This is exactly what I needed! I was overthinking a client’s dress and was about to remove the skirt from the waist! Thank you for saving me that task!!!
Thank you so much for this video! I volunteered to hem a taffeta bridal gown with horsehair and I’ve been freaked out and afraid of attacking this. You saved me! I don’t feel so intimidated by it now.❤️
Search my longform videos. Go to the search bar and put in "@bridalsewing hem" watch those as needed. Then search "@bridalsewing horsehair" Uou should be set up. :D
A big thank you for posting this video! I had never heard of horsehair braid before and when I found it in the hem of a prom gown, I wasn't sure how to move forward. Your video was the solution and my hem was flawless! Thanks!!!
Thank you SO MUCH for this helpful video! I needed to hem my daughters ballgown prom dress and had never dealt with the horsehair nylon. You are a life saver!
This video is exactly what I needed to see! I’m working on a bridal gown where one of the skirt layers is lined with the horsehair braid insert! The top layer of the skirt has a 4 inch horsehair braid. As I’m working my way thru the inner layers I found the last layer (#4) has a 1 1/2 inch braid!
I’m busy crying as i’ve been struggling so much with my hems for all my brides never knowing how to do it because even in bridal stores they never let me inspect the hems so i can try and understand how it’s constructed. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!
How did you know I needed this tutorial?? Working on this very hem with a current bridal gown! Going to have to watch it again to cement it in my mind. Thank you. Your explanations break it down very succinctly
Currently altering bodice and raising 3"horsehair braid hem on a Sherri Hill gown and although I am an advanced seamstress/tailor this video reinforced my slightly rusty hidden horsehair braid bridal hem skills...tq😎
Speaks to itself that lining would be necessary! I'm going to be making a huge gown with a lot of weight to it, but a vice I have to get past is that you can see most of the inside of the skirt. With its largeness and weight I figured horsehair braid would be a necessity but I had no idea how to go about it without it being visible and in the way. I'm definitely going to attempt this! I hope it'll also work for the ruffles and pleats I'm making on other layers of the skirt.
Thank you! I know just what you're talking about just before the 9 minute mark, as my dress has a hem like what you described; the seam is not on the edge, it's inside the dress, more on the side where the lining is. I know you said you don't do all of your dresses that way for consistency, but do you have a video that shows how to do it? I'm hoping to learn how. Thank you so much for your videos! I had a gap in the bodice of my dress and fixed it using your videos.
So so helpful. What I am struggling with, is accurately marking and pinning the hem in the first place. I do pin at fitting but not ALL the way around because there are some ballgowns that have a freaking 10 yard or more hem and it would take all day. So I mark at front, at back, and at each side, and I measure from waist seam (or a create a waist mark with a safety pin if it's a mermaid with no waist) to the floor and write it down in case the pins slip, I have a reference marked down on my little index card for her. But what I can't figure out a way that isn't awkward, exhausting, and slow, is how to check that the length in between the pins is accurate - like say, it's 43 in the front and then slopes out to 46 in the back (I do a lot of Deb gowns which are cut off all around, no train) I don't have a problem with achieving the slope, but that back edge of some 5 yards of more of a huge pouffy circular skirt (which means it's ON THE BIAS ugh yuk) being exactly the same 46, or whatever - I hang the dress up on my chain, and just painfully, slowly, every couple inches, attach the edge of the measuring tape to the waist (with a pin), pull it down carefully to the hem so that it's not on a slant but not pulling out the pin either, and then kneel back down to the floor, carefully match it up to the hem and mark with my pin, making sure not to pull on the skirt (because it's bias and will stretch) and pin it. Then stand back up, move the tape over a few inches, repeat. Up and down and up and down. Surely there is a better way. I had a Debutante mom from hell (sorry to cuss here but if I had it to over again I'd have jacked the price up by 3 times to scare her off) This woman...well, you've met the type, anyway, she's absolutely SCOURING the dress for something WRONG and in case you would reassure me that a half inch or so variance nobody will notice - oh yeah, she will. I had to rush the dress for her photos (long story, not my fault) and the hem is not *exactly* even and I'm having to re do it. Any tips? For this one and also for accuracy without killing myself on future bagged, horsehair hems especially on these ridiculous Scarlett O Hara dresses that also have, no exaggeration, SEVEN layers of crinoline/stiff tulle/gathered tulle petticoat underneath? (which makes it awkward and difficult to handle on top of the rest) If you could give me ANY tips I will worship you even more than I do. I need help!
