Hemming (shortening) jeans yourself seems like a difficult task to many. The main problem is that the jeans have very thick side seams, which not every sewing machine can sew. Another problem is that often the hemming seam displaces the denim fabric, forming creases, which, you see, does not look very nice. If you are still hesitant to hem your jeans yourself, then this article is for you. Little tricks from the article will help you quickly and accurately hem jeans even on a regular sewing machine.

First, decide on the desired length of jeans. After this, cut approximately 2 cm below the desired length - the remaining fabric reserve will serve as a hem. Lay the pants on a flat surface and trim off the excess fabric as evenly as possible. Place the second leg on top of the short leg and cut off the excess fabric again. Make sure that both legs of the jeans are the same length; if there is a slight difference, this can be corrected by hemming. Fold the fabric stock to the desired length and iron it. Make a cut on both sides of the side seam half the length of the hem, as shown in the photo.

Repeat the cuts on the opposite seam of the leg.

Carefully fold the excess fabric inward twice, without folding the remaining tail of the side seam of the jeans. Secure the hem with pins or sew a seam using a needle and thread. This way the fabric will not move anywhere, and the seam will be smooth and neat. After folding the fabric, check the length of both legs again. At this stage, you can correct the error of different leg lengths.

When the hem is fixed, you can start working on the sewing machine. Parts of thick seams should remain on the outside.

This way the fabric will not move anywhere, and the machine needle will easily stitch the area of ​​the thick seam.

After the jeans are hemmed, simply cut off the excess part of the seam, we no longer need it.

Now iron the wrong side of the seam with the tip of the iron.

Everything is ready, the seam looks nice and neat.

Use these simple tricks and you will succeed!

1. Consider yourself extremely lucky if you need to bend a very substantial piece from the length - you won’t have to rip out the bottom.

For those who only need to bend a couple of centimeters - you will have to work a little longer - rip off the bottom of your jeans.
I'll put myself in the first category - I don't need to rip anything off

2. Iron the bottom along the new hem line. From the front side we see this picture:


From the reverse side we see this picture:


3. On the hem, on the wrong side, mark an allowance equal to 3 cm.
Exactly three centimeters is the most optimal allowance for the hem of jeans.


4. Cut the hem along the marked line.


5. Fold the seam allowance in half and iron it like this. The allowance turns out even.


6. And now we just have to lay the line. We do this on the wrong side. Sew 1 mm from the fold of the allowance.
If you use thick threads for finishing stitching and you cannot sew from the wrong side, then I advise you to read the topic “Processing the bottom of trousers or jeans.”
And voila - the jeans are hemmed


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Second way
With all the richness of choice in sizes and heights, sometimes you still have to hem jeans, but 90% of people do it incorrectly - they cut them off and fold them, thereby depriving the trouser leg of its main “trick” - scuffs at the bottom. Do you know how to save it? You don’t need to bend it inward, but rather pinch the excess amount of fabric, as close as possible to the “native” hem seam and actually stitch it - you’ll get something like a “pocket” from the inside out - and from the front - a beautiful denim trouser leg with the necessary wear.

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In details:
How to hem jeans while maintaining the factory hem

It is almost always necessary to shorten jeans. I only came across trousers twice when the length matched my height. So it is imperative to learn how to hem jeans correctly, and as early as possible, immediately after you have mastered the sewing machine. Wondering how to keep your original factory branded bottom? I offer a description and photos that will show in detail how this can be implemented without resorting to the help of tailoring workshops.
We measure the length to which the jeans need to be hemmed and make a mark on the leg, it should be 1 centimeter shorter than the final length, since a centimeter of the “native” edge will be added. Now we connect the resulting line and the factory stitched bottom of the jeans.

The time has come to make the first seam, parallel to the original line. It is advisable to use a sewing needle designed specifically for jeans. It is stronger than regular needles and can easily sew through several layers of denim without breaking. Taking into account the difference in thickness between the right and left sides of the seam, it is also advisable to use a special foot, half, which is included with most sewing machines. Be careful not to forget to move the needle to the edge, otherwise it will break.

When both legs are stitched, all that remains is to cut off the unnecessary part of the jeans, leaving about half a centimeter of fabric near the seam. All that remains is to finish the edges using an overlocker.

If your sewing machine does not allow you to make such seams, a zigzag made with a standard foot will also work. But the advantage of an overlocker is that the edge remains clean and without extra threads.


Take an iron, steam the seam and you're done! Even easier than traditional edge finishing!

