Question: is it wise to hem a half-slip that's too long? By "wise" I mean, if I hem a half-slip that's too long, will it look horrible and too heavy at the bottom, thus making my dress's skirt look all heavy at the bottom?

I'm half-tempted to just cut it. But that would lead to dangling threads, wouldn't it?

Can you cut it and then do a little roll-hem? Better yet, do you have a serger that can cut and then stitch it for you?

Maybe cut it a little too short, and then add lace at the bottom as the hem?

I should have noted that I need to wear it tomorrow, and I don't have lace, although I could run out to Target and get something trim-like.

Can you cut it and then do a little roll-hem?

I should also note that I barely know how to sew on a button. So while I know what a roll-hem looks like, I assumed they were made by magical sewing elves.

Better yet, do you have a serger that can cut and then stitch it for you?

I truly have no idea what a serger is.

Possibly the cut-too-short-and-add-trim idea might work.

t edit Although if I'm going to run out to Target, I'm much more likely to buy an inexpensive short half-slip while I'm there, versus buying trim to sew on by hand.

Poor planning, c'est moi.

If you cut it and don't wash it, dangling threads shouldn't be too much of a problem, unless it's cloth that lives to unravel.

If you cut it and don't wash it, dangling threads shouldn't be too much of a problem, unless it's cloth that lives to unravel.

It's just that weird poly/nylon/manmade fabric that undergarments, particularly inexpensive slips, are made out of.

t edit Which is to say, I have no idea if it's an unravel-y prone material.

Fabric glue. Or any glue, really.

Edit: Or nailpolish, cheap stuff that you would use on stocking runs.

Surely The Boy has some :)

It just occurred to me that I'm playing the music in my headphones a little loud. Then I thought, "I'm 47 years old, and I'm generally careful about stuff like this. If I'm not old enough to risk a little hearing loss, then what's a middle age for?"

Surely The Boy has some :)

He's a hybrid cross-dresser; he dresses (and boy howdy, he's got the legs for teeny skirts and high heels), but he doesn't wear makeup or anything.

I once got him to let me paint his toenails black.

He just likes the clothes. (Well, there's more to it than that, but what I mean to say is, it's expressed via clothes, and their tactile difference from men's clothes, and not makeup.)

I own all the nail polish in the family.

It's just that weird poly/nylon/manmade fabric that undergarments, particularly inexpensive slips, are made out of.

You should probably be able to cut that stuff all the hell up. It may even form its own spontaneous little roll-hem.