@@BridalSewing Yay thank you! It might sound like I'm crazy for doing it this way, but if I just hold the tape at the top with my hand and bend over to look at the other end of the tape at the hem, I feel like viewing it at that angle distorts my view of the measurement. I feel like I have to be all the way down there so I can look at it straight on, and need both hands to make sure the tape is adjusted and positioned right. So I pin it at the top. But it sure is a lot of work.
This was so helpful! I'm working on my soon to be sister in law's dress and I was so nervous I would make a mess of things lol! This was so easy to follow. Thank you!
Great channel. How would you go about shortening a bagged horsehair hem that is to be shortened all around? I can’t figure out how to go about doing this. Thanks so much for your assistance
Hi, first time posting. Love your channel and I thought to give you my way of doing this as well. I wrote a very nice description of how it was done but it vanished before I could post it dam it . Anyhow my hemming procedure is done through the centre back seam of the lining ( very large opening) and by turning the gown inside out. So, after I take out the top stitching on the hem, I pull the majority of the gowns skirt through the opening I’ve made on the centre back seam of the lining. Next I mark where the new hem needs to be ( start your measurements right on the raw edge of the hem...don’t over think it ) on the lining, then stabilize the side seams and anywhere else it’s needed wth pins. I run a long stitch where the new hem and horsehair will sit as per your marks. Pull out the stitching on the horsehair and move it up so the bottom edge of the horsehair sits on the new stitch line, sew it in. Pull the dress right side out again. Next, sew the top stitching back on the edge of the satin hem. Do this by going through the centre back seam opening, with right side facing up ( spread eagle style with the satin and horsehair to the left and lining to the right. Sew in the same width of top stitching that’s on the lower edge maneuvering the gowns hemline under the pressure foot. Now in the same manner and orientation, sew the top edge of the horsehair to the lining as as before, BUT with lining and horsehair to the right of the presser foot. You can trim the excess satin and lining if you want but most often I leave it in. Never worry about cutting too short and she can resell with knowing her original hem length is there. Of corse there will be times when you have to remove material. Sew up the centre back lining, press and you have a hem that resembles the manufacturers work. This procedure is all done inside the gown with no cutting of the original hem to worry about. If you’ve made a mistake with the hem too long or worst too short, you can adjust it. Hope it helps.
Yes! That is a great way to do it. I love expressing multiple ways of altering. You descriptions were also very clear, and I could picture the whole thing. Thanks for describing yet another way to accomplish this hem. - And I love the option of not cutting. :)
@@BridalSewing Thank you for that. I was afraid my description may sound more complicated than how I could demonstrate real time how easy it is to do but you get it and that’s great. I have learned quite a few useful tips from your videos as well and thank you for that. Sometimes we are just too busy to take the time to figure out a shorter time saving way of doing things a 10000 times, like your tip on marking the floor for veil lengths rather than dragging out the chart and measuring tape....that’s was a golden one. Time is money👏
AllSewn Up lol. Click my name *Bridal Sewing Techniques* under the vid & that will take you to my channel here & scroll through all my vids. There are also playlists that are sorted together. Coming up this week... another installment in my Hems playlist. Yay!!
Yay for new vids!!!! I always scroll through every video and rewatch them. Because there are little things I didn't catch the first and second time. I still don't know how this one slipped through the cracks. I even get notifications. Oh well...I am not complaining ;) woot woot!!
Thank you for the great content! Im glad I found your channel! Your videos are super helpful and you explain everything perfectly! Cant wait to see more!
Love your tutorials, I work on bridesmaid, prom and pageant gowns. How would you tackle trying to line up the old and new braid when the old braid was stitched on the front layer instead of the lining?
I have a bridal gown that has MANY layers, with the outer and first inner both having horsehair linings.The outer skirt is 2 layers of tulle, outer embellished with what looks like “glittered, glued webbing.” Then the first underskirt is two layers of softer tulle, with horsehair in between as well. Hopefully it will proceed smoothly with your directions. Any suggestions on the pressing part? I won’t be able to press on the glitter/glue embellishment
Thanks so much for this tutorial - question: I sewed the braid to the lining. Then sewed the lining to the outer layer as you described, in this seam (lining + outer) did you catch the braid in the seam? You did not mention doing that, and I did not do it either, but now the hem is curling and not pressing flat. Any ideas?
