tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post5934612665112448207..comments2024-03-14T16:03:32.434-04:00Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Hemming a Circle Skirt, Part TwoGertiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-76128769431221730782014-01-30T02:16:09.073-05:002014-01-30T02:16:09.073-05:00Thank you so much! I just made it nearly the entir...Thank you so much! I just made it nearly the entire way through a circle skirt pattern all on my own (sewed my first zipper and everything!) until I got to the hem...it was so daunting I nearly gave it up for another month or so. I'm probably the biggest procrastinator around so thank goodness I thought to search your blog. Off to go finish a project! Wooh, it feels so nice to type that. hahahaTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686044465055825703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-85197695882431701242014-01-30T02:13:20.149-05:002014-01-30T02:13:20.149-05:00Thank you so much for this, I was so proud of myse...Thank you so much for this, I was so proud of myself for getting all the way through my pattern for my circle skirt without any help (sewed my first zipper and everything!) until I got to the hem. I sat there staring at the skirt ready to call my mom, and then I searched your blog! Thanks for coming through for me again. -TaraTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686044465055825703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-13677484187806025422013-06-20T19:44:53.363-04:002013-06-20T19:44:53.363-04:00Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570001801725694078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-77537795377058450882013-04-18T17:42:35.319-04:002013-04-18T17:42:35.319-04:00Thanks for this video -- if you don't have a d...Thanks for this video -- if you don't have a dress form (or one that is adjusted to your size!) could you lay the skirt out on the ironing board and mark the hem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-74358894108944474672012-07-12T09:34:01.756-04:002012-07-12T09:34:01.756-04:00thank you much :)thank you much :)خياطة وتفصيلhttp://sewingbreakdown.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-63426257007361838662012-06-07T19:55:33.799-04:002012-06-07T19:55:33.799-04:00Wow! That made hemming my skirt really easy. It st...Wow! That made hemming my skirt really easy. It still took a while, but that's because there's so much skirt. Butterick 4790.Jennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-68767000092501443882011-08-02T06:56:34.225-04:002011-08-02T06:56:34.225-04:00Just wanted to thank you for this wonderful tutori...Just wanted to thank you for this wonderful tutorial! It helped me transform a dowdy 2-dollar flea market find into my dream skirt. Yay! :)Ullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-92093503112637379332011-07-05T14:53:04.733-04:002011-07-05T14:53:04.733-04:00April here: I have jusst discovered your blog- LOV...April here: I have jusst discovered your blog- LOVE it! My mom is teaching me how to sew and I have to say that hand sewing is not my fav! I made a dress (thankyou mom) this last weekend and I have been doing a terrible job stiching it so far. After your blog today-7-5-11 I got to thinking that I don't need to hand sew. It is not a circle skirt, more like an A-line. Would this technique work for me?<br />Thankyou!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15632811730586650892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-37289046003052347612011-06-15T05:32:28.017-04:002011-06-15T05:32:28.017-04:00Great tutorial. I would leave a circle skirt to dr...Great tutorial. I would leave a circle skirt to drop longer than a day - even as long as a week if you have the patience as some fabrics drop more slowly than others. :) Also for people with large bottoms or hips, they need to put a dress or skirt on and get someone else to mark it as this changes the length, but I think your mark on the wall hem marking is really clever! :)MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-47245490400681136692010-07-14T09:10:27.404-04:002010-07-14T09:10:27.404-04:00Thank you soooo much for the tutorial. I've be...Thank you soooo much for the tutorial. I've been struggling trying to figure out the best way to do this on my first circle skirt and every other tutorial I've found so far had told me I needed a special foot or a serger or this and that to do this. Thank goodness for you! Now I'm off to go and give it a go. Thanks again. :)Sam Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011731362175296289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-89694515316343414262010-02-02T21:39:35.367-05:002010-02-02T21:39:35.367-05:00Your vlogs are fabulous! Just watched all five of ...Your vlogs are fabulous! Just watched all five of them for this dress and I'm much less scared of tissue fitting (and hemming full skirts) now!Mikhaela Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02817367214920267825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-1453896620942084342010-01-31T00:26:18.314-05:002010-01-31T00:26:18.314-05:00Another great tutorial, Gertie! The slides worked...Another great tutorial, Gertie! The slides worked quite well.Gaidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11137796009019992269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-38880952690781739762010-01-30T11:28:28.325-05:002010-01-30T11:28:28.325-05:00Great videos! For beginner sewers, just remember t...Great videos! For beginner sewers, just remember that if you are REALLY picky about the length, to mark it about 1/4" longer, because that will be folded up, when you make the second and final fold.