How to Shorten and Hem a Dress (Skirt) or a T-shirt

Hi! My name is Katya. Greetings from Russia and welcome back to my channel. Today I want to show you this dress. I bought it so long ago and as you can see it's too long for me. So I never wear it and today I think I'm ready to shorten it by myself. I'm planning to wear it with no heels so the length of it should be a little above the floor, one centimeter above the floor. So let's get started! First of all you should mark the new length of your dress. To make it put on the dress and stand on the chair and then ask someone to help you. Make a few marks in the different places. It would be perfect if you wear the same shoes that you plan to wear with this dress. So here is my dress and now you need to find our marks. Here it is and now determine how much we need to cut. And now mark the same lengths all along the edge of the dress. But don't forget to add some similar ones to make a folded hem. And now you can cut the excess fabric. The very important thing now is to find the matching color thread. So now you can fold the edge and hem your dress. You can use a double needle to make it. It gives a very beautiful and stretchy stitching. But today I decided to do it with a plain narrow zigzag stitch. I only made a single fold because my fabric won't unravel. But you also can make a double fold for an extra security. And now I'm cutting off the excess fabric. So here is the final look. So I hope you like this tutorial. Now I'm trying to post on every Saturday and maybe Wednesdays. So please subscribe to my channel and see you in my next videos. Bye-bye!