Sewing Deep Dive - Hemming a Formal Dress for Prom or Wedding

How to Hem a Formal Dress

Prom season and wedding season is here! Need to hem a dress for prom or a wedding? I offer some tips and tricks for working with these types of fabrics, fitting the dress to the model, and completing the alteration.

You can watch each step of hemming this dress, so that you know what to do before you make the first cut.

Hope you enjoy, and I'd love to hear if this helped you hem a formal dress with horsehair at the bottom.

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