I’m short. I like this trick because rolled cuffs make me feel shorter. It feels like my mom rolled my school pants at the beginning of the school year..
As others have pointed out earlier, there’s a fundamental error in these instructions that leave the legs too short. After folding the hem up to find the new length, you need to measure this total length (turned up from new bottom edge to the old hem edge including the hem). You then halve this value, and reposition the old hem so that the turnup excluding the hem is set at this amount. Note that the original measurement includes the hem depth but the hem is excluded when setting the new turnup for sewing.
Thank you for this short video. I've seen others that are longer doing kinda the same thing but they seem a bit complicated and yours is super easy and understandable. I am a beginner and I want to fix one of my jeans that are way too long. Thank you.
Had a fantastic pair of jeans in the closet for six months...was afraid to ruin with a lumpy hem job. Saw your video and it gave me the confidence to try this. It worked wonders! It looks so good, I'm really pleased with the results. Thank you!
Thank you for this very simple and great video!!! actually i have 4 jeans pants that need shorting and i bought a sewing machine just to do that !! I am glad that i waited for months to shorten them !! I just wear them and bend them to the right length .. now I know how to shorted them and keep the original stitching!!
I just want to say thankyou very much for this video! I did this on 2 pairs of smarter jeans rather then just doing a cuff style for shortening them. It was much appreciated 🙏
That's awesome! I totally needed to see this. As a shorter, stubbier guy at 5'5, I always have trouble finding pants and jeans at that perfect 28.5" inseam length. The short/regular length is always 30" (sometimes 29"). All the pants I buy are long af and go past my heel to the floor.
A Dream I too find it amazing that a 30” waist comes with a 30” inseam and to get a shorter 29” inseam you have to have a 34”!waist. Those of us 5’5” have to get fatter to get shorter inseams.
I am in the same boat. I'm pretty thin and am also 5'5 and they just don't make pants with my measurements. I take a 30" waist and about a 27 length but they just DO NOT have 27s at most regular places. Learning to hem has been a lifesaver
Just a great video.Wish I’d seen this video years ago.Jeans look great with original hem.Do mine by hand,as I do not know how to use a sewing machine.Still looks great by hand.Thanks again
GREAT JOB GIRL.... YOU GO.. THERE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE HATERS. BUT YOU REALY DID A GREAT JOB. I SEW A LOT NOT BY ANY VIDEOS BUT LEARNED ON MY OWN, I DO BY HAND AND WITH A MACHINE SO THANK YOU FOR YOU GREAT VIDEO, AND YES WE NEED MORE...
What I don't get is, if the folded up bottom edge is the length you want then you sew the original bottom 1.5 Inches up, won't it now be too short (As if you are sewing it 3 inches higher overall shorter now?)
I'm confused on that too. This is the second video I've watched on this method, and I still can't figure out how it works by hemming it in half. I realize my original jean hem is 3/4 of a inch, but not 1.5 inches.
@@dawnpatterson9257 I would iron along the hemline that you want as a guide, (in the video its 1.5 inches up). Then re fold the old hem edge so that it sits along this ironed line (this would then leave a folded waste part of HALF the original fold (in this instance 3/4 of an inch). This is because its doubled up so that overall shortening will be 1.5 inches Instead of the 3 inches she wrongly uses. Then sew along your original hem piece you want to keep. This will then be the correct length. Whatever your folded up piece measures, sew half way to this measurement as the explanation is wrong in the video.
Exactly thats confusing. I could have sworn she tugged them down too after she sewed them and tried on lol. Think your supposed to move like half dow or something im soo confused.
If you wanted to cut one and a half inches off, with this method, You were cutting 3 inches off. Furthermore, when done and the edge is folded down, the jean will be half inch longer than you measured because of the folding edge.
Brilliant... my wife has just taken up a couple of pairs of my trousers. Very professional job! Unfortunately, she also managed to 'machine sew' one of her lovely nails... not so professional! .
