Hey Mel... Take some photos of the shoes!! I want to see them! BTW... was this a single item auction, or does the store you found have many? In other words... Where did you get them? (Looking for such kinds of shoes... in blues, or greys, and in golds...)
Can't wait to see your finished Dream Gown!... As to hemming... You can surely get away with leaving the selvages as they are... I think the chiffon selvages are nice on their own... I would probably not do that, because I love the rolled hem edge so much, and it adds a bit of that wave... (personal preference, I use the rolled hem whenever I can...) Really, though, I think you could go either way... Did you get to use the foot on that skirt you needed to hem?
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Can't wait to see your finished Dream Gown!... As to hemming... You can surely get away with leaving the selvages as they are... I think the chiffon selvages are nice on their own... I would probably not do that, because I love the rolled hem edge so much, and it adds a bit of that wave... (personal preference, I use the rolled hem whenever I can...) Really, though, I think you could go either way... Did you get to use the foot on that skirt you needed to hem?