Oh, heck. I'd rather take a beating than hem a dress or skirt! There have been times I've made a skirt or dress and have completed it, except for the hem, and paid a seamstress $10 to do the hemming. A properly hemmed garment looks good. A badly hemmed garment looks like a fir...
I always leave hemming as the very last thing to finish a dress or skirt. This helps you get the right length for your height: clothes hang differently on every person. For example, having a sway back means the rear hem of my dresses and skirts are always higher off the ground than th...
What does Overedge mean? Filters.(sewing) To overlock. What is Overlocking stitch? An overlock is akind of stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming, or seaming. ... Loopers serve to create thread loops that pass from the needle thread to the ...
It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress. The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of ...
Mean? Casino Royalefeatures one of the most iconic clothing-related scenes of the James Bond films. James Bond finds a dinner jacket that Vesper Lynd left on his bed and is puzzled as to how she procured it. He holds it up and exclaims, ‘How the …? It’s tailored!’ ...
my daughter was about to be 2 and was obsessed with baby shark. I searched high and low for baby shark apparel for her to wear for her birthday and just couldn’t. I decided that I would try to make her a dress myself. I went to Joann to try to find some fabrics that would fit...
“Why’d you call? To tell me my press release sucks?” a defeated-sounding Cherchez La Femme asks when the Straight rings her up. Even though the press release does suck—boasting the endearingly unprofessional subject line “Hi man here is my Free Association event any press would rule!”...
Before working with Stylist Scarlett, I had a closet full of clothes that no longer fit and zero ideas about how to dress my “new” middle-aged body in anything other than leggings. Scarlett provided thoughtful suggestions based on my needs and feedback about why pieces worked or didn’twor...
This DOES NOT mean business clothing. When deciding what to wear in England, think dressy top (or the type of top you’d wear to work) plus nice jeans (dark colors are always a good choice). Slim or skinny fit jeans are the preferred denim option. If that’s not your thing, having...
over and over to my husband. does that make sense? no! it makes no sense! and that doesn't help matters - waaaah!!! i make no sense! i can't even make sense! how can i have a baby! you need sense to have a baby! (turns out, no, you don't.) you know what else is ...