My suggestion would be to skip the seam ripper and just cut the serged seam away with scissors. The serged section of the chiffon will not survive the seam ripping no matter how carfully you do it, and you will not loose that much material. I second the suggestion to do a rolled hem for the chiffon and just a simple, narrow once-folded hem for the velvet.
Synthetic chiffon is a nightmare IMO to sew with a machine, so I would skip any attempt to do a machine rolled hem and just do it by hand.
Sedonia
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Originally Posted by crystalllized
The only thing I can think of is to sit with a seam ripper and very carefully take out the thread on the sides. You will have to re-hem the velvet and chiffon. I suggest a rolled hem for chiffon, but a normal hem for the velvet. My rolled hems pretty much suck so I just add beads over it. From stage, you wouldn't be able to see the hems, but in restaurants you can.
Good luck!
Crystal
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