Skills acquired: Blind hemAfter much consulting with my mother and my yoda about what on earth a blind hem is, I put one in a pair of jeans. (At 5'4", most of my pants need to be hemmed.) This was both a success and a failure. If these jeans were pure cotton, I think it would have gone better, but polyester blends don't iron as beautifully as cotton. Ironing a tube didn't go as well as it could have either. My hem is also too short for heels. The biggest problem, however, was that I thought I could do this without cutting off the excess fabric. Not so. They don't lay cleanly because of the extra bulk, so while my hem is perfectly blind, it needs to go on a diet. When I get a moment (please see my previous post of upcoming projects), I'll pick this out and try again.
Nathan just bought a new pair of jeans that need to be hemmed... not in a big hurry to try that project...
ReplyDeleteFound this and thought it was very smart. I'm going to try this in the near future.
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The rest of the blog has a lot of smart ideas too.