumes of skirt (I'm rather fond of large volumes of
skirt) that are floor length or longer.
Claire Clarke wrote:
There are probably some really simple solutions that I haven't thought of, but
do the list persons have any tips about getting long hems level?
Get a helper. I have a sewing buddy and we take turns crawling around
on the floor for each other when we need gowns
My method developed from a blend of laziness and perfectionism, and the lack
of a sewing helper. I put the dress on (inside out, if I plan for it to be
unwashable). Then I grab a chalk marker or colored pencil, and stand beside
my kitchen counter.
My kitchen counter happens to be just the
I put my gown on and see where the skirt is touching the floor and put
a pin there. If I need to I'll step on it to create a fold so when I
bend over to pin I know where the pin goes. Then I straighten and
check that the pin is in the place that I want it to be. I keep doing
that until I have
On 01 Feb 2008, Dawn wrote:
Claire Clarke wrote:
There are probably some really simple solutions that I haven't thought of,
but do the list persons have any tips about getting long hems level?
Get a helper. I have a sewing buddy and we take turns crawling around
on the floor for
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