Loose hems
Edge stitching
Addresses hems that have separated along the lower edge of trousers, skirts, dresses, tops or sleeves. You can note where the hem has dropped and how much of the folded edge is affected.
Service Scope & Boundaries
Everyday mending for hems, seams and buttons.
Larkspur Mending repairs loose hems, open seams and missing buttons on everyday clothing. Reviewing the exact repair categories and exclusions below helps clarify whether your garment matches this focus.
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Repairs offered
These three options can be considered individually or together depending on what your garment needs.
Open seams
Join stitching
Addresses straight or curved construction joins where two panels of fabric have separated along the seam line, such as underarm seams, side seams, inseams or pocket joins.
Missing buttons
Fastening point
Addresses detached buttons on everyday garments. You can check whether you still have the original button or a spare button attached to an inside label.
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What is outside the scope
Tailoring, dry cleaning and garment sales are outside its scope.
The distinction is between restoring an existing hem, seam or button placement and changing the fit or condition of a garment through other services.
Choosing between a hem repair and tailoring
Re-securing an existing hem line that has come unstitched falls within loose hem repair. Shortening, lengthening or reshaping a garment to alter how it fits is tailoring and is outside the scope.
Choosing between a seam repair and tailoring
Closing a parted seam along its existing line falls within open seam repair. Taking in, letting out or restructuring panels to change garment dimensions is tailoring and is outside the scope.