Today we will show you how to hem jeans correctly, since it is very rare to buy jeans of the required length. Natasha will show you the entire process of preparing jeans for changing length. We really hope to show you other different ways of hemming trousers in the future. Those who have already purchased a course on sewing trousers will already learn how to do it technologically correctly from this course. And today we will change the length of the trouser legs on branded jeans.

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Let's hem the jeans. First we need to decide on the length. Since this problem can be solved in different ways, but we try to do any work quickly, efficiently and without problems!

Before us are jeans from the LEVIS brand. These are branded jeans and it seemed that they should be executed flawlessly, but this is not entirely true. When we put the details from the belt and yoke together, it becomes clear that the length of the trouser legs does not match in size, they turned out to be different lengths.

The trouser legs of the jeans turned out to be different lengths

Therefore, we advise you not to trust the company, but to check everything yourself, because if you cut the same length from each trouser leg, process the edge and they make a claim that one trouser leg is shorter or longer than the other, then your client will not care that it is LEVIS I sewed the jeans incorrectly in the first place, but he will be worried about your unprofessional work.

We bend the trouser leg to the required length, taking into account the fact that shrinkage is possible after washing, pin it with pins, note that the trouser leg slightly does not reach the white stripe of the sole, if the length is left a little longer, then a fold will form in the front and this will greatly spoil the appearance men, when there is such an influx, but we don’t need it, so we find the right length. So that the view is very decent.

determine the required length on the client

Now we will show you the continuation of working with jeans on the table. It is necessary to determine the hem line of the trouser leg. Thanks to these pin marks, we know the hem line. Now we need to determine how much excess length of the trouser legs needs to be cut off, since we need to preserve the “native, branded, boiled” edge of the jeans. How to be in this case?

Use pins to mark the required length, taking into account the welded fold

We need to equally evenly cut off the part of the trousers that we will use in hemming the trousers. After we remove the excess leg length, we need to shorten the jeans by 10 cm. To the 10 cm mark we add 1.3 cm of the part of the hem that we will use to create a full hem, as in branded jeans, using a boiled edge. We draw a line, from this line (10 cm +1.3 cm) we put 1.0 cm down for the seam allowance - along this line we will cut off the excess part of the trouser leg. We must also cut off the 1.3 cm hem of the bottom of the jeans, but the line will be drawn taking into account a seam allowance of 1 cm.

on the trouser legs we mark the lines along which we will cut off the excess length

This is what our cut-off surplus looks like

cut off the excess trouser legs and the welded fold we need

After we cut off the excess from the trouser legs, we need to prepare the boiled portions of the jeans hem. We rip the main seam, but this seam is not so easy to rip, it resembles a coupling seam and is difficult to rip. But we can still handle this seam. After we open these seams, we need to iron these parts.

iron open folds

After this, the parts need to be pinned together, taking into account the seams and aligned with the cutting line, baste taking into account a seam allowance of 1 cm. Now you need to stitch this seam on a machine, take a strong thread, the needle for jeans should be no less than number 90 - 100, so that do not forget to change the thread and needle if you have previously worked with thin fabrics on your machine and do not yet have enough experience in sewing. Stitch length 2-3 mm, no more. Please note that our seams match!

Please note that the seams must match!

Now we need to remove the basting and cut out the excess seams; we literally reduce our seam allowance by a couple of millimeters, cutting off all the frayed threads.
Now we need to iron our seam towards the hem and cut out the excess along the side seams, since with such a thickness and a machine it is difficult to sew and we do not need the extra thickness.

cut out the excess in the seams, refine the edge, cutting off all the threads

Now we need to iron our edge along the hem line that these jeans originally had.
This line is clearly visible, since it is the most worn and you need to iron it as hard as you can.

iron the seams, cut off all excess

The inner seam is also folded, and excess thread and terry must be cut off. Now we thread a thicker thread into the bobbin than the thread on top, the stitch length is normal, and we begin to sew.

sew our hem

Pay attention to how our hem looks from the front and from the back. Everything is packed so that there are no rags anywhere. We kept the jeans welded at the hem and at the same time there was nothing left that would interfere with the inside.

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We can also tell you about other options for hemming the bottom of trousers, if you need it and leave your request in the comments. Write to us, and we will, if possible, try to take into account all your requests and wishes, and then we will shoot videos based on your requests and comments.

We have a course on how to hem classic trousers, please purchase or order on the website, as this course provides detailed technology for all technological processes, incl. how to hem trousers correctly, with ribbons and all the details like classic trousers!

