https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-seamstresses-adding-side-slits-to-jeanspants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:00:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-seamstresses-adding-side-slits-to-jeanspants#post-1712092 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:20:36 +0000 Tanya 1712092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much, Diane!&nbsp; It sounds sort of as I expected.&nbsp; I guess I should take the jeans to my tailor and see what he says. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-seamstresses-adding-side-slits-to-jeanspants#post-1711964 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:36:16 +0000 Anonymous 1711964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, yea. It isn't always that&nbsp;easy to put slits in jeans, but it can be done. The photo that just shows the narrow flat seams would actually be easier to do it with. When it's a proper felled, folded jeans seam it makes it tricky to manipulate. With a narrow seem like you show in the pic, if I were to attempt a slit I would most likely add a small facing to each seam to make a proper job of a slit. It is doable though. Creating a slightly lapped slit may even be possible. If I were doing such jobs I'd have to assess the jobs depending on the types of seam, but I can usually find a way of doing it.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-seamstresses-adding-side-slits-to-jeanspants#post-1711899 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:02:57 +0000 Tanya 1711899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really liking the look of side slits on both jeans and pants and wondering if it is technically possible to add a slit to a normal pair of jeans/pants.&nbsp;&nbsp; I keep thinking that it should be possible but when I look at the seam allowances there seems to be hardly any due to the way the seams have been stitched.&nbsp; If you look closer at the two examples provided in the Finds ( one can click through the Finds and zoom in at the retailer's website), the black pants seem to have a real simple split while in the case of the AG jeans there is a bit of the material overlap which might make it difficult (says someone with no sewing experience and knowledge whatsoever).&nbsp; I am also attaching the pic of the inside seam of the candidate jeans.&nbsp; </p>