I don't catch it. That's not what is causing the problem. If the horsehair is curling, that usually means you stretched the fabric as you sewed. All three layers have to feed naturall and flat. So, no stretching or gathering.
Hi, I’m tackling a lined wedding dress and loved coming upon your video. However, I’m so confused and have watched a few time on how you did the vent. Maybe tomorrow I’ll see it differently. Fingers crossed. Thanks.
It's walking. Sometimes that happens. Make sure to really pinch the layers together with your right hand as you sew to prevent the walking. You can also pre-pin it to prevent walking. Some gowns are walkers and some are stay put-ers. Lol
When a dress has a built in petticoat, do you shorten all the layers or do you take a tuck in it above top layer of tulle? I've done it both ways and wondered what your preference is. Thanks for the great information!
I want to put horse hair braid in the hem of my daughter’s wedding dress, but I don’t know what width or strength I want. It’s a full skirt with train in a satin type fabric. Any help would be welcome. Thanks.
What is the problem if now my lining layer with horsehair attaches is more full than my skirt layer?? Both were measured together I’ve cut excess off the lining edge and stitched the HHB to the lining layer. Pulled it thru the bagged hem bent I created and am pinning back together. That’s when I found this excess of probably 8-10”
Hi! So I have come across a dress with the lining attached to the skirt hem line. It does not have a horsehair braid but a satin lining with a jersey type fabric for the skirt. Would I do the same thing to see that type as in the video? I have never done one that is attached, having its own seam.
Amanda Garrett from how I understand your description, I would say the process would be similar. Be careful with the jersey knit/satin mix, they may not sew together very agreeably. You *may* have to hand baste it together first. (I know, ug.)
I've found when sewing a stretchy fabric together with a non-stretchy fabric, that it helps to place the stretchy fabric on the bottom as you sew. Having the non-stretchy fabric on the top as you sew helps to make the bottom layer of fabric "behave" and not stretch!
Hey! :) This is the *internet*. I don't give out location or identity info on here. Please move to email where we can discuss this privately. Thank you in advance for your understanding. :)
Hi! So i’ve done the hem like the video but now my front panel hem is curling slightly and also is being pulled up so it creates wave. Any tips as to why? And how to fix it?
It sounds like something may not be cut or sewn straight, but it is hard to say. Also, make sure the braid is laying perfectly natural. -Not stretched or scrunched.
When sewing 3 inches horsehair, sometimes it becomes less wider than 3 inches. I'm not pulling it, but it happens. Then sewing sticthces become uneven. I don't get it.
Hello, did you say there was a link for bridal supplies? I need a small amount of horsehair braid which is not sold at JoAnn's and Wawak only sells it in very large quantities. Thank you, Linda from CustomAlterationsbyLinda.biz.
Custom Fit/Couture Alterations yes mam. On my website www.bridalsewingtechniques.com the product page links to it on amazon. Please use that route. It doesn't cost you extra, but it blesses me. I'm an affiliate. :)
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This is exactly what I needed! I was overthinking a client’s dress and was about to remove the skirt from the waist! Thank you for saving me that task!!!
Exactly what I needed to see. Such a great tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I volunteered to hem a taffeta bridal gown with horsehair and I’ve been freaked out and afraid of attacking this. You saved me! I don’t feel so intimidated by it now.❤️
Search my longform videos. Go to the search bar and put in "@bridalsewing hem" watch those as needed. Then search "@bridalsewing horsehair" Uou should be set up. :D
Hi I enjoy watching horse hair braid
I have referred to your videos several times for wedding dresses
A big thank you for posting this video! I had never heard of horsehair braid before and when I found it in the hem of a prom gown, I wasn't sure how to move forward. Your video was the solution and my hem was flawless! Thanks!!!
You are a VERY good teacher. Thank You. I’m doing this very alteration tomorrow! Wish me luck!
Awwh thank you. Good luck!
@@BridalSewing my finished hem alteration came out beautiful!
Yay!!
This is a spectacular video! So very helpful!❤
Thank you SO MUCH for this helpful video! I needed to hem my daughters ballgown prom dress and had never dealt with the horsehair nylon. You are a life saver!
Your videos are amazing. So so helpful. Thank you.
Your commentaries are very instructive. I've learnt a trick or two from them. I love your channel!
Thank you!! Please share on social media. It means so much. ❤
This video is exactly what I needed to see! I’m working on a bridal gown where one of the skirt layers is lined with the horsehair braid insert! The top layer of the skirt has a 4 inch horsehair braid. As I’m working my way thru the inner layers I found the last layer (#4) has a 1 1/2 inch braid!
