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From: carly
Date: 03-20-2004, 01:18 AM (1 of 3)
| Hi to all....i am in need of help quick....I am writing you and hoping you can give me just a bit of help....i have been sewing for the last 38 years...i have sewn just about everything...now my daughter is getting married...i wanted to make her dress, which to me would have been easier than to do alterations, but that is what i am now doing...i just got her gown and have only this weekend to finish the hem...it is three layers, the first of course is just the slip, lining..no problem...the next two, satin then chiffon...are my problem...she is short so i have to take six inches off the front in order for her to be able to walk down the aisle...now the train is not that elaborate or that long, so i do not want to have to take any of that away that i dont have to.....but when i turn up the six inches in the front and almost to the side seams then i have to start taking away inches on the train also...now this just seems very logical and the only way to do this...but since it is such an important event and so important for me..i wanted to ask someone that i knew had done this many times.....(the place where she got the gown did say that they could hem it but they wanted 100.00 dollars and we are on a very limited budget)....so could you advise me? please.....i just need the assurance that this is the only way to hem is by tapering it around from the front and sides and as little of the train as possible?....i thank you in advance for your help you can give me...again thank you so very much, <email address removed for privacy> |
User: carly
Member since: 10-18-2000 Total posts: 5 |
From: MarciaK
Date: 03-20-2004, 03:47 AM (2 of 3)
|
Wow! 6 inches is a lot. Probably the reason for the pricey hem is that the best way to do it would be to shorten it at the waist. And it's very time-consuming. If you choose to not do it that way, you'll have to taper it into the train. BUT...try not to go more than about 6 inches behind the side-seam or you will lose too much. It's acceptable for the sides to touch the floor as they taper into the train. The train can then be bustled up for the reception, and the long sides can be managed and pulled up out of harm's way. Hope this helps... Good luck! |
User: MarciaK
Member since: 02-06-2004 Total posts: 32 
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From: carly
Date: 03-21-2004, 08:28 PM (3 of 3)
| Thank you so much for your quick reply MarciaK.....i really feel so stupid, to have been sewing all these years and just not have the option of taking it up from the waist occur to me...i have done that before with some other alterations i had done, but it was due to the fact that the hemline had decorations, so taking up at the waist was the only way to go.....i told my daughter about the possibilty of taking it up at the waist and she sorta turned pale at the thought of having her dress, as she put it, 'torn apart'.....but i just wanted to thank you for answering me so quick, carly |
User: carly
Member since: 10-18-2000 Total posts: 5 |
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