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   sewchris703 | Jul 08, 2010 11:56am | #1

   What kind of hem does it have now?  I usually put in the same hem that was original.  Most bridesmaid's dresses have a narrow  hem.  The fabric is folded up, stitched on the fold, cut and folded again, stitch on the previous stitching line.  I use a narrow hemmer foot that does it all in one step.  If the fabric is too thick for the hemmer foot, I serge the raw edge, turn it up and top stitch it.  If the gown has a blind hem, I turn up the new hem and hand stitch.

   Chris

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   stillsuesew | Jul 20, 2010 04:23pm | #2

   I, too, would use the same technique as the manufacturer used - which was usually a rolled hem.  I used a narrow rolled hem foot.  I had several in different sizes and would test which was the smallest one I could use.  I often found that I had to restitch the bottom of each seam that I would sew across because they would tend to pull apart as I fed them through the rolled hem foot.  So I would restitch the bottom of each seam with a very short stitch and then I would cut away excess seam allowance so I was putting less fabric through the rolled hem foot.  I can't tell you how many hundreds of times I have done this....