I’m busy crying as i’ve been struggling so much with my hems for all my brides never knowing how to do it because even in bridal stores they never let me inspect the hems so i can try and understand how it’s constructed. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!
So glad I can help! Please share my channel to help me grow. :)
How did you know I needed this tutorial?? Working on this very hem with a current bridal gown! Going to have to watch it again to cement it in my mind. Thank you. Your explanations break it down very succinctly
Currently altering bodice and raising 3"horsehair braid hem on a Sherri Hill gown and although I am an advanced seamstress/tailor this video reinforced my slightly rusty hidden horsehair braid bridal hem skills...tq😎
Speaks to itself that lining would be necessary! I'm going to be making a huge gown with a lot of weight to it, but a vice I have to get past is that you can see most of the inside of the skirt. With its largeness and weight I figured horsehair braid would be a necessity but I had no idea how to go about it without it being visible and in the way. I'm definitely going to attempt this! I hope it'll also work for the ruffles and pleats I'm making on other layers of the skirt.
Thank you! I know just what you're talking about just before the 9 minute mark, as my dress has a hem like what you described; the seam is not on the edge, it's inside the dress, more on the side where the lining is. I know you said you don't do all of your dresses that way for consistency, but do you have a video that shows how to do it? I'm hoping to learn how. Thank you so much for your videos! I had a gap in the bodice of my dress and fixed it using your videos.
So so helpful.
What I am struggling with, is accurately marking and pinning the hem in the first place. I do pin at fitting but not ALL the way around because there are some ballgowns that have a freaking 10 yard or more hem and it would take all day. So I mark at front, at back, and at each side, and I measure from waist seam (or a create a waist mark with a safety pin if it's a mermaid with no waist) to the floor and write it down in case the pins slip, I have a reference marked down on my little index card for her.
But what I can't figure out a way that isn't awkward, exhausting, and slow, is how to check that the length in between the pins is accurate - like say, it's 43 in the front and then slopes out to 46 in the back (I do a lot of Deb gowns which are cut off all around, no train) I don't have a problem with achieving the slope, but that back edge of some 5 yards of more of a huge pouffy circular skirt (which means it's ON THE BIAS ugh yuk) being exactly the same 46, or whatever - I hang the dress up on my chain, and just painfully, slowly, every couple inches, attach the edge of the measuring tape to the waist (with a pin), pull it down carefully to the hem so that it's not on a slant but not pulling out the pin either, and then kneel back down to the floor, carefully match it up to the hem and mark with my pin, making sure not to pull on the skirt (because it's bias and will stretch) and pin it. Then stand back up, move the tape over a few inches, repeat. Up and down and up and down.
Surely there is a better way.
I had a Debutante mom from hell (sorry to cuss here but if I had it to over again I'd have jacked the price up by 3 times to scare her off) This woman...well, you've met the type, anyway, she's absolutely SCOURING the dress for something WRONG and in case you would reassure me that a half inch or so variance nobody will notice - oh yeah, she will.
I had to rush the dress for her photos (long story, not my fault) and the hem is not *exactly* even and I'm having to re do it.
Any tips? For this one and also for accuracy without killing myself on future bagged, horsehair hems especially on these ridiculous Scarlett O Hara dresses that also have, no exaggeration, SEVEN layers of crinoline/stiff tulle/gathered tulle petticoat underneath? (which makes it awkward and difficult to handle on top of the rest)
If you could give me ANY tips I will worship you even more than I do.
I need help!
I'll respond in detail when I get a chance!! :) thank you for your question.
@@BridalSewing Yay thank you!
It might sound like I'm crazy for doing it this way, but if I just hold the tape at the top with my hand and bend over to look at the other end of the tape at the hem, I feel like viewing it at that angle distorts my view of the measurement. I feel like I have to be all the way down there so I can look at it straight on, and need both hands to make sure the tape is adjusted and positioned right. So I pin it at the top.
But it sure is a lot of work.
What A wonderful video, you made it look so easy
Thank you, that was very helpful.
This was so helpful! I'm working on my soon to be sister in law's dress and I was so nervous I would make a mess of things lol! This was so easy to follow. Thank you!
That is so cool you are making her dress . I hope it goes well.
This is an awesome video. Thank you. I spent most of today tapering 10 men's shirts so it was fun to see something more interesting!
