Hemming blue jeans with original hem

I am 5'2" necessitating LOTS of hemming and shortening of pants, skirts, and dresses. I just can't find anything the right length. If you've ever priced the cost of professional seamstresses (and add in the time it takes to get your clothing back), it costs a fortune to have everything you buy hemmed. I learned years ago how to hem pants and skirts, but jeans always gave me grief. A couple of years ago my older sister showed me a pair of her jeans that she had hemmed professionally, and it…

I just bought a pair of pants that I LOVE...but, they are way too long. I thought they'd be OK with shoes and folded up a bit. But they were...

Learn how to hem jeans like a pro while preserving the original, faded hem with this step-by-step sewing tutorial.

I am short. There is no other way to put it. I’m barely 5′ tall. I think I’ve only bought two pairs of used jeans in my life that were already hemmed to my length…ever……

While at a sewing class last week, I commented to the quilter next to me, that on my list of things to do was hemming jeans. She and then others jumped in, that they feared doing jeans on their sewing machines because of the thick seams. So I said I'd show them how I do it. Here is my quick way for hemming jeans. I've tried many ways, and have been using this method for the past 10 years. Beware this is a long post... Simple technique, but many pictures. First set up your sewing machine to…

The Backstory I am short. All the jeans I buy are too long for me. But I sew. So I thought I could cut off the excess length and rehem the ...

If you just turn up a simple hem on jeans as you would do on a skirt, it never looks right. So here’s my quick and easy hack to hem your jeans and keep the original hem intact.

Sewing trick - how to hem your jeans without cutting the original hem! Miarti 🧵✂️#miarti #shorts #tutorial FOLLOW US:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Miar...

Hemming Jeans the Easy Way: I can't even begin to tell you how many needles I've broken while trying to hem jeans. At one point I was going to don safety glasses to protect my eyes from flying needles! But no more! I thought there has to be a better way and today I will show y…

I am not a tall person. According to my husband, I'm not short, I'm "fun-size!" This means that jeans don't usually come in the right length for me. I have tried buying the "Petite" sizes but they just don't fit right - they are usually too short. It seems that I am somewhere in the