How To Shorten Jeans While Keeping The Original Hem Hemming J
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Short people rejoice! here's an easy way to hem those jeans and keep the original distressed hem. supplies usedwebsite professorpincushion. In this video i show easy way how to shorten your long jeans. this video has tutorial how to hem jeans with keeping original hem.want to learn how to hem jea.
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Fold them to your desired length and pin them in place. cut the original hem. leave a one inch allowance, don’t cut to the folding line. fold the fabric up about half an inch and then another half inch and use an iron to straighten it out. use some pins to secure the fold and topstitch it. This video continues series of tutorials on hemming jeans while keeping the original hem.there are other tutorials of cutting and hemming jeans on our chann. Now adjust fold to 1 2 the distance you need it shortened by. do not include the original hem when measuring. i turned mine up 1″, not including the original hem. press flat. sew around as closely as possible to the original hem, without catching it. flip to the inside and iron flat. stitch down the seamline, the entire length of what you. Remove pant and lay the pair down on a flat surface. using a ruler or measuring tape, measure the width of the leg opening – let’s call that position “a”. record that measurement. next, measure the width of the pant leg just above the new marked hem position – let’s call that position “b”. record that measurement.
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Now adjust fold to 1 2 the distance you need it shortened by. do not include the original hem when measuring. i turned mine up 1″, not including the original hem. press flat. sew around as closely as possible to the original hem, without catching it. flip to the inside and iron flat. stitch down the seamline, the entire length of what you. Remove pant and lay the pair down on a flat surface. using a ruler or measuring tape, measure the width of the leg opening – let’s call that position “a”. record that measurement. next, measure the width of the pant leg just above the new marked hem position – let’s call that position “b”. record that measurement. Adjust your iron according to the directions on your fusible bonding product. turn the pants inside out, lay them on your ironing board, and press the hems. turn the hems up to where you want them and press again. cut a short length of stitch witchery and place it just under the top edge of the hem. Take off your jeans and use a measuring tape or ruler to measure from the bottom fold to the bottom of the original hem ( measurement a ). also measure the height of the original hem, from the original hem edge to the folded edge near the stitching. in this case it’s 1 2″ ( measurement b ). 3. divide measurement a from step 2 by 2.
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Adjust your iron according to the directions on your fusible bonding product. turn the pants inside out, lay them on your ironing board, and press the hems. turn the hems up to where you want them and press again. cut a short length of stitch witchery and place it just under the top edge of the hem. Take off your jeans and use a measuring tape or ruler to measure from the bottom fold to the bottom of the original hem ( measurement a ). also measure the height of the original hem, from the original hem edge to the folded edge near the stitching. in this case it’s 1 2″ ( measurement b ). 3. divide measurement a from step 2 by 2.
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