There are a wide variety of hems to choose from. Learn how to open out seams or close them so that the hem allowance sits flat.
What to do when overlocker thread skips loops. Has this happened to you? And no matter what you do with the tension dials, it still does the same thing? This happens to me as well, and the way I found to solve the problem is outlined in this video.
Take in sides skirt hem uneven This is one of those dilemmas that happens with flared skirts. It's too wide so you want to take some of the flare out. When the hem will more than likely not be even. That means by the time you stitch down to the hem one side will be longer than the other. Happy altering Judith Turner
Does this scenario sound familiar? Going out tonight - Dress/skirt/top is just a little too wide at the bottom. "I know, I will just run it in quickly"....... So this is what it would look like run in quickly... I used orange thread to show the stitching. I am not saying there is anything wrong with this if the alteration is on your own clothing. And/or you are in a [...]
When you shorten a hem on a wedding gown with a envelop hem, there are a few ways to save time. I will take you through those short cuts, and hopefully help you to do this alteration quicker. This is a fairly long blog because there are 33 photos and I put the step by step information under each photo. This wedding dress had a train, so I only pinned at the front around to [...]
This is what happens when jeans worn long instead of having the hem taken up before wearing them. The problem is this can take one time only for the back to fray away. The issue now is trying to create a jean hem. Because the back section is so frayed, the amount of hem allowance has been reduced. Normally a jeans hem allowance is 3 cm (1 1/4 in). The hem is folded [...]