Just a tip: Sometimes the factory will make legs different lengths so measure and also, some people have uneven legs. Don’t measure...just fold BOTH LEGS and then fold each pant leg to figure out what you need to do.
honestly, on those specific pants, the hem looks easy to recreate. 1. mark the spot where you want your pant's to fall, I suggest using chalk. Pinning is okay, but it's annoying to deal with on a sewing machine. 2. measure from the bottom of the pants to the stitching of the original hem 3. mark the spot below the desired hem line (from step 1) that is 1.5 to 2 times the distance of step 2. If the distance is longer than the pants, you will need to get a seam ripper and rip open the original hem, unravel it, press it flat, and then mark it 4. cut along the line of step 3. 5. fold up the pants hem to half way between the line marked at step 1 (or all the way up to the line marked in step 1 if you went as far as 2x) and press w/iron. Make sure it's pressed well! 6. Fold up the hem onto itself to the line you marked at step 1 and press like your life depends on it. This should hide the frayed/exposed portion of the denim. This should be 3 layers of denim, which can give issues to sowing machines trouble if they don't have a denim/jean needle. 7. Sew as close to the top of the hem as you can - it'll prevent the hem from snagging when you put your pants on. You'll want to use the same color thread as your pants original hem. Go slow, go in a straight line. Don't forget to backstitch when you start, and when you finish. Before you start sowing, make sure you line up the hem's inseam/outseam with the pant's inseam/outseam. It's a small detail, but it's noticeable if you like to cuff your pants (if you're into that)
Im confused too. I will definitely try mine on before I do any final cutting. It looks like where her original fold is, hemming at that spot would make them too short. ?? What am I missing?
I know. I was confused. After you figure out the length to cut, you have to fold halfway from the original fold then sew it. Otherwise you will lose the additional 1 1/2 in.
I done this but you need to divide the difference in half. IE mine were 4" too long so I only folded them 2" to get the desired length. Be careful and make sure you use a Jean needle #16 . Don't forget when you go over the side seams they are folded twice and that alot off denim to go through. Personally I don't like this way as the side seams look too thick afterwards. RUclipsrs always make it look easy but trust me if the jeans are your favourite or expensive , take them to a tailor. Most house hold sewing machines just won't go through the folded denim on the side's!!
Except for the math problem your video explained the actual sewing process the best. I think your supposed to minus the half inch. I only have used fabric glue on mine, it came out well. It highlighted my chelsea boots. One side was larger than the other but no one knows that except me. I've got the sewing machine but have no idea how to sew. I guess I will learn.
I’m short. I like this trick because rolled cuffs make me feel shorter. It feels like my mom rolled my school pants at the beginning of the school year..
Even though I am just an amateur sewing machine user I prefer to make my own jean hem. It is more for-filling than to have that overlap at the bottom of the jeans.
The way I do it is just measure from the groin to right below the original hem while it's folded. This is the point where you will sew it. Then account for around half an inch which is how big my original hem is. So if I'm doing a 27 length I measure about 26 and a half. This way when you flip the original hem down on the leg you get about the right length. But I never understood cutting the length in half because that's just an arbitrary amount depending on what length you're making. I like measuring the whole leg so I'm sure
Thank you for this tutorial. This saves me $20 for every time I need pants hemmed (short people problems).
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I’m short. I like this trick because rolled cuffs make me feel shorter. It feels like my mom rolled my school pants at the beginning of the school year..
I work in jeans, so I have a lot and at $20 each, my closet has $180 of needed hem work. No one sells less than 30 L, at 40 W up.
I'm pretty sure half of all mass shootings are motivated by short people that can't buy pants that fit out of the store as-is.
You just make me LOL😀!
Thanks for the great how to video - I’m 5’2” and most jeans are too long. I just tailored my jeans using this method and it worked great!
As others have pointed out earlier, there’s a fundamental error in these instructions that leave the legs too short.
