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    How To Hem Your Jeans With Style

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    How to hem jeans and keep the original cuff details - is easy - you just need the right technique. This tutorial is especially designed for hemming denim.

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    How to hem jeans and keep the original cuff details - is easy - you just need the right technique. This tutorial is especially designed for hemming denim.

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    How to hem jeans and keep the original cuff details - is easy - you just need the right technique. This tutorial is especially designed for hemming denim.

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    How To Hem Your Jeans With Style

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    Nancy Minsky
    How to hem jeans and keep the original cuff details - is easy - you just need the right technique. This tutorial is especially designed for hemming denim.

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    hemming jeans

    with designer style


    by nancy minsky
    author of “denim revolution: dozens of ways to turn
    denim cast-offs into fashion must-haves
    remake cast-off jeans”
    http://21centurydressmakers.blogspot.com

    Every pair of jeans, new or old, ends with a


    cuff, with distinctive denim details and
    characteristics. So, if jeans need to be
    shorted they should to be hemmed in a
    manner that is durable, invisible and does
    not change the style or look of the jeans.

    The hemming technique on the following


    pages is designed especially for denim. It is
    named for your eyes only due to how it
    blends so seamlessly, that only the
    seamstress knows it’s there.

    As you will discover, it is simple and easy


    to complete or, if you’re not a seamstress,
    then to explain, to the person who will
    shorten your jeans.
    for your eyes only
    a technique to seamlessly shorten and hem your jeans

    the jean dilemma


    You have a pair of jeans that have a special worn effect, and fit you perfectly in all ways, except – they
    are too long and need to be hemmed. Since you certainly don’t want to walk around with a glaringly
    “ohh, you shortened your jeans” look, you need a hemming technique that will blend seamlessly with
    the existing, worn cuff.

    the cure
    The hemming technique is easy, but different from how pants are usually hemmed. Just follow the easy
    steps and special notations to achieve a beautiful alteration.

    the sewing materials


    - two sewing threads, one color that matches with the denim at the jean cuff on the outside and another
    color that matches the backside;
    - general sewing materials including: scissors, straight pins, sewing machine with a “denim sewing
    needle”, a pencil or tailor’s chalk, tape measure, ruler, iron, seam ripper.

    step-by-step how-to-do-it
    - Press your jeans.

    - Mark the new length and measure the excess.


    note: A common mistake is hemming jeans too short. Keep in mind that denim is cotton and it
    shrinks. It takes a few wash and dry cycles before they stop shrinking and the length stabilizes.

    - (Photo on left) Cut the cuffs off,


    ¾” above the cuff topstitching
    detail.

    - Allowing for a ¾” seam


    allowance on the leg, calculate
    the excess (adding the cuff, and
    subtracting the seam allowances.)
    Then with a ruler and tailor’s
    chalk, mark the cutting line on the
    leg and cut off excess.

    2
    - Thread your sewing machine, with the color of the right side in the needle, and the other color in the
    bobbin.

    - With right side up, zigzag finish the raw edges on the cuff and the leg, twice around.

    - Trim any dangly denim threads.

    - Slide the cuff over the leg, align the cut edges together with right sides facing each other. Gently ease
    together so side seams are aligned and pin.
    note: Sometimes due to the amount you have shortened your jeans or the curve of the shape of
    the leg, you may need to adjust the leg shape in order for it to fit smoothly into the cuff. If this is
    necessary, open the outer leg seam, pin to reshape it to fit the cuff, and re-stitch the side seam
    closed.

    - (Photo on left) using a zipper foot, sew


    with a straight stitch and 5/8’ seam
    allowance, just above the edge of the
    original cuff.

    - Press seam, with seam allowance up.

    - (Photo on left) with right side up,


    topstitch ¼” above the original cuff
    topstitching.

    3
    (Above photo) a view of the clean finish of the inside.

    You’re finished!

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