Wendy Watson - The Middle Man (Jacket Hemming)

1. Notice how the seam would have been left with raw edges. I strive to conceal *all* raw edges regardless of whether or not they are on the interior or exterior. Sadly this cannot always be the case, but it's still worth putting in an effort. Having come across my serger... broken... some months back made me not-so-happy (to say the least). Anyways, I opted to roll my hems to conceal the seams.
   
2. I folded the seam as close to the original stitching as I could and made sure it was straight all the way across. This was pinned in to place and *not*stitched*, but instead ironed flat.
   
3. I continued the roll until the raw edge was tucked in on itself. Removing the reference pins while folding so they would not be trapped under the rolled fabric. I made sure to re-pin the new roll as I went along.
   
4. After I had the first pin in I simply continued the process along the rest of the seam double checking it was even and would lay flat and having the pins placed in even intervals. And it was ironed once again.
   
5. Once the pins were in place and the ironing had been done to insure a flat, smooth finishing all that was left to do was stitch two even rows using the top stitch method (not pictured, but since completed).

After I was satisfied with the collar I moved on to hemming the bottom of the jacket, which had to be taken up just a little bit. Shortening an article of clothing is one of the easiest modification you can do so it was no trouble at all and I was quickly able to move onto the sleeves. After I had finished the sleeves I realized that Wendy Watson has 3/4 sleeves as opposed to the full length sleeves that I had made. This is one of the final alterations that will be finished (rather quickly) tonight. While pondering over possible button placement I noticed the fit wasn't entirely custom, but not exactly baggy. Just hovering somewhere in between. So I remedied this with more seam rolling. The end result came out great. The only reason it looks lumpy is because the pins are in place, but the finished stitching looks wonderful. :) One last thing I will need to do to complete this is re-dye it. When I initially dyed the fabric I did not wet the fabric in clear water first, so the dye collected in little pockets of dry fabric and left it slightly blotchy. Ugh! No worries though, a second application should set things right. I just need to do it by hand and make sure *all* of my seams are accounted for because I do not want to even think about how devastating it would be to have another dying mishap. >_<*