After folding the hem up to find the new length, you need to measure this total length (turned up from new bottom edge to the old hem edge including the hem). You then halve this value, and reposition the old hem so that the turnup excluding the hem is set at this amount.
Note that the original measurement includes the hem depth but the hem is excluded when setting the new turnup for sewing.
My thought exactly as I viewed this. I'm not sure how all those who followed these instructions didn't gripe that they were too short.
I'm too dumb for this😭😭😭
@@homeland1128haha
Thanks
My thoughts exactly, that's why o thought I'd check out a few tutorials.
Best tutorial I’ve seen for this. Everyone else made it seem so much more complicated! Thanks!
Thank you for this short video. I've seen others that are longer doing kinda the same thing but they seem a bit complicated and yours is super easy and understandable. I am a beginner and I want to fix one of my jeans that are way too long. Thank you.
Thank you for the most complete tutorial I've seen for shortening jeans the easier way.
Had a fantastic pair of jeans in the closet for six months...was afraid to ruin with a lumpy hem job. Saw your video and it gave me the confidence to try this. It worked wonders! It looks so good, I'm really pleased with the results. Thank you!
This was my first time hemming up my jeans. Used this tutorial exactly and they came out perfect! So easy to do. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this very simple and great video!!! actually i have 4 jeans pants that need shorting and i bought a sewing machine just to do that !! I am glad that i waited for months to shorten them !! I just wear them and bend them to the right length .. now I know how to shorted them and keep the original stitching!!
Thank you so much for this. I've watched a few vids on this and yours is by far the easiest to understand. Clear and straight to the point.
I just want to say thankyou very much for this video! I did this on 2 pairs of smarter jeans rather then just doing a cuff style for shortening them. It was much appreciated 🙏
That's awesome! I totally needed to see this. As a shorter, stubbier guy at 5'5, I always have trouble finding pants and jeans at that perfect 28.5" inseam length. The short/regular length is always 30" (sometimes 29"). All the pants I buy are long af and go past my heel to the floor.
A Dream
I too find it amazing that a 30” waist comes with a 30” inseam and to get a shorter 29” inseam you have to have a 34”!waist. Those of us 5’5” have to get fatter to get shorter inseams.
I am in the same boat. I'm pretty thin and am also 5'5 and they just don't make pants with my measurements. I take a 30" waist and about a 27 length but they just DO NOT have 27s at most regular places. Learning to hem has been a lifesaver
The way you have explained and way you donjob is absolutely brilliant thank you so much
I followed your instructions and my slacks are now the perfect length with a professional look. Thanks so much for your easy to follow instructions!
You make it look so easy,,1,2,3..
great video.
thanks
This has got to be the most straightforward video I have seen to keep the original hem. So simple. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Thank you sooo much for this video!! I’m short, so I always need to alter my jeans!
at last i found someone the explained it a way that's so not complicated
I never thought about doing it this way, mindblowing idea.
ThankYOU ! 💙👌
just done my first pair of jeans following your guide for the first time i think they look fine . thank you
Thank you! I have a pair of jeans waiting to be hemmed and this technique is just what I needed to know.
Just a great video.Wish I’d seen this video years ago.Jeans look great with original hem.Do mine by hand,as I do not know how to use a sewing machine.Still looks great by hand.Thanks again
Thanks. I needed that. I'm about 6'with a 28"L.
Woohoo! That was intense! Thank you🙏 I'm about to shorten my jeans using your method 🙌🥰
I really like the way you explain everything. Thank you.
I always wondered how that was done . Thanks. New wrinkle on the brain.
joseph burtulato .....
this isnt the proper way but its a quicker one
The second row of stitching makes the hem--thx for the reminder.
Great ... I just made the job and it's perfect. Thanks a lot.
GREAT JOB GIRL.... YOU GO.. THERE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE HATERS. BUT YOU REALY DID A GREAT JOB. I SEW A LOT NOT BY ANY VIDEOS BUT LEARNED ON MY OWN, I DO BY HAND AND WITH A MACHINE SO THANK YOU FOR YOU GREAT VIDEO, AND YES WE NEED MORE...
