https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:52:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506870 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:42:03 +0000 anne 506870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone - and especially Amy - I have been checking out your blogs and am blown away by your sewing ability. Your denim jacket especially impressed me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506805 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:44:18 +0000 Amy 506805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So cute! You did a great job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506801 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:41:37 +0000 Suz 506801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm late here but just wanted to say it is nice to see you, and I like the dress with the band! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506795 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:39:25 +0000 Vicki 506795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! I need your talents in Southern California. It looks amazing and I like the band for cuteness and added I interest. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506757 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:17:06 +0000 Debora 506757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's so nice to have you back, Anne! Love it with the band - adorable! I am amazed with your sewing talent. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506745 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:11:44 +0000 Isis 506745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a tranformation: from drab to fab!</p> <p>FWIW, I like the width of the band and the length of the dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506719 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:57:06 +0000 Carole 506719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, what a transformation.! Super cute. You are one talented lady! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506702 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:39:58 +0000 anne 506702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! San I made my own pattern using a tank which I modified.<br /> Gaye - too right. I stayed up til after midnight too, finishing it, which didn't help.<br /> Kim and cb - thanks </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506445 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:26:16 +0000 Queen Mum 506445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>love it with the band.. I had my reservations, but you've put them to rest! Fun dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506416 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:50:05 +0000 cobaltblue 506416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Way cute! Nightgown no more! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506411 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:43:16 +0000 Gaye 506411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I looks great you must be worn out I don't have that kind of patience - great job </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506335 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:21:07 +0000 san 506335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You did a great job Anne. You made this without a pattern? You're very talented. I like how it turned out with the band and I think it will look good with leggings like in pic #2. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506218 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:29:32 +0000 anne 506218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Claire and Jem. I am happy enough with it too. I felt it was verging on the matronly before, and am glad I am out of nightie territory too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506212 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:25:37 +0000 Jem 506212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Way cuter with the bottom band! I liked it in the first picture until I saw the last one. Super cute! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506201 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:15:39 +0000 Anonymous 506201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, that is SO lovely! You did a really good job! I'll bet your shoulders are aching by now. Seem ripping is the bane of my existance. I can't believe you pulled this off with a knit. I'd be locked up in a rubber room by now! Good work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506200 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:13:39 +0000 Anonymous 506200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a cool, cute summer dress! I like it the way it is, but I think the band might make it look a little bit more modern and banish any hint of a "night dress" vibe that it might have if hemmed the regular way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506199 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:12:34 +0000 anne 506199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have finished now and amended my initial post to include the finished dress.</p> <p>Am heartily sick of the thread snapping, pinning things on the wrong side, dropping all my pins and all the unpicking. That's enough sewing for a good few months! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506105 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:56:48 +0000 anne 506105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here is one hopeless photo.</p> <p>DH says he think I should go a couple of inches shorter, and make the bottom band tighter. I agree I think. He also thinks I should make the bottom band tiny so you can't really see it, but I think a visible band is part of the look I am after.</p> <p>Thanks for all the lovely compliments. I don't really deserve them. I have done SO much unpicking, and I don't know that my workmanship is such that I would actually buy this in a shop! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506082 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:26:45 +0000 Gaye 506082@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think with a band and just above the knee - you are truly talented </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506061 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:09:07 +0000 anne 506061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OOh thanks guys. Am pinning on a band right now and will attempt to sew in a way I can unpick if necessary . Photo to follow! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506057 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:07:04 +0000 Isabel 506057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are really a great seamstress. I love it that young women are retaining this art. </p> <p>As to the dress, I think I also like the idea of a loose band ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506055 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:06:08 +0000 missvee 506055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say band it. It will give the garment more interest and a more modern look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506054 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:04:55 +0000 sgreen 506054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wanted to add that your sewing ability is very impressive - I am trying to learn how to sew clothes this year! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506051 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:02:08 +0000 sgreen 506051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it with the shorter length and without the band. But I can't really imagine it with the band - so I may be wrong... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506015 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:49:33 +0000 JennyAnne 506015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm hard to imagine with the band. I think I prefer it without. The second look is really cute with the shorter length, but I don't think it'd be a fab look at the knee. Just my thought. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-506005 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:27:07 +0000 krishnidoux 506005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Band! Band! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-505992 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:51:23 +0000 Nakidra 505992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it would look cute with the banding if you can pull it off. I'm so impressed with sewing abilities! It must feel so great to wear a garment that you've actually created! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-505986 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:23:17 +0000 anne 505986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I meant to also say that this is a very casual dress, and that I was going for the sack look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-sewing-decision-re-hemline#post-505982 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:58:59 +0000 anne 505982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi everyone - I am back after a longish absence away from home. Will post later with holiday purchases!<br /> Anyway for the last couple of days I have been wrestling with this dress. I pretty much made it up, loosely based on something my daughter owns. (And BTW I have had it with sewing knits - the arm and neckholes took me forever)<br /> It is all done except the hem.</p> <p>Currently it looks like this (pic #1)</p> <p>I had planned to do a slightly gathered band at the bottom like this (pic #2) but finishing just above the knee, as I want to be able to wear it without leggings..</p> <p>Do you think it looks better as is, or with the band (if you can imagine it).</p> <p>Comments about side seams are also welcomed, since I am still in the stage where I can easily alter them.</p> <p>thanks!</p> <p>ETA Have now finished - pic #3 </p>