Thank you for watching, Sue. ❤
Such a helpful tutorial. Thank you
Love the permission you’ve given us not to have to sew the horsehair braids like the manufactures do!!!! Thanks
Thank you for this, was trying to work out how to sew my Braid inside a lining when making a skirt myself as I've only ever known the visible way!
Great channel. How would you go about shortening a bagged horsehair hem that is to be shortened all around? I can’t figure out how to go about doing this. Thanks so much for your assistance
It's really just the same as this video shows, just keep going. :)
Hello love this video do you top stitch the hem after you press?
Only if it needs it. I doesn't always need it.
Always look to you when I'm stuck! Works for a lined hem with no braid, too, I assume? I did not see a video about that
Yes it does. Thank you for watching. I appreciate it. :)
Hi, first time posting. Love your channel and I thought to give you my way of doing this as well. I wrote a very nice description of how it was done but it vanished before I could post it dam it . Anyhow my hemming procedure is done through the centre back seam of the lining ( very large opening) and by turning the gown inside out.
So, after I take out the top stitching on the hem, I pull the majority of the gowns skirt through the opening I’ve made on the centre back seam of the lining. Next I mark where the new hem needs to be ( start your measurements right on the raw edge of the hem...don’t over think it ) on the lining, then stabilize the side seams and anywhere else it’s needed wth pins. I run a long stitch where the new hem and horsehair will sit as per your marks. Pull out the stitching on the horsehair and move it up so the bottom edge of the horsehair sits on the new stitch line, sew it in. Pull the dress right side out again. Next, sew the top stitching back on the edge of the satin hem. Do this by going through the centre back seam opening, with right side facing up ( spread eagle style with the satin and horsehair to the left and lining to the right. Sew in the same width of top stitching that’s on the lower edge maneuvering the gowns hemline under the pressure foot. Now in the same manner and orientation, sew the top edge of the horsehair to the lining as as before, BUT with lining and horsehair to the right of the presser foot. You can trim the excess satin and lining if you want but most often I leave it in. Never worry about cutting too short and she can resell with knowing her original hem length is there. Of corse there will be times when you have to remove material. Sew up the centre back lining, press and you have a hem that resembles the manufacturers work. This procedure is all done inside the gown with no cutting of the original hem to worry about. If you’ve made a mistake with the hem too long or worst too short, you can adjust it. Hope it helps.
Yes! That is a great way to do it. I love expressing multiple ways of altering. You descriptions were also very clear, and I could picture the whole thing. Thanks for describing yet another way to accomplish this hem. - And I love the option of not cutting. :)
@@BridalSewing Thank you for that. I was afraid my description may sound more complicated than how I could demonstrate real time how easy it is to do but you get it and that’s great. I have learned quite a few useful tips from your videos as well and thank you for that. Sometimes we are just too busy to take the time to figure out a shorter time saving way of doing things a 10000 times, like your tip on marking the floor for veil lengths rather than dragging out the chart and measuring tape....that’s was a golden one. Time is money👏
How did I miss this video?? HOW?? I stalk your channel so often that I feel like its my second job!
AllSewn Up lol. Click my name *Bridal Sewing Techniques* under the vid & that will take you to my channel here & scroll through all my vids. There are also playlists that are sorted together. Coming up this week... another installment in my Hems playlist. Yay!!
Yay for new vids!!!! I always scroll through every video and rewatch them. Because there are little things I didn't catch the first and second time. I still don't know how this one slipped through the cracks. I even get notifications. Oh well...I am not complaining ;) woot woot!!
Thank you for the great content! Im glad I found your channel! Your videos are super helpful and you explain everything perfectly! Cant wait to see more!
What side are you sewing from the hhbraid?
Love your tutorials, I work on bridesmaid, prom and pageant gowns. How would you tackle trying to line up the old and new braid when the old braid was stitched on the front layer instead of the lining?
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I have a bridal gown that has MANY layers, with the outer and first inner both having horsehair linings.The outer skirt is 2 layers of tulle, outer embellished with what looks like “glittered, glued webbing.” Then the first underskirt is two layers of softer tulle, with horsehair in between as well. Hopefully it will proceed smoothly with your directions. Any suggestions on the pressing part? I won’t be able to press on the glitter/glue embellishment
So far, I've been able to press these glittered/adhesive fabrics with my iron set to nylon.
