https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:50:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076982 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 21:19:36 +0000 pastrygirl 1076982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do it like the tutorial linked above, though with shorter and shorter hemlines, I&nbsp;haven't had to hem jeans in a couple of years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076900 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:12:59 +0000 carter 1076900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all! I'll take one pair in this week to judge whether my tailor does a good job or not. Appreciate all the advice. This one really had me baffled! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076887 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:57:50 +0000 Greyscale 1076887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I prefer keeping the original hem on straight or bootcut jeans and doing a new hem on skinnies. Since skinnies are usually shorter and the hem isn't hanging free like looser jeans, it doesn't seem to make as much difference.</p> <p>This reminds me that I have a growing pile of jeans I really need to get hemmed. Time for the great jeans re-evaluation that I've been putting off - a few pairs just really aren't flattering me and I don't want to pay for hemming if I'll just get rid of them soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076873 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:52:39 +0000 Anonymous 1076873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another sewist here, and I think that's a good way to keep the original jean hems. The only thing I will add is that if too much excess is cut of from the inside the bottom section may&nbsp;have a tendency to flip outwards. Just one thing to watch for.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076823 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:13:38 +0000 Diana 1076823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I like the original hems on pairs with distressing or interesting fading.&nbsp; It looks much more natural.&nbsp; On really dark or uniform washes, I don't bother and in fact I usually do those myself, with hand sewing, rather than pay for the tailor.&nbsp; I alway splurge for the tailor if I want original hems though; I have no idea how to do that myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076818 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:09:36 +0000 K. Period. 1076818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've seen it done and it is a lot less noticeable than you might think. It isn't perfect, but it is more perfect than having a very un-faded, un-distressed&nbsp;hem on a pair of distressed jeans. &nbsp;The fact that the tailor knew to ask you if you wanted one or the other is great. &nbsp;It suggests he/she really knows what to do!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076815 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:07:12 +0000 Von 1076815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If your tailor is great, the original hem option is quite amazing. It's like you can't even tell they were altered!&nbsp; My husband routinely wears out the bottom of his jeans (they're usually in tatters), and our tailor actually has a collection of hems that they use to match and reattach when his need repair. It's very cool.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076743 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:16:14 +0000 This is water. 1076743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tarzy, that's a good point about keeping the option to let the hem down! One I've not thought of as someone who doesn't wear heels much in day to day life, but a very good point indeed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076736 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:05:06 +0000 tarzy 1076736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always do "original hem." That tutorial is great! I found something similar a few years ago and now I do all my own jean hems by hand (I don't have a machine.) It's super easy and I save $25 each time I do it myself (that's what they charge where I live). It takes very little time - and I'm not particularly talented at sewing. (I don't cut the excess fabric off, just in case I ever want/need to let the hem down.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076725 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:52:37 +0000 This is water. 1076725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure how to post a picture (or perhaps I can't yet since I'm super-new?), but <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/2011/06/tutorial-how-to-hem-jeans-and-keep-the-original-hem.html">here is a link</a>&nbsp;to someone else's blog with some good pictures to give you an idea of the process. This is what a seamstress would use, but since my mother and I are both home sewists we help each other instead of having to pay someone!</p> <p>I would only add to the above tutorial that my legs are so short (I'm 5'3") that on most pairs I've hemmed, I have not left the full amount folded up as shown. I prefer to trim the excess fabric to about 1 cm and then finish it with a serged edge (as you see on the seams of most ready to wear clothing) to prevent any fraying. I can't think why anyone would want an inch or more of excess fabric folded up inside the hem of their jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076686 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:25:19 +0000 carter 1076686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, water!&nbsp; I'd rather keep the original hems too&nbsp;because of the patina you mention.</p> <p>I absolutely cannot fathom how this looks when done, though.&nbsp; If anyone has a picture, please post!</p> <p>Thanks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076660 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:10:45 +0000 This is water. 1076660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes sense! I prefer to have the old hem reattached, and when done properly it doesn't look weird at all. On all but the darkest wash jeans, I think the "original" hem gets a certain patina from the washing process (not washing at home - the "wash" given during garment production)&nbsp;that can't be replicated by simply folding up and hemming the jeans at a new point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-how-to-hem-jeans#post-1076613 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:32:38 +0000 carter 1076613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>. </p>