Tailoring Tips: Pinning New Hems

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Part of the video series: Basic Tailoring Tips

Summary: Sewing and tailoring is easier when hems are pinned down. Pin new hems with tailoring tips from a fashion designer in this free video on sewing and clothing alterations.

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By Lauren Bradley
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Lauren Bradley is a professional fashion designer with many years of experience in various parts of the fashion industry.read more

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"So I've cut everything and mirrored on the other side the half inch from the line that we drew. And I put pins here and pins there. And now you can see on the sleeves I'm going to have to pin the sleeves as well. You can see I have this half inch line drawn. I placed this sleeve on the other so they're both the same. And now I'm going to go ahead and pin. And I'm working with stripes so what I'm trying to do is match up the stripes. So I'm just going to pin down so it's easier to sew. And then we're going to sew everything at a half inch because we cut everything a half inch beyond our original tailor line that we made. And then I do the same to the other sleeve. And then everything will be pinned and ready to go through the sewing machine. Just matching up the stripes. Okay so now we're ready to sew."