How to Hem a Chiffon Bridesmaid, Prom or Formal Layered Dress 

I DID IT!!!! I DID IT!! I DID IT!!!! I have always been scared of sewing chiffon and fabric like and thanks to you and your very awesome tutorial I DID IT!!!! LOVED IT!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!! BLESSINGS TO YOUR SWEET LOVING HANDS THAT HELP OTHERS!!

Thank goodness I saw your video before shortening my dress for a wedding. I was dreading cutting the fabric first but this method is brilliant!

This was the best video and explanation for hemming chiffon! Thank you! I had success and am no longer afraid of this task!

Absolutely Amazing tutorial yes i hemmed the mother of the bride chiffon dress!! It turned out so professional!! Thank You Thank You!!! Who knew sewing chiffon could be so easy!! 3 hem dress and turned out fantastic!

Phew! Thank you so much! I was over here sweating, but you’ve saved the day!

Eureka! I’d have never thought of not cutting the hem first. Thank you!! This will make hemming my niece’s prom dress so much easier!!

I too, was dreading the shortening chore. Thank you for sharing this brilliant technique….so slick, easy and painless! Took me more time to iron the packing wrinkles out. Can't thank you enough!

Thank you for your terrific video, it is just super. I remember having to shorten my future sister-in-law's wedding dress (at a time when RU-vid tutorials were not in existence 😮). It was the most nerve-wracking job as I was not an experienced sewer at the time. I approached the task by measuring how much it needed to be shortened, cut it and then tried to create a rolled hem. I did get the dress done but I think I aged 10 years in the process and swore never to undertake anything like that again. Now, after seeing your video it makes so much sense. Great job 😁

Nice!!!!! I was so worried about hemming and ruining a dress I want to wear to my friends wedding!!! No more!!! Looking forward to doing it now!!

This is exactly what I needed! I am making a circle skirt from scratch with a chiffon top layer that I was really struggling to do a rolled hem on. Thankfully I cut the skirt too long, so I should have enough fabric at the bottom to do it this way.

I wish I’d seen this video before I hemmed the 1st of four bridesmaids dresses. I’m actually looking forward to the other 3 thank you

You're a lifesaver! Never seen this method but I'm excited to try it on my bridesmaid dress.

That was great! I've watched several vids and decided - I CAN'T DO THAT! Then as about to give up, I clicked on you. I have a sewing machine that I do simple alterations and pillow cases for the cat shelter and that's about all I can accomplish but I had an idea in my mind how I might hem these beautiful chifon duster without ruining it and it was exactly what you formulated and showed me how to do in an easy peasy way. Thanks so much! I don't sew much but going to subscribe because you really helped me. :^D p

I've looked at many rolled hem videos, and yours look easiest. Will be trying this method today! Thank you.

Awesome..thank you for solving a nightmare.

Thank you so much for this. It worked great. I had to shorten a bridesmaid dress for a friend that was 3 layers and exactly like this. It turned out perfect.

Great idea! So glad I spent the time to look for an easier way, you’ve saved me a lot! of time!

Oh I am so thankful for this video. I'm on a budget and need to hem my bridesmaid dress. Thank you!!

That was fantastic!!! Definitely going to use this technique! WOW

This is an awesome method and video! I will be hemming a bridesmaid dress and this method will save me time and frustration! Thank you so much!

Great tips. The cut after the hem- brilliant.

THANK YOU FOR THIS! I have tried this type of hem on several different dresses and several different ways. I have tried those rolled hem pressor feet, and other ways. It always took so long, and never just looked professional, or even. I tried this on a friends bridesmaids dress just now and was able to get it done and return it back to her as she left work. It was so simple and quick, I couldn't even believe it! I will be using this technique every time now! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

So glad i found this. I had no idea how to do this but this looks like something i can handle that will save me alot of money & time!

planning to make a red chiffon dress with handkerchief skirt for 2025 The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever. This video is so helpful! Thanks :)

That is really an interesting technique. The alternative would be to do a rolled-hem.

I just came across your channel and enjoyed this episode and plan on watching many more. Nicely done, thank you.

This was so incredibly useful! I've watched a dozen videos, bought a rolled hem foot and all.. Started with the lining but it didn't end up looking great (I'm a beginner). I was so nervous to tackle the thin and shifty chiffon layer and then I stumbled on your video. My hem didn't come out perfect at all, but so much better than the lining! Thank you so so much.

Two weeks before our daughter's wedding and she needs someone to hem her MOH dress, it's the middle of prom / wedding season so it's up to me. THANK YOU!!! this will make tomorrow so much easier!

Thank you! I just hemmed a prom dress! (I was definitely going to make this much harder on myself!)

Thank you so much for this!! My best friends wedding is in a couple of weeks and my shoes JUST came in the mail, this will be super helpful when hemming 💕

Thanks a ton! I'm in the middle of altering my own wedding dress and this was very helpful!

This technique makes so much sense. Thank You!

Thank you for sharing this tip! It save me so much time and stress! I hate hems but need to overcome that feat and this video helped tremendously! Thank you!

Helped me sooo much to hem a bridesmaid dress. Thank you!

Thank you so much for posting this video! Simply brilliant. 💖

Thank you so much for this video! I used your method and it was a game changer!

Thank you so much! I had never hemmed a formal dress, your video made it so easy! Thank you, thank you!

This gave me the confidence I need to do this myself. Thank you!!!

So glad I found this video. Such helpful tips on how to do this hem. I’m working on a bridesmaid dress and this will make it so much easier. Thank you!