We try to show you as many technological aspects as possible, since even now, with the seeming abundance of information on the Internet, there are no such video lessons that we show you.

It’s not such a simple task to hem jeans while maintaining the welded fold along the bottom of the trouser leg, as it might seem at first glance, so you can check the length of the trouser legs of your jeans and repeat this whole process according to our lesson in order to do all the work professionally, efficiently, Beautiful!

Of course, you can take your jeans to the nearest workshop, where they will provide you with such a service for little money, but do not be surprised if they offer you a completely different job and it does not correspond to your idea of ​​beauty and quality. The British have a proverb about this, the meaning of which is that if you want the work done well, then do it yourself!

We really hope that our video will once again serve you as a good visual lesson in sewing technology. With the help of this video, you will learn not just how to hem jeans, but how to easily handle this process not just well, but efficiently and without any problems!

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The channel has many other thematic playlists, for example, questions and answers on the 10-measurement cutting system https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1wbieilCYMP4F2qwyWu0Q6NjQ_fM0rHY Working with the 10-measure system

All the best, we were with you, Irina Mikhailovna Paukshte, Natasha and Alexey Yastrebov!

Buying jeans is not a problem these days, fortunately there is a large selection. Another thing is to choose their length; most buyers face this problem. And no matter how hard you try to choose trousers so that they fit in everything and sit beautifully on your figure, the length is always longer than necessary.

And if a person is of short stature, then there is no need to talk here. But why not refuse the purchase altogether? The length of the trousers can be adjusted with your own hands. Another question immediately arises: so that they fit perfectly on your figure and match your height?” That’s what we’ll talk about in this article.

What is the essence of the problem and how to fix it

There is nothing easier if you have a sewing machine in the house and you know how to use it at least a little. In this case, the question of how to hem jeans will be resolved by itself. And it doesn’t matter whether you are an experienced dressmaker or a beginner, if you carefully read all the step-by-step instructions given in this article, you will definitely succeed.

There is nothing complicated about this, and anyone can cope with this problem. The article describes in detail the entire process of hemming trousers, and the photos will additionally help you figure out and understand each step of the work. If you don’t have a sewing machine, then the article provides you with several options on how to hem jeans without going to an expensive tailor shop.

Preliminary preparation before cutting

First of all, you need to choose the right length to avoid getting into trouble. Think about how you will wear your pants next. If you prefer high-heeled shoes, you should try them on. Remember that even a few centimeters can spoil the style of your trousers and your appearance.

According to the rules, the measurement is taken along the right leg of the trousers and then symmetrically transferred to the left. Each person has their own features of the silhouette of the figure, so it is best to make marks on both. We will tell you step by step how to hem jeans and show you in the photo.

What you will need for work

• Sewing machine.
• Tailor's pins.
• Centimeter.
• Disappearing marker or chalk.
• Scissors.
• Needles special for denim.
• Threads.

Instructions for hemming jeans while maintaining the factory seam

Step 1. Turn the bottom of the trousers up to the desired length, to the front side, and secure with pins.

Step 2. Using a centimeter, check the distance along the entire trouser leg from the bottom so that it is the same.

Step 3. We do the same with the second leg.

Step 4. As shown in the picture, we sew a stitch close to the end of the factory bend.

Step 5. On top, on the front side, we lay a finishing line to secure the seam allowance on the back.

Step 6. After stitching, the allowance, if it is large, is cut and overcast.

Step 7. Iron.

Step 8. The shortened and hemmed trousers should look as shown in the picture.

If you don't have a sewing machine, what should you do?

This section of the article is addressed to those who do not have a sewing machine, or to those who know how to hem jeans, but do not want to get involved with it. You can use special Velcro. This method will allow you to adjust the length of the trouser leg as you wish at any time.

Velcro consists of an adhesive base, due to which the so-called adjustment of the length of the trousers occurs. How is it attached? We turn the jeans inside out, bend them to the desired length, remove the protective layer from the Velcro and glue them to the trouser leg. Press well and iron.

“Bachelor” method of hemming denim trousers

Single men have come up with their own way to shorten long jeans. It will probably be interesting for the female half to read how it works. Everything is very simple and original.

To begin, they iron the jeans to the desired length twice. The second time you need to add 1 cm, cut off the excess. Next, using Moment glue, coat the inside of the first fold of the fabric, carefully wrap it back inward, press and hold for several minutes.

