thanks for the cornstarch and water tip : )

Your welcome, it is never too late to learn something new!

Good luck!

Your welcome, glad to hear everything turned out ok!

You are so welcome!

Glad I could help, sorry to hear about your mom. I can only imagine the wealth of sewing knowledge she accumulated in 94 years!

@@TheBusyBeeSews Thank you so much..My Mom had so much talent and knowledge..If I could only tap into it..I am trying..LOL

*hugs* to you on the loss of your Mother. Mine passed when I was 14, and she was 42. I have outlived her... and greatly appreciate every single day I'm alive.

You are so welcome!

You are so welcome!

Good luck, I hope it turns out well. I too have volunteered to do things then later realized I was in over my head! Sometimes that's the best way to learn : )

@@TheBusyBeeSews after finally getting the tension/stitch lengths right the actual hemming thanks to your video went quite well. There were three layers, two liners and then the outer chiffon, it felt like there was miles of fabric! The owner of the dress is happy and I feel ready to try some other “out of my depth” type projects. As you said jumping in like that can be a good way to learn on the go. Thanks Again!!

I hope all goes well!

your welcome

Glad I could help!

I too have to hem my daughter's bride's maids' dresses. I am so nervous!!! I will be watching this tutorial CONTINUOUSLY throughout the process!!! Wish me luck! :'( :O :'(

I just bought my first chiffon fabric. Wish me luck!

@@teresathayn5170 good luck, have fun. I made a few scarves, and a floaty kaftan and palazzo pants! Actually I use one of the scarves as a 'face cover' when I go in shops if covering is mandatory. Much less suffocating than a mask.

Glad it was helpful!

Good luck, when I first hemmed a prom dress it was so uneven I had to completely do it over. It ended up more tea length then floor length. Luckily the young lady wearing it didn't care and since she is a little unsteady walking it was probably for the best : )

@@TheBusyBeeSews That reminds me I bought my daughter a prom dress that was on sale anyway and then I found out that the zipper was broken on it and it was the only one in her size. Not only did I get it for $25 which was a real bonus but then I didn't feel so bad putting a zipper in something so expensive. Lol I did agonize over it for over a month I had it hanging up and I looked at it everyday and finally I did it and it turned out perfect and I was so proud. I had did things in the past for the theater guild. And made several costumes but costumes and things you're wearing in real life are different. Lol So this dress I actually looked it up and it was worth about $129 when it was first introduced to the public in 2015. So I got it for $41 and that included about $11 shipping. The underskirt doesn't look perfect but I don't think it was straight anyway. To do the outer skirt I'm going to get the neighbor to help me because my Annie no butt as we call my mannequin isn't exactly my size. I have a little bit more but then she does and she has too much ribs for me. I can't even get it zipped up on her.lol

@@kathey1981 alterations are always an adventure! I started doing them for Night to Shine and those beautiful women are never shaped like a dress form. I had to rehem a dress once because I made the hem level side to side but she had one leg slighty longer then the other.🤔

You are so welcome!

good luck!

Yes, good luck!

I actually ended up using a zipper foot which ran along the edge perfectly and put the needle just inside the edge.

Good luck, hope all goes well.

I bought it a fabric store that went out of buisness years ago.

@@TheBusyBeeSews I'm going to see if I can find one too! If I cant find one I'll probably just write on mine with a fine tipped sharpie.

You're very welcome!

I 100% agree with you!

Totally agree! I can’t imagine starting a dress hemming without knowing what needle is in there. Sewing class 101, fabric, thread and needle type.

It's all about what we know at the time. I used to just mark the hem at the front and take that measurement all around - just like this video. I never thought of spray starch on chiffon. However, over many many years I have learned better, as us human beings are not symmetrical and starch can and most likely, will stain. And it all depends on your atmosphere - are you in a production setting or a hobbyist? In production, we use chalk (measured from the floor every 6 inches), run a 1/16th hem right under the chalk mark, then another 1/16th right at the chalk mark.

I like to use starch to make the fabric easier to handle.

You could always make a jumbo tomato one and draw on it with a fine tipped sharpie, the different sizes and light, medium, heavy ect

Unfortunately I bought it at Hancock Fabrics when they were going out of business.

@@KiMoKo9787 ,I had the very idea when I went to fabric store to get some other notions. I bought a great green on and have my micron pen all ready to make my own👍

@@TheBusyBeeSewswhere are you located.

