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Posted: Sept 06 2010 at 2:35pm | IP Logged Quote Pilgrim
I know this shows how inept I can be at sewing, sometimes I can sew pretty well and others not. I have this maternity skirt that I love that has a frayed fringe at the bottom that I want to fix the hem to just have a normal classic hem, and I'm having trouble getting it straight, any great tips would be so appreciated as far as how to line it up, measure, what kind of stith or length of stitch you'd recommend on denim, etc. Thanks so much!

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Posted: Sept 06 2010 at 2:39pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
you're probably dealing with a skirt that the edge is wider than where you'd sew the hem. You can't lay that flat.. you deal with it when making a skirt by having that edge for the hem be straight.. but when you're rehemming a skirt you often get caught on it.

You can put a very light gather in the edge of the skirt to space it out for hemming or you can do something like.. Line up your seams.. then halfway between those and half way between all the points you have now etc. And you just add little tucks evenly around the hem.

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