About a week ago hubby and I were out and about and I found this pretty aqua top for an unbelievable bargain so I scooped it up with out trying it on first. Well, as luck would have it, it fit ~ except for the length. If I were a (much) braver and (much) fitter woman I suppose I could wear it as a dress, it was that long! However, being neither of the aforementioned, I had no choice but to shorten it. I haven't hemmed something knit in quite some time but thankfully it all came back to me, I dug out a stretch needle, found the correct stitch on my machine and now I have a top instead of a dress. I guess one hem now and then isn't too traumatic for a quilter.
Quick where's the chocolate?
Hemming has to be my least favorite sewing task too. Early in our marriage I taught my husband how to use the blind hem stitch on my sewing machine. He has never asked me to hem another pair of pants :)
ReplyDeleteYay - now I know who to go to if I want to learn to hem something knit! I hate hemming, too. And Tom just got a pair of pants he wants me to hem.......
ReplyDeleteI certainly agree... hemming is one of those skills you leave off your resume!!
ReplyDeleteCool idea, Chris. I'm not sure if that one would work for me, though.