A similar process must be done with the second hem of the fabric. Everything is eventually pressed tightly and ironed. That's all! No sewing machine is needed.

How to hem the bottom of frayed jeans

We looked at several ways to hem jeans with or without a machine. What can you do if the trousers are still good, haven’t worn out or lost their shape, but the bottom is just worn and fraying, and you don’t want to cut the item into shorts?

Surely each of us has broken zippers from jackets or sweatshirts in our house. They will be able to help us solve this problem. The zipper needs to be divided into two parts. Just one per trouser leg. Next, we cut off the frayed edge of the trousers, apply the edge of the zipper to the edge and grind it down. The line needs to be laid closer to the zipper. Then we turn the item inside out and on the front side of the leg we put another stitch at a distance of one centimeter from the edge. As a result, the bottom of the trousers will no longer rub or fray, and the zipper will become a finishing element.

Summary

If you bought jeans and they are too big for you, then this article should have helped you. Today you learned from it, using clear illustrated examples, how to hem jeans correctly. It often happens that there is no time for yourself. Your purchase may lie in the wardrobe for a long time and wait in the wings.

It would probably be faster and easier to choose a studio and give this work to the craftsmen; they certainly know how to hem jeans correctly. However, you just have to look at the price list of their services, and the desire to use them instantly disappears. And then simply hemming the jeans is not at all difficult, and it will take no more than an hour if you do this work yourself. You almost always need to shorten the length of your trousers, not only for yourself, but also for the whole family. It is extremely rare that the length coincides with a person’s height.

Knowing how to hem jeans quickly and not overpay at expensive tailor shops is useful and necessary. Denim trousers differ from regular trousers in that they have their own specific seam at the hem of the bottom. It is precisely one of the main elements of the design idea. You can save it by following the detailed instructions on how to hem jeans while maintaining the seam. Believe in yourself and everything will work out for you. Then you will teach all your friends how to hem jeans for free, quickly and easily.

When choosing new jeans, many girls are faced with the problem of the lack of a model in the size chart that suits their height. The fact is that most fashion manufacturers produce jeans designed for at least average height.

Young ladies who have not managed to grow above 160 cm have to either hem their jeans, or roll them up, or (if other parameters allow) buy jeans in the teenage clothing department.

How to hem using a sewing machine?

If you have a sewing machine at home, the task of hemming jeans becomes much easier. In this case, the model of the machine is completely unimportant: both an old mechanical unit and a modern electronic device will do.

In addition to the sewing machine and jeans, you will need:

• threads that are as close in tone as possible to the color of the jeans;
• a set of sewing pins;
• tape measure;
• soap or wax crayon;
• cutting scissors;
• If the sewing machine is new, you will need a special needle for working on denim.

The first thing to do is try on the jeans and take the necessary measurements. It is very inconvenient to do this on yourself, so it is better to ask someone for help.

You need to try on jeans in the shoes with which you will wear them. Ask your assistant to fold the trousers so that they do not reach the floor, a centimeter and a half, and pin the hem with pins. Look carefully at yourself in the mirror: the length of your trouser legs should be the same.

Turn the jeans right side out and roll up the legs by as many centimeters as you did in the previous step. The factory hem does not need to be taken into account. Check that the hem height is the same across the entire width of the legs. Secure the edge with pins, placing them perpendicular to the stroke of the sewing machine foot.

Stitch along the edge of the factory hem. Then do a test fitting of the jeans.

After making sure that the length is correct, repeat the procedure for the second leg. After this, you should trim off the excess fabric, leaving 1.5 cm at the edge.

Now you need to carefully align the factory side seams with the original hem at the bottom, since after cutting the jeans, the stitches could have shifted to the side. This seemingly insignificant nuance can ruin the entire impression of your painstaking work.

Next, you need to process the cut edge with an overlocker. If you do not have such a device at home, this service will be provided to you at any sewing workshop or atelier. The seam can be made with threads of absolutely any color, since in the end it will be hidden from prying eyes.

Turn the trouser legs inside out and secure the overlocked seam with another stitch on the sewing machine. If this is not done, it will bend down and spoil the appearance of the product. Then make a pair of bartacks on the side seams at a height of about 1 cm.

All is ready! Wash the jeans, steam and iron the hem area. If you choose threads that exactly match the color of your trousers, the seams made on the machine will be completely invisible.

Thick jeans

If you are going to hem an insulated model of jeans made of thick denim, you need to act a little differently.

Since the material of the product is quite thick, a regular hem, even if done as