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I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but maybe someone here
will be able to help me. My daughter is going to a new school this year that requires uniforms, in her case grey slacks or grey plaid skirt. The skirts have pleats, and as my daughter is on the short side for her age, hers is far too long! I don't have much sewing experience, but I was wondering if this would be possible to hem myself? Or is it absolutely necessary that I take it in someplace to have it altered? If I can do this myself, how do I make sure the pleats don't end up all funny? I'm sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I don't want her to get teased or beaten up because of her clothes. |
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wrote: I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but maybe someone here will be able to help me. My daughter is going to a new school this year that requires uniforms, in her case grey slacks or grey plaid skirt. The skirts have pleats, and as my daughter is on the short side for her age, hers is far too long! I don't have much sewing experience, but I was wondering if this would be possible to hem myself? Or is it absolutely necessary that I take it in someplace to have it altered? If I can do this myself, how do I make sure the pleats don't end up all funny? I'm sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I don't want her to get teased or beaten up because of her clothes. Unless you know how to sew, I wouldn't start with hemming pleats. Some of the stores that sell school uniforms have alterations staff available; many dry cleaners also have people who do alterations. Or just look for a seamstress. It isn't that hemming a pleated skirt is that tricky -- it isn't much different from any other kind of skirt, it's just that you have to press the pleats just right afterwards, and if you get any of the hem bulky in any way, the pleats won't lay flat again. meh -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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wrote: In article , wrote: I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this, but maybe someone here will be able to help me. My daughter is going to a new school this year that requires uniforms, in her case grey slacks or grey plaid skirt. The skirts have pleats, and as my daughter is on the short side for her age, hers is far too long! I don't have much sewing experience, but I was wondering if this would be possible to hem myself? Or is it absolutely necessary that I take it in someplace to have it altered? If I can do this myself, how do I make sure the pleats don't end up all funny? I'm sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I don't want her to get teased or beaten up because of her clothes. Unless you know how to sew, I wouldn't start with hemming pleats. Some of the stores that sell school uniforms have alterations staff available; many dry cleaners also have people who do alterations. Or just look for a seamstress. It isn't that hemming a pleated skirt is that tricky -- it isn't much different from any other kind of skirt, it's just that you have to press the pleats just right afterwards, and if you get any of the hem bulky in any way, the pleats won't lay flat again. Without seeing it, my thought would be to take it up in the waist rather than at the hem. You might just be able to roll the waist band over a couple of times (or once), especially if the blouse doesn't have to tuck in. Alternately, are you sure you couldn't buy a smaller size which would be shorter? My dd#2 who has to wear a uniform much prefers to wear pants rather than the skirt part of the uniform. And pants are much easier to alter and/or hem than skirts are. grandma Rosalie |
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On 8/11/03 10:13 PM, in article ,
"Donna Metler" wrote: Some of the uniform suppliers here have short, regular and tall skirt lengths with the same waistband size. If there's more than one supplier, you might want to check into this as an option. Cost was a bit of an issue, and the supplier I found was quite cheap, but the skirts only came in one length. Thankfully they've got a good refund policy, so I'll have a look and see if I can find somewhere with the same pattern that offers them in different lengths, thank you! My school district does uniforms (Teachers aren't required to wear them, but I feel it is setting a good example to do so), and I actually buy my skirts through one of the school uniform suppliers in the larger kids' sizes, because it costs much less than trying to find something equivalent via adult stores. I have to get the short sizes, because apparently teen/preteen girls with my waist size are supposed to be playing basketball or something! I suppose they have to make them long enough for just about everybody, since you can't really make it longer the way you can shorter... I'm slightly above average in height, but was always one of the shortest ones in the class most of the time I was in school. I can still sometimes find clothes in the larger girls sizes that fit me quite well, though! |
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