If you shorten your jeans 1 1/2" than they will be shortened 3". You have to divide the number you want shortened in half and then turn up the hem!
What I don't get is, if the folded up bottom edge is the length you want then you sew the original bottom 1.5 Inches up, won't it now be too short (As if you are sewing it 3 inches higher overall shorter now?)
I'm confused on that too. This is the second video I've watched on this method, and I still can't figure out how it works by hemming it in half. I realize my original jean hem is 3/4 of a inch, but not 1.5 inches.
@@dawnpatterson9257 I would iron along the hemline that you want as a guide, (in the video its 1.5 inches up). Then re fold the old hem edge so that it sits along this ironed line (this would then leave a folded waste part of HALF the original fold (in this instance 3/4 of an inch). This is because its doubled up so that overall shortening will be 1.5 inches Instead of the 3 inches she wrongly uses. Then sew along your original hem piece you want to keep. This will then be the correct length.
Whatever your folded up piece measures, sew half way to this measurement as the explanation is wrong in the video.
Exactly thats confusing. I could have sworn she tugged them down too after she sewed them and tried on lol. Think your supposed to move like half dow or something im soo confused.
I thought the same thing! She did this wrong!
Genius! Pure GENIUS...🤩🤩🤩!!!
Tutorial was shown so so Perfect. I done it easily at the first go. Happy 😃 😃 🙏🏼
If you wanted to cut one and a half inches off, with this method, You were cutting 3 inches off. Furthermore, when done and the edge is folded down, the jean will be half inch longer than you measured because of the folding edge.
Amazing, very nice n simple to understand and excite,Thanks!
Thank you for your useful clip, I shorten my jean with this method and am satisfied of it
I learned something new thanks
Me too
Me too
Me three
Great video. Never knew it would be so simple.
Thanks for the great tutorial.
wow amazing & i need to learn how to run or hook up thread to my sewing machine...
excellent video i love all the extra pointers
Love this video
i needed this video, i do all my sewing
Thank you. Easy to follow instructions.
thanks for easy and clear!
Terrific instructional video! Thanks for sharing!
I like the way you explain this
Thanks so much for this! Very logically and simply explained.
Finaly a video that I understood well what was going on.
Brilliant... my wife has just taken up a couple of pairs of my trousers. Very professional job! Unfortunately, she also managed to 'machine sew' one of her lovely nails... not so professional!
.
Lol
So easy and well explained. Many thanks.
I did thats type of tips i love it
the best tutorial. Thanks so much
Can I also do this with sweatpants or is it a different thing
Yes you can just use the same color threading as the sweatpants
Great tutorial!
Just a tip: Sometimes the factory will make legs different lengths so measure and also, some people have uneven legs. Don’t measure...just fold BOTH LEGS and then fold each pant leg to figure out what you need to do.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the informative video! I can ho it the old way, but going to give this a try. I think the jeans look more finished with their original hem.
honestly, on those specific pants, the hem looks easy to recreate.
1. mark the spot where you want your pant's to fall, I suggest using chalk. Pinning is okay, but it's annoying to deal with on a sewing machine.
2. measure from the bottom of the pants to the stitching of the original hem
3. mark the spot below the desired hem line (from step 1) that is 1.5 to 2 times the distance of step 2. If the distance is longer than the pants, you will need to get a seam ripper and rip open the original hem, unravel it, press it flat, and then mark it
4. cut along the line of step 3.
5. fold up the pants hem to half way between the line marked at step 1 (or all the way up to the line marked in step 1 if you went as far as 2x) and press w/iron. Make sure it's pressed well!
6. Fold up the hem onto itself to the line you marked at step 1 and press like your life depends on it. This should hide the frayed/exposed portion of the denim. This should be 3 layers of denim, which can give issues to sowing machines trouble if they don't have a denim/jean needle.
