https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 15:16:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487434 Wed, 06 May 2015 03:52:13 +0000 jln 1487434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hem my jeans like the video link. A couple tips:<br /> -if I hemmed more than an inch or so, I cut it off. Otherwise the bulk of the fabric rubs against my foot or shoe and sometimes my pant leg "cuffs" itself which shows the underside and looks ridiculous.<br /> - if I cut the fabric, I use pinking shears. Otherwise I get loose threads that hang down and drag the ground...a look I'm a few years too old for;)<br /> Happy Hemming! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487396 Wed, 06 May 2015 02:50:28 +0000 Greyscale 1487396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never thought of doing it by hand! What a great idea. I used to do it with my machine, but fitting the jeans over the arm of the sewing machine is a pain, and it always felt impossible to keep everything lined up properly even with pins. Hand-sewing would give me a lot more control. And Gaylene's method of using the original hem is brilliant (I know my tailor does that, but I never thought to do it by hand). I usually have to fold up so much fabric that it would be too bulky to leave in place as in that method, but I could easily hem it then cut off the extra fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487393 Wed, 06 May 2015 02:43:40 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1487393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene's method is the one I use, even with a machine. It works nicely and preserves the original hem stitching. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487312 Wed, 06 May 2015 00:03:35 +0000 Gaylene 1487312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not hard at all. Here's a website, with pics, that shows how I hemmed a pair of jeans while on holiday. I bought a pair of too-long jeans one day that I wanted to wear that same evening.<br /> <a href="http://lwvogue.com/tutorial-hem-jeans-by-hand/" rel="nofollow">http://lwvogue.com/tutorial-hem-jeans-by-hand/</a></p> <p>I had a sewing needle in my makeup bag that I keep for emergency repairs while on the road, but no thread so I used dental floss instead. Worked like a charm and that emergency hem stayed for a couple of years because I was too lazy to do a proper fix when I got home. You don't even need to be talented sewer as long as you keep your stitch line right beside the hem fold. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487301 Tue, 05 May 2015 23:38:40 +0000 cloud9 1487301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you are daring, you can cut off the excess, then use fabric tape and iron the fold. You won't have a stitch though. And not sure how this would work with denim raw edge. Disclaimer: I have NOT done this to my jeans. I've done so with a dress pant. For jeans I usually hem with a sewing machine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487300 Tue, 05 May 2015 23:36:13 +0000 Anonymous 1487300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If the denim isn't super heavy weight, and you are ok without saving the topstitched hem, there is always StitchWitchery(iron on hemming tape).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487285 Tue, 05 May 2015 22:59:52 +0000 Diana 1487285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here, I took a pic of a pair I did myself by hand. What I did was fold it up 2 inches inside, tacked it down at the top with some black thread, then I did a second back stitch seam at the place where a normal seam would be, in the same gold color as the original seam. You can see my stitches are not too even but when it's on my body nobody is getting close enough to my hem to see. #1 is outside, #2 is inside. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487268 Tue, 05 May 2015 22:18:31 +0000 Diana 1487268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've done it. It's not as hard as it looks. Easier on dark or black denim without bright stitching though, as you can use matching thread and it won't show. I've only done it myself when it's a short enough hem that I don't have to cut the fabric (just fold it up) as I don't know how to finish the raw edges by hand. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487258 Tue, 05 May 2015 21:53:57 +0000 Thistle 1487258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think denim would be very difficult to hem without&nbsp;a machine. I have blind hemmed dress pants by hand, but the fabric was soft and forgiving. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-shortening-at-home-anyone#post-1487257 Tue, 05 May 2015 21:52:51 +0000 ramya 1487257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>With my changing body I bought a much needed denim . Though it fits me great, it's too long. I donot have access to tailor here nor a sewing machine. Any tips on shortening them?</p> <p>Ps it's too long to sport the rolled look </p>