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Sharon from Adventures from the Sewing Studio shows how to achieve a narrow hem. Go to the tutorial.
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A lettuce-edge adds a little bit of ruffle to the hem of a knit garment. Christine Sews shows how to achieve this quick but stylish hem. Go to the tutorial.
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When you’re making a special garment, you want everything to be just right. That includes the zippers, especially when they cross a horizontal seam. Summerset Banks from Pins and Needles shows her process for keeping her horizontal seams matched when… Read more ... 
When you’re shortening a skirt, the obvious choice is to just cut the extra length off of the bottom and then re-hem. But if the skirt design includes a simple elastic waistband, an easier approach might be to preserve the… Read more ... 
When the top of Swamp Yankees from Outer Space’s car key got broken off, she used her sewing skills to fix it. She created a fabric pouch, with the bottom of the key sticking out of a buttonhole in the… Read more ... 
Gail from Quilt, Knit, Run shares her method for hemming a pair of jeans. Go to the tutorial.
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Threads Magazine shows how to finish the edge of a garment with a shell hem. Go to the tutorial.
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Spool{} shares a tutorial for making chair cushions from a fabric shower curtain she picked up on clearance from Target. The buttonholess at the top of the shower curtain become functional pieces of the finished cushion, allowing you to tie… Read more ... 
Rowena from Rostitchery shares a tutorial for adding a cool detail to a short-sleeved shirt sleeve hem. It’s a center pleat at the hem, a simple process that adds a lot of pop to your garment. Get the tutorial.… Read more ... 
