Shortened by a Tier

 Hello Readers. Look at this beautiful dress. I got this at a clothes swap or a thrift store... I can't remember where to be honest. It doesn't matter. I loved the dress, it is the lightest cotton. It even has a light cotton lining, perfect for summer. What more could I want? Well, I want to walk. And I want to walk without tripping and falling. This dress was just too long. That's an easy fix. 

Sometimes we need to shorten things.   

I thought this dress was so pretty, I just loved it. But I also like to walk about without falling.

Let's get right to it. I cut off the bottom tier. I cut off the entire lowest tier because I didn't want half a tier. That would look weird next to the rest of the tiers. I thought I should remove one full tier. I saved that bottom tier for another project.

 

I ironed the new hem before sewing to make sure it was nice and neat.

  

I turned the edge under twice and made a new hem. I used my sewing machine and a straight stitch to make this hem.

 

I also shortened the lining because it needed to be shorter now that the dress was shorter. 

 

The lining was not going to be seen but I didn't want it to fray or be messy. I used my serger all along the bottom edge of the lining. That is all it needed to stay neat under the skirt.

 

I liked the shorter length. 

 

The skirt is still super twirly! Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.