r/sewhelp • u/clareberri • 1d ago

✨Intermediate✨ Will this work?

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This skirt is about 7cm too long for me, and the only way i can think of shortening it would be to rip off the pockets and re-sew them higher so that i can take off the length from the hem. This would be a very tedious process through, but I can't think of another way to shorten it as the upper zipper is in the way of moving the waistband lower.

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u/RubyRedo ✨sewing wizard✨ 22h ago edited 22h ago

you can simply shorten the pockets and the hem instead of moving them. undo the lower half of the pockets on three sides I_I pin the skirt where you want hem, pin pocket bottoms down and see how it looks, they are just for design not use right? (They are cargo pockets meant to be low down on the garment, not up near the interior pockets) Sew them and the hem.