Thanks so much for this tutorial - question: I sewed the braid to the lining. Then sewed the lining to the outer layer as you described, in this seam (lining + outer) did you catch the braid in the seam? You did not mention doing that, and I did not do it either, but now the hem is curling and not pressing flat. Any ideas?
I don't catch it. That's not what is causing the problem.
If the horsehair is curling, that usually means you stretched the fabric as you sewed. All three layers have to feed naturall and flat. So, no stretching or gathering.
@@BridalSewing thanks!
Thank you!
Hi, I’m tackling a lined wedding dress and loved coming upon your video. However, I’m so confused and have watched a few time on how you did the vent. Maybe tomorrow I’ll see it differently. Fingers crossed. Thanks.
Check my latest video titled, "I got fired." I explained it & diagrammed it differently. :)
I have looked for a newer video that discusses this matter and found nothing. Please attach newest video if possible.
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Such a great help! But Im struggling with there being more gown fabric then lining as I get to the end of the hem. HELP!!! Please
It's walking. Sometimes that happens. Make sure to really pinch the layers together with your right hand as you sew to prevent the walking. You can also pre-pin it to prevent walking. Some gowns are walkers and some are stay put-ers. Lol
You have a very rleaxing sweet voice.
Thank you!
When a dress has a built in petticoat, do you shorten all the layers or do you take a tuck in it above top layer of tulle? I've done it both ways and wondered what your preference is. Thanks for the great information!
I do it either way. Each dress calls for its own strategy
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I want to put horse hair braid in the hem of my daughter’s wedding dress, but I don’t know what width or strength I want. It’s a full skirt with train in a satin type fabric. Any help would be welcome. Thanks.
In this instance, sewing it in to test it is the best bet. There's no way to know without testing them out.
What is the problem if now my lining layer with horsehair attaches is more full than my skirt layer?? Both were measured together I’ve cut excess off the lining edge and stitched the HHB to the lining layer. Pulled it thru the bagged hem bent I created and am pinning back together. That’s when I found this excess of probably 8-10”
Which one is on the bottom when sewing? Your feed dogs may be gathering that one?
Hi! So I have come across a dress with the lining attached to the skirt hem line. It does not have a horsehair braid but a satin lining with a jersey type fabric for the skirt. Would I do the same thing to see that type as in the video? I have never done one that is attached, having its own seam.
Amanda Garrett from how I understand your description, I would say the process would be similar. Be careful with the jersey knit/satin mix, they may not sew together very agreeably. You *may* have to hand baste it together first. (I know, ug.)
Thank you! Sorry I know, I don't know what to call it and I have never seen it before 🤔
By the way your videos have helped in my business tremendously! Thanks so much for sharing your content ❤️🙌
I've found when sewing a stretchy fabric together with a non-stretchy fabric, that it helps to place the stretchy fabric on the bottom as you sew. Having the non-stretchy fabric on the top as you sew helps to make the bottom layer of fabric "behave" and not stretch!
Cool
Where is your shop located? That would help me to know if I could do it or not.
Hey! :) This is the *internet*. I don't give out location or identity info on here. Please move to email where we can discuss this privately. Thank you in advance for your understanding. :)
Hi! So i’ve done the hem like the video but now my front panel hem is curling slightly and also is being pulled up so it creates wave. Any tips as to why? And how to fix it?
It sounds like something may not be cut or sewn straight, but it is hard to say. Also, make sure the braid is laying perfectly natural. -Not stretched or scrunched.
Bridal Sewing Techniques hmm! The braid stretching might be the issue. Thank you!
This is great! Thanks so much for the details....the devil and all!
When sewing 3 inches horsehair, sometimes it becomes less wider than 3 inches. I'm not pulling it, but it happens. Then sewing sticthces become uneven. I don't get it.
I think you are stretching it without realizing it. Maybe try stabilizing it in place with lots of pins? Maybe baste it on first and then machine sew.
Hello, did you say there was a link for bridal supplies? I need a small amount of horsehair braid which is not sold at JoAnn's and Wawak only sells it in very large quantities. Thank you, Linda from CustomAlterationsbyLinda.biz.
Custom Fit/Couture Alterations yes mam. On my website www.bridalsewingtechniques.com the product page links to it on amazon. Please use that route. It doesn't cost you extra, but it blesses me. I'm an affiliate. :)
I just added it!
what is the best way to determine how much to charge? Do you have a notebook of different charges?
I'm actually on right now posting a q&a vid. It covers this! :)
Mais ou menos.