My latest finished object is a circle-ish skirt (it’s 2/3 of a circle, so I’m not sure what to call it).
It’s made from vintage fabric that I had in my stash.
I wanted to put some trim on the bottom to dress it up as well as to help turn the hem. After looking through my notions box and playing around for a while, I ended up taking bias tape and running it through my sewing machine using the shell- stitch setting (the one that’s used for blind hems). I then machine sewed it to the skirt, turned the hem and then hand sewed the other half of the bias tape to the skirt to hide the raw edges.
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Oh that’s lovely. It’s very feminine and delicate.
That’s so great!
Beautiful fabric and lovely touch with the hem.
What a great touch the hem gives – I’ll have to try that myself.
That hem is perfect! Great job.
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Thank you very much for your time.
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Lara
Oh, I love that hem! I’m stealing this idea!
Julie
Wow, what a great idea and what a subtle detail that can make such a difference in the finished product. It just looks great. I’m also going to try to steal the idea. Thanks for explaining how you did it.
This is so beautiful! How did you get the skirt to have so much form? Did you use netting under it?
Love it.
I’m so making one just like it, but probably a full circle.