How to hem or shorten a bridal gown from the waist. Tutorial. Bridal Sewing Techniques
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How to hem or shorten a bridal gown from the waist. Wedding gown hemming tips and tricks.
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This is great! Can you do this on the dress that doesnt have plaits please? Thanks xxx
I would taper the side seams too.
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This tutorial is a life saver and not to mention money saver! I wanted to temporarily hem a dress for myself but have the option to let the hem out for my daughter for the future. This is just what I needed! Thank you so much!
Due to recently losing my job as a CO. And my health declining I’m going to have to hem and take in a lot of the dress, going from a size 22 to 16…. I’m terrified and the thought of taking a razor to Cassandra (yes I named the dress)
I’m so afraid. But I know I can do it with my mom’s help. Still. Oh boy
When I first started doing bridal alterations ( was the 80s) this is how almost every gown was hemmed. Now I rarely do it! But my method was always exactly the same as this. Bridal sewing techniques has never steered us wrong that I have seen. Plus I have learned a lot watching! Most of what I know is self taught from experience.
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Oh, okay. I’ve always been fascinated by reweaving. I think that’s so cool –how someone can take a wool blazer that has moth holes in it & fix it. Super neat.
It would break if you used it to pull elastic or straps. Its super fine. I learned about it from my father who got a few from a guy who used them to reweave nylon stockings.
Oh neat. But same kind of idea/design, just smaller?
I once did a deep lace app hem at the waist. But the dress was so off at the hemline I had to do up and down at the waist. I pinned it to death and threw it on a mannequin that I had set up beforehand adjusted to her height. It worked but man I didn’t charge enough lol
Been there done that.
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Hi, I was wondering how do I get to your official site to sign up for your services of giving advice? I am working on a gown that needs to be shorten at the abdomen, she has a butt with no hips, no stomach and it’s creating a huge void and she’s 5’2.
I assume I should make a fish eye darts to remove the void and cover it with the top layer of beaded lace. May I have your thoughts? Brdlyla@gmail.com
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Your videos are great and helpful. I am thinking how to hem a mermaid wedding gown by 5 inch. Do you think if it is OK to hem a mermaid wedding dresses in this way but from the boundary between the puff skirt and lace bodice instead of waist? The dress has a beautiful lace pattern bottom. Thank you 🙂
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It may be okay? I cant really know. Check out the video of how to do a lace applique hem as well.
Great job!!! What if you had to hem that more than 4″? Would you unstick all the way to the back?
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No, I would do the 5″ in front. Then, probs 3″ at the side seams, then taper into the train. It is very rare for a bride to want her train hemmed. I only hem the train upon specific request.
Bridal Sewing Techniques hi I have to hem 5” so would you advise me to go all way round ?? Thanks in advance 😊
Yes, usually you reach a tipping point of when the taper is too drastic and you have to hem further back. 🙂
Would you perform the same type of alterations on a dropped waist or trumpet style wedding dress?
@Bridal Sewing Techniques Thanks for your help.
Dropped waist wouldn’t change anything. If you do this with a trumpet, it will raise where the flair occurs. I usually only do this with ballgowns that have pleats or a gathered waist. All others seem to fare better with hemming from the bottom.
If you have a full dress, would you take all layers up at the waist? Or do you hem those as usual and just the take up the outer layer at waist? Just curious if I am doing it wrong.
Yes, I often only hem the outer layer this way & then even just hem from the bottom on the crinoline&lining layer. This can avoid a petite bride looking too cupcakey.
Many wedding dresses have several layers attached to the lining below the natural waist depending on fullness . So you would have the lining and maybe layer of tulle or similar attached at waist to face of skirt but then you would have the crinoline layers at various stages below attached to the lining only maybe be more than one lining so to speak. Where on is against skin but other is used for fullness building. Typically one would be at hip area to open skirt. Anyway when you pull up the waist like she did here your pulling up the outer and lining fabric in one shot which then also pulls up whatever is attached to lining. I did have a situation where I did it just as you described above as time was a major issue but it was only an inch or so because of last minute weather related shoe change lol. I took up top layer at waist but to keep smoothness I lifted the under layer up before the tulle started with a few simple pick up.. one two stitch all around. Still it really is always a gown by gown thing. Some just have lots of seems to.work with and separate pieces coming together while others might be minimal and much more exact.
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AllSewn Up understood! When it is an A-line, tulle or otherwise, (with no pleats or gathers) you have to re-do the taper from the new waist, down. Otherwise, you are reattaching too big of a “triangle” to the dress, and it won’t lay right. I should do a vid on this, too. Lol!
Thank you. I have only done this a couple times and the last one was all tulle and I only pulled the top layer. It was a nasty little struggle that made me ugly cry so hard that I had to go to my closet and have what I call an old fashion “come to Jesus meeting” with myself Ha! I sometimes with these dress come with a “how to sew me” tag lol! oy vey!
I presume this sewing technique is done for a gown with a train. If the gown did not have a train, then the waist would have to be taken up from the back as well, which would mean picking out the zip at the lower end and re attaching it with a shorter length.
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That’s not what I meant. I know you dont hem up a train, there is no need to because shortening of a hem in this sort of gown only affects the front of the garment. That’s why I know that the video you are showing where you are only taking up the front waist and taping in a little on the side seams is for a gown with a train. Love your 💕videos and your channel thanks 🙏 so much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Yes, of course. Most bridal gowns do have trains, & it is very rare for a bride to want her train hemmed.
I have a VERY full ‘Cinderella,’ as I like to call them, multi-layered gown that needs about 2 inches off the hem…the hem is 4″ horsehair braid. I would think taking it up at the waist would be better, but there’s a beaded waistband (about 1.5″)…. I’m guessing I could just leave the waist band along and lift the skirt part up 2″. She’s OK with having the back longer. Can I just lift the front and blend into the sides? I really don’t want to have to mess with the zipper. OR….is it just easier to hem it from the bottom -horsehair and all?
Wow! Thank you for your lightning speed response! The skirt is very gathered with all the tulle and layers (like a ball gown – full of crinoline and all). But I think I will just stick to hemming from the bottom as you said. Thank you so much for your response! I really appreciate it! ‘Tis the season, and things are getting busy! Lol!
That’s a personal preference. I would personally prefer to hem from the bottom. Although, the less you have to lift it, the easier it is to hem at the waist
I only choose hemming at the waist if it is a pleated or gathered skirt, too. Those are faster & easier to get right.
Would I do the same thing is I was taking it up 6″?
Bridal Sewing Techniques okay thank you so much 😊
To maintain the proportion of the original silhouette, yes. But this will cost more, so I let the bride choose. Some brides prefer their dress fuller or they don’t want to pay for the extra change to the skirt.
I figured as much, do you think I will have to remove some of the skirt all the way down to the hem line?
When you take it up that much, you usually have to do it some in the back too. It’s too much to “schmooze” in at the sides. This will require resetting the zipper, etc. :/
Mother of Groom, another seamstress started the work.. I am finishing it. The waist is marked 6 inches down and now fits her perfect for the hem however I now have to put the skirt back onto the top after adding lining to cover mesh.