7. Sew as close to the top of the hem as you can - it'll prevent the hem from snagging when you put your pants on. You'll want to use the same color thread as your pants original hem. Go slow, go in a straight line. Don't forget to backstitch when you start, and when you finish. Before you start sowing, make sure you line up the hem's inseam/outseam with the pant's inseam/outseam. It's a small detail, but it's noticeable if you like to cuff your pants (if you're into that)
thanks i loved it now 2 jeans in my trash can, i watched too late your video thank you honey
Thanks for posting this. I suffer from height deficiency😂 and am tired of cuffing my pants, again, Thank You👍
when you folded your jeans to your desired length... did you just loose 1 1/2 inches when you sewed at the top of the fold? makes no sense
I agree. I just lost a pair of pants.
@@catherineduenne8837 yes haha Thanks god I scrolled down and read this.
Im confused too. I will definitely try mine on before I do any final cutting. It looks like where her original fold is, hemming at that spot would make them too short. ?? What am I missing?
I know. I was confused. After you figure out the length to cut, you have to fold halfway from the original fold then sew it. Otherwise you will lose the additional 1 1/2 in.
I done this but you need to divide the difference in half. IE mine were 4" too long so I only folded them 2" to get the desired length. Be careful and make sure you use a Jean needle #16 . Don't forget when you go over the side seams they are folded twice and that alot off denim to go through. Personally I don't like this way as the side seams look too thick afterwards. RUclipsrs always make it look easy but trust me if the jeans are your favourite or expensive , take them to a tailor. Most house hold sewing machines just won't go through the folded denim on the side's!!
Thank you for this amazing video
Why can't you cut it to length and sew it once with yellow thread?
this was so simple and easy to follow..thank you so much
Thanks for this video. It was very easy to understand.
Thank you! Now I can FINALLY hem my husbands pants! Great tutorial ❤
But it is wrong!
Don't do it! It might lead to a divorce.
Hi.. :) thank you for sharing.. God Bless
Thank you ma'am I have idea now.....🤗🤗🤗
Thanks for your share 😊👍👍👍
Thank you
Thank you to your help to fix a jeans
Very useful tips...
Very clear instruction! Thank you!👍
Wow! The first sewing video that I've ever watched! Thank you!!!
Except for the math problem your video explained the actual sewing process the best. I think your supposed to minus the half inch. I only have used fabric glue on mine, it came out well. It highlighted my chelsea boots. One side was larger than the other but no one knows that except me. I've got the sewing machine but have no idea how to sew. I guess I will learn.
Brilliant video, could do with one on the waist also.
I’m short. I like this trick because rolled cuffs make me feel shorter. It feels like my mom rolled my school pants at the beginning of the school year..
I’m using this
Thanks for this video, he was very informative into the point, my question is how do you do a wide leg hem, would it be the same
Even though I am just an amateur sewing machine user I prefer to make my own jean hem. It is more for-filling than to have that overlap at the bottom of the jeans.
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you very much for the video. God bless you
This can’t be right...You must divide the measured amount in half...or they will be too SHORT!!
Exactly lol this is completely incorrect
The way I do it is just measure from the groin to right below the original hem while it's folded. This is the point where you will sew it. Then account for around half an inch which is how big my original hem is. So if I'm doing a 27 length I measure about 26 and a half. This way when you flip the original hem down on the leg you get about the right length. But I never understood cutting the length in half because that's just an arbitrary amount depending on what length you're making. I like measuring the whole leg so I'm sure
I do the same to slim down my jeans to keep the original vertical seam.
Love your video!
Very good and informative video thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Thank u so much
Thanks
Thank you for sharing this video.
Great instructions thanks!
can this technique be used for all types of pants?
That was excellent. Thank you.
this is what my mother always did long before youtube exist. heheheh
Yeah haha my old sis too
That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
I like your sewing machine
I subscribed ma'am thank you so much
U are awesome!!
Amazing