<br /><br />I have one of those machine hem roller feet, and it's very difficult to start on a complete circle, so your technique (and the bias tape technique mentioned in one of the comments) are excellent solutions.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191713016037761271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-50351239409317010282010-01-29T23:45:45.284-05:002010-01-29T23:45:45.284-05:00Just recently found your blog. Love your tutorials...Just recently found your blog. Love your tutorials! Thank you!!marisahttp://www.onebyone.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-10657762316221626252010-01-29T23:20:28.646-05:002010-01-29T23:20:28.646-05:00Hi Peter! I buy my Swedish tracing paper online at...Hi Peter! I buy my Swedish tracing paper online at Birch Street Clothing Company. <br /><br />http://www.birchstreetclothing.com/group.php?itemID=9036&colID=28<br /><br />The shipping is pricey - I sooo wish I could find a local source. I thought we were supposed to have everything in New York!?<br /><br />Len, link away! And of course, feel free to use any images.Gertiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-69681650955381291782010-01-29T17:12:17.751-05:002010-01-29T17:12:17.751-05:00Gertie, can you recommend a good source for that S...Gertie, can you recommend a good source for that Swedish tracing paper? Great video, btw.Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-50538778102155932832010-01-29T17:11:57.438-05:002010-01-29T17:11:57.438-05:00Gertie, you are a rock start! :)Gertie, you are a rock start! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-60763939023262157062010-01-29T15:47:35.386-05:002010-01-29T15:47:35.386-05:00Thank you so much for these two videos ! It's ...Thank you so much for these two videos ! It's really helpful ! <br />I discovered your blog about a month ago, and I've learned a lot throughout your blog. Thanks !Angsokahttp://angsoka.web-log.nl/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-61392723559959048292010-01-28T21:47:19.489-05:002010-01-28T21:47:19.489-05:00I wear lots of circle skirts, and so do all my dau...I wear lots of circle skirts, and so do all my daughters (or at least that is what their dresses have on them)...<br /><br />and I actually have an easier way to do circle hems...<br /><br />I use bias tape - single fold.<br /><br />Iron it out on 1 side - sew right side of iron out edge to right side of skirt.<br /><br />Trim edges. Press towards the edge. Turn, iron, and sew - either by hand or by machine. <br /><br />A perfect circle hem every time - with the perfect weight.<br /><br />It also works well with lace hem tape for light weight materials.Lady Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312855623134541689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-68547506860209294662010-01-28T19:45:12.578-05:002010-01-28T19:45:12.578-05:00Very nice...like how you incorporated the still ph...Very nice...like how you incorporated the still photos this time. A little more time consuming but allows your viewers to see the close ups. I see you are squanched for space...I know what that is like living in a rather small house. It took my daughter getting her own apartment for me to finally have a spot to set my machines up. Needless to say they get put away when she comes home to visit. Great Job...love Henry <3mimi ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308969238826902872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-19790657920916529102010-01-28T18:25:29.951-05:002010-01-28T18:25:29.951-05:00You legend, I'm making a dress that's been...You legend, I'm making a dress that's been adapted to have a circle skirt AS WE SPEAK. You're brilliant!<br /><br />Oh and I wanted to ask about if you mind terribly if I used one of your images in a blog entry about you? I want to explain the people on my blogroll and spread the good word ;) :) obv. hosted on my webby, naturally.Lenhttp://www.elenacresci.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-60426122505318072052010-01-28T18:20:20.895-05:002010-01-28T18:20:20.895-05:00thank you for making the videos.
this technique ...thank you for making the videos. <br /><br />this technique looks much better than my circle skirt hemming has been. I look forward to trying it on some spring skirts i have cut out.alissa imre geishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350509798159399362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-35881948556732338182010-01-28T16:23:12.473-05:002010-01-28T16:23:12.473-05:00Great tutorial! The close-up slides make a huge di...Great tutorial! The close-up slides make a huge difference in getting all the details! Thanks a lot! Can't wait to make a full circle skirt now!frk.bustadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905037626664748421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-69393605825863962762010-01-28T16:20:00.394-05:002010-01-28T16:20:00.394-05:00Hi Lorrie! You don't need to worry about easin...Hi Lorrie! You don't need to worry about easing in fullness with the gathered skirt. Since the pattern pieces are just rectanges, they're easy-peasy to hem. They don't have the tricky curved hem of a circle skirt.Gertiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-22715396234335485812010-01-28T15:59:01.740-05:002010-01-28T15:59:01.740-05:00Thanks for this tutorial. I am currently working ...Thanks for this tutorial. I am currently working on the the full gathered skirt you have in your archives for my daughter and I. Any suggestions for when you do have a deep hem to ease?Lorrienoreply@blogger.com