Hemming a Prom Dress Doesn’t Have to Be Scary

Springtime is prom season and that means prom dress shopping. And with that, prom dress hemming. It’s no fun when a dress is too long. That’s not good for walking without tripping, much less dancing! And while hemming pants or skirts is never my favorite sewing project, taking on a hem for a prom dress can be outright intimidating and scary. It’s certainly not a project you want to mess up! And that slippery satin or thin chiffon can be difficult to sew on. Emily from Life Sew Savory has a tutorial showing how to hem a prom dress. Go to her post to see how it’s done, plus get some tips and tricks to make the process go smoothly.

Prom dress fabric can be tricky to work with! For more information about sewing on fancy fabrics, check out this post by Melly Sews. She explains how to sew on various special occasion fabrics, such as silk, satin, taffeta, and other party dress fabrics.

If you haven’t been asked to hem a prom dress yet, I’m betting you’ve been asked to hem a pair of pants at least a dozen times! This tutorial by Sew Can She does a great job explaining how to hem pants. Her tutorial tells how to measure and mark the hem, and then gives instructions for sewing the hem by hand or by machine.

If it’s jeans that need hemming, there’s a super easy way to hem them – AND keep that original folded hem. Go to Hello Sewing for to see how to do it.

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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