https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:23:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress/page/2#post-366511 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:02:01 +0000 Mo 366511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dropped it off to be hemmed yesterday but I won't have it back for a week or so. I can't wait to share the finished results. If I had even thought this was possible before Afterism mentioned it, I'd have debubbled a few years ago!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress/page/2#post-366366 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:51:42 +0000 Aida 366366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE this with the unbubbled and asymmetrical hem! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress/page/2#post-366319 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:33:52 +0000 catgirl 366319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How did I miss this post? I LOVE it with the new hem - you did a great job de-bubbling! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress/page/2#post-366163 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:12:31 +0000 LoP 366163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love how this turned out after letting the hem down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-366108 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:27:48 +0000 Janet 366108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it without the bubble. Good call! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-366085 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:57:15 +0000 afterism 366085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Mo, My first inspiring moment!</p> <p>I was going to vote lose it &amp; saw that you already had. It looks much better. Makes me feel more comfortable in my decision. </p> <p>Now off to the seamstress when she opens. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365445 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:13:17 +0000 Mo 365445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Freckles, I'll tell you what - this all pretty new for me and I'm excited at how much it's breathed life into old items. Just this last month or so I've taken a 12+ year old dress to have the straps shortened, hemmed 5+ year old cargo capris into bermudas (which I am wearing more than anything in my wardrobe right now!), and then taken the bubble out of this 3+ year old dress. Of course, I've also altered stuff that never fit right to start with and just threw good money after bad, but tweaking 'okay' or good items to make them fit great is awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365442 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:06:39 +0000 Freckles 365442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much for posting the look once debubbled. I never think of changing something I don't like about my own clothes and seeing what can be done is fabulous. </p> <p>I think it looks simply stunning on you this way and probably a lot more versatile. Hope your trip to the tailors is a happy outing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365419 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:15:16 +0000 Mo 365419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Thanks, Patty - I sew little repairs or shortening straps, whatever. But doing this whole hem by hand would kill me. It took over an hour just to seam rip it apart!<br /> And I'm so happy everyone likes the change from bubble to slightly asymmetrical. You never know what you'll end up with, do you? It was fun to find out. I think I will wear it a lot more this way. Yay for resurrecting 'back of closet dwellers'! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365418 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:10:04 +0000 Patty 365418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You don't sew? The internet is your friend!! <a href="http://www.monkeysee.com/play/2148-sewing-the-whip-stitch" rel="nofollow">http://www.monkeysee.com/play/.....hip-stitch</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365405 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:28:23 +0000 Kappy 365405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops, I voted (Yay) before I even saw the deed was done. It looks great now, and I also love the asymmetrical hem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365401 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:18:41 +0000 christy 365401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great choice - you now have a brand new dress! I think it looks great with the asymmetrical hem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365400 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:14:58 +0000 nicoleb 365400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh wow! It looks so much better unbubbled! Awesome!</p> <p>and my seam ripper and I are great friends </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365322 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:59:34 +0000 Deborah 365322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like a different dress! I think it looks great without the bubble and makes the dress a little more versatile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365316 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:51:24 +0000 Angie 365316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Big thumbs up for the asymmetrical hem dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365269 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:30:38 +0000 rae 365269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for the burst bubble! I like the uneven hem, too - aren't asymmetrical hems big right now? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365195 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:06:00 +0000 Irene 365195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I actually LOVE the assymetrical hem!!!!!!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365175 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:19:51 +0000 Vix 365175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good choice to de-bubble...looks like a great summer dress for you now. I don't even mind the hem as-is, but it will no doubt get even better once your tailor works some magic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365171 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:10:25 +0000 Mo 365171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks evenly uneven ha ha, equal on both sides, that is. There is a definitive crease where it was hemmed that looks to me like it could easily be used for the new hem, but I don't sew so what do I know?! If so, this would be it's final length/hem because the crease is staying folded under on it's own (only about 1/8 or 1/4 is folded back). The lining is now a good 5 or 6 inches shorter than the hem but that's fine by me, the dress is opaque - the lining was more of a vehicle to hold up and bubble the hem I think. I'm happy I tried this - thanks again Afterism! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365163 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:51:40 +0000 taylor 365163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, I like it like this:) unbubbled and a bit uneven...how does it look irl? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365162 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:50:25 +0000 Girl X 365162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two inches? That's awesome. Looks like you have a new purple dress for the summer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365156 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:28:29 +0000 DanaLynn 365156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it unbubbled! I kind of like the hem line too, it might have a different feel in person though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365154 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:21:20 +0000 Anonymous 365154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Voila, an asymetrical hem, so on trend! : ) </p> <p>I like the unbubbled look much better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365133 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:46:08 +0000 Mo 365133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Project halfway there: the seam is out. I'm happy with the length but it's a tad longer at the sides. Guess I can have them hem it evenly for me. We'll see on Monday! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365117 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:39:42 +0000 rute 365117@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In this case, I don't know if the fabric is softer, but I like the bubble!<br /> This is too short anyway to wear without leggings or pants and an inch more would not solve the problem!<br /> Love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365113 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:28:52 +0000 Mo 365113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the affirmation, gals! I am in the midst of tedious seam ripping right now lol. Girl X, it was sewn up a good 2 inches under and attached to a mesh inner lining to create the bubble. Before hemming I'd say I have 2 1/2 more inches in length - yay! I don't own a machine, so I'll have to send it in to be hemmed. Can't wait!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365097 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:03:20 +0000 Girl X 365097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In terms of look, I'd definitely lose the bubble on this dress, but I'm not sure you'll gain much in length. Since bubble skirts have a seam at the bottom where the dress connects, that often acts as the hem, if you undo that seam and then hem the dress normally, you might actually wind up losing a bit of length. You'd probably have to add a strip of lace or ribbon or something to extend it - this would look awesome, but it might require more effort than you were intending. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365082 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:00:27 +0000 Astrid 365082@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would lose the bubble. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365070 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:45:25 +0000 Louise 365070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it with the bubble x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-bubble-hem-dress#post-365064 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:31:00 +0000 Jonesy 365064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, lose the bubble! </p>