The first step, is to measure the hemming length. You can either measure where you are going to fold it, or where the current hem is going to be folded to.

Here, I did the former



And Smudge helped, as usual



Then, I must press the hem (I made sure the cat was not around for this-an iron on wool setting with lots of steam is unsafe for a cat)



Once pressed, pin at reasonable intervals (about 4-5 inches, or every pleat)



And, then you start to sew. I used a blind hem stitch. For those who don't know (and I didn't, until I looked it up in my Sewing For Dummies book), this is a hemming stitch that just picks up a few threads of the outer part of the garment, so it is essentially invisible from the outside. Some sewing machines can do this. Mine, ancient relic that it is, cannot. Therefore, I did this by hand.



A glass of wine helps this process.

More to come...