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Old 03-24-2018, 11:19 AM
 
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My mother taught me basic sewing skills, too. SoI do my own hemming, and most alterations and mending.
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Old 03-25-2018, 11:54 AM
 
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I do my own hemming and buttons. Those are no big deal for pants and at times shorts I will line them up with a pair that fits, pin them, and put them on to make sure they will be right.

I have never hemmed a waist in any way. I have a few dresses that I wish had a higher neck line as a good portion of me is exposed. Since it is gathered material I don't know how to fix that. I will most likely take that to a seamstress.
Sometimes a "dart" at the shoulder seam will pull up enough in the front to solve that. Pinch in at the neckline, narrow to zero at the shoulder.
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Old 03-25-2018, 01:21 PM
 
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You can always pin them.

I get them done for two reasons. One I can't sew for a damn so my stitching is ugly. The bigger reason is I'm stocky and carrying some extra weight and have a short inseam. 36" pants aren't cut with people with 30" inseams in mind. The taper point ends up being below the knee and you get some really baggy pants.
You can mark with chalk or pins, but it's not going to be (nearly) perfect unless someone else marks it. Having a rounded abdomen, a generous caboose, or wide hips makes skirt hemming a bit more difficult. It can be done, but it takes more time. It's like installing new kitchen cabinets in an old house. Nothing is level or plumb.

I've done a bit of needlepoint and crewel, so my hand sewing can be quite nice, but I have no patience for that sort of thing these days. I don't sew seams by hand; there's no need to. Fortunately, hemming can be ugly on the back, wrong side.

I used to have the opposite problem with pants. I'm of above average height for a woman and have long legs. Years, decades ago, pants had a generous hem, and I always had to use all of it.
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