Beaded Dress Alterations: A Step by Step Guide Altering embellished garments, such as sequinned, embroidered, or beaded dresses, often involves several hand sewing steps: first, carefully unpicking the delicate seams; second, securing the embellishment; otherwise, beads and sequins get lost. The especially beaded dresses we have to remove each individual bead around the area we need to take in, reinforce the rest of the bead pattern so it doesnt come apart, and sew it back up properly. Hemming beaded dress without securing beads?