@@lucilledznoj6964 DesMoines IA

I bough the needle cushion at Hancock Fabrics when they were going out of business. I haven't noticed the starch permanently discoloring the fabric. Some fabrics look a different color when hot and/or wet but when cool and dry look fine.

Thanx so much for getting back to me! And thanx for the info!

Hancock Fabrics, unfortunately they are no longer around.

You mean the tomato pin cushion for sticking needles in? You can get them online.

I would probably iron the bottom edge flat first. Just a little bit above where your stitches will be. Then when done hemming press the pleats back in.

@@TheBusyBeeSews I'm afraid to ruin it but I will try. I don't know what's the name of that finishing, there's no a real hem, the stitching is at the end. Is there a way to communicate other than here so I can send you a picture please

@@TheBusyBeeSews thank you

Greetings from Iowa

I am not discounting your recommendation, but for other viewers I wanted to let them know I used light spray starch multiple times to help make good creases in the sage green chiffon layer on my wife's bridesmaid dress so I could do a hem like in the video, and it not only worked great, but I had no issues with stains. I gently hand-soaked the bottom 8-10 inches of the chiffon layer in warm water with woolite and some oxy clean, rinsed in cold, and it came out like brand new. Another top tip: I couldn't use my chalk pencil on the chiffon fabric, so I used my wife's small crayola washable markers to mark the hem line and it washed out great too with the above method.

It should be fine if the material is machine washable; however, it should not be used on material that is dry clean only.

@@ivyhernandez2526 Thank you for your response. Unfortunately it was not on the video that dry clean only should not use it, Fortunately the hem line is not seen in the photos, stiff and water stained.

yes, that should work

Try amazon, I got it at a fabric store no longer in business.

Stitch length at 2 which is standard length. Thread is Coats and Clark Dual Duty all purpose thread.

If at all possible you shouldn't need to touch the thread tension.

I haven't had that problem. I would try rinsing just that part with water. Then pat dry with a towel and use a blow dryer on it so you don't get water spots. Good luck and sorry.

@@TheBusyBeeSews thanks for the blow dryer tip because a practice scrap did leave a water mark. I will try that on a scrap.

@@TheBusyBeeSews the towel and blow dryer idea worked! Thank you so very much. Now I can tackle any chiffon hem!

@@KelleyEnglish whew, that's a relief. I recently steamed a chiffon dress to get the wrinkles out. The steamer went a little haywire and left some wet spots. Without thinking I walked away and let it air dry. I ended up with water spots : ( I had to rewet all the spots and blow dry them! Took a few tries with the more stubborn spots but it worked : )

I've tried using a rolled hem foot but never had much luck. I would recommend practicing on a scrap of fabric before committing to this technique.

@@TheBusyBeeSews ahh, makes sense. Thank you! I have a bridesmaid dress that needs fixing. Thanks :)

Shouldn't make much difference, you might want to starch it before you mark it. That will help add some stability which will help since you're so far from the hem.

LOL, my old industrial machine eats bridal fabric 🥺 I'm glad yours is kinder and gentler!

It's been a while since I posted this but I don't think I cut down the side seam. I don't know why you would want to.

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You can make them the same if that's easier for you. I just like to have the lining a little shorter so it doesn't show when walking or sitting. Hang the dress up, pin layers together at seams to see how much needs to be removed. The front of the dress is usually the shortest part so I use that to determine how much of the lining to take off. Measure up that far from the original hem all the way around. Hope this helps...

Lori my idea is you should measure from floor for all round shorter hem

I measured the distance between the inner layer and outer layer before I started working on it and knew that the inner layer was an inch shorter than the outer layer at the beginning so hemmed the outer layer and then went back and measured the inside layer hem to make it one inch above my newly hemmed outer layer. Hope that makes sense.

I forgot...

@@TheBusyBeeSews I feel this question was so inappropriate. Helps to show us “not so perfect sewest” that not everyone is “perfect” Thank you for your video. Off to hem a bridesmaid dress for my daughter’s friend.

How

A I For 1. Most dresses are not perfect even, in many cases are badly off, For 2. The body shape of people are so different, could have big butt that makes it shorter in the back, or a bigger belly makes it shorter in the front, or one hip bigger than other due to surgery or other health issues, and 3. It will take flipping forever to cut carefully close to the seam without pinching the fabric, then sew again all around the dress. Makes me wonder how many hundreds of $ would cost to hem a dress this way 😕. I cut the fabric, roll the hem and sew it once, then iron and turns out perfect flat fabric, you just need to know how stretch/not stretch the fabric while rolling, it’s not easy job I admit, but doable and has a nice look in the end.