Great idea of not cutting hem to its required seam so it can stabilize the fabric for easier sewing! I am going to give this a try next time when I’m hemming my dressy pants and long summer skirts! Thanks!

I'm so glad I came across your video. I was about to cut the bottom of the dress. Thank you so much!!!

SO helpful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!😊

thank you so much! you have no idea how much of a life saver this is to me!

Love it. Easy simple and great instructions. And especially not a long video.

Omg! Thank you for this video. I think I just spent hours cutting, pressing and sewing a chiffon hem. Bout wanted to pull my hair out!

Most helpful video I’ve watched in a LONG time.

Thank you for posting this. I was about to make a real mess!!

Brilliant tutorial! Very helpful. Thank you!

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Positively brilliant. Thank you so much!

Thank you! I think you just saved my life today!

OMG!! I've been doing this the hard way for sure!!! Thank you so very much for posting this method!

What a amazing tutorial!!!!! Love it! Can’t wait to try it!

this is so clever and so helpful. i thought i was somehow supposed to fold in the edge a perfecly tiny amount twice and I was terrified. THANK YOU

Thank you for sharing!! 🎉

Thank you so much! Wow, it is so much easier than I anticipated!

Tomorrow I will hemming my daughter and granddaughter's bridesmaid dresses, with your help on the video I am confident I will not mess them up. Thank you.

Brilliant !!!! Thank you so much.

So helpful, thank you very much! I have referenced this video a dozen times while working on my dress!

Awesome tutorial! 👏🏻👏🏻

I have never had good luck sewing chiffon. I'm researching all tips so I can shorten my niece's dress for her son's wedding. And give my new Brother sewing/embroidery machine a chance to do a good job w/out hesitation. Love your demo.

Absolutely fabulous thank you so much x

Thank You! Thank YOU! I was scared to death cutting my niece's bridesmaid dress.. I cannot believe its the same exact dress as yours. I feel confident now!

Great technique, my dress looks beautiful 😍 thank you so much 😊 ❤️

That is briliant!

Great video! Thank you!!

Thanks for this - so helpful! You’ve got a new subscriber as a result 🎉 thanks 🙏

Givving this a try. Thankfully, there are 3 layers, I hope I am proficient by the time I get to the outter layer! Thanks for the technique, I would never thought to keep excess un til first stitching is done.

What everyone else said! Thank you thank you thank you

Perfect explanation!

Oh my goodness!!!! I hem A LOT of these and this should work perfectly. The problem with even just stitching one time, trimming, then rolling is the material stretches or frays and it is too easy to make an uneven or wonky hem. Hope this works when only hemming the front of a dress that angles to the sides, therefore creating a bias section.

Thank you for the idea. 😍

Thank you this helped so much

Thank you so much! So helpful

Thank you!

excellent video. Thank you

Helped a lot thank you so much

Great video thank you

Beautiful

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Perfect! Thank you~!

I’ve got to do this to my wedding dress which is identical to the one you are altering only white. I’m going to have a little less to take off but I need as much as possible because I’m going to make a tiered short sleeve with the off cut.

Two weeks for my daughter's wedding. Her two bridesmaids dresses had to be shortened. Was a bit stressed out how to do it. Thank you so much for that teaching.❤

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Wish i knew this back in the day. Fandabidosy

SO DAMN CLEVER!! thankk you.

Excellent method of not cutting first!

Wow 👌 who knew love it 😀

Great job

Duckbilled scissors. OMG. Thank you for posting.

This is how I do it. Only I don’t always go by measuring from the bottom. Many hems are no even. I mark while on the client end finish a a dress form

Thank you so much for your excellent tutorial. I sew a lot but have almost zero experience of chiffon and agreed to take up a prom dress 🤪so really needed to watch your video. I had already purchased a rolled hem foot thinking I needed that but it looks like you did it with a standard foot? Do you have any views on a rolled hem foot (like/dislike) or do you just think it’s not necessary? Really appreciate your thoughts, thank you!!

Can't wait to try this as I am beginner to all of this. Do you have any tutorials on shortening shoulders on formal chiffon dress?

Thanks I’m nervous to do my daughters prom dress

Thank you so much for this video, you just saved my life! I have been recovering from an injury and I haven’t had money or time to get anything done for my brother’s wedding. Not cutting the hem is genius, and definitely easier for someone like me who hasn’t sewn in a while. I’m curious if it’ll still work okay if I don’t have an iron? I’d get one if I could afford the extra spending, but funds are low from being on medical leave.

Genius !!! Will try, wish me the best 🙏😁

Oh my gosh you are a lifesaver I told a friend I could hem her garment I had no idea it was a bridesmaid dress just like the pretty teal one in your video lol seriously I would have told her just have the shop you bought it from hem it but here I am lol. I have a question I noticed on her skirt towards about 1 1/2 inches from the bottom on both side hems of the dress are stay chains/ tack chains, its like holding the chiffon and satin together so they don't separate a lot?? should I add these on to the new hem or just say forget it and not worry about it? Its like when you buy a trench coat or really nice garment and they tack the pockets closed (does that make sense?). Thank you so much for your video I really appreciate it. You now have another subscriber for life :)

THANK U SO MUCH

I feel like I could do this!! Have a bridesmaid dress I need to hem and have a tight budget! I do some sewing, but never a hem before! Are you marking and sewing on the outside or inside of the dress?

I wish I am taller but wish cannot be granted 😂. I can only learn to sew. I'm a short woman, all dresses are 8-10" longer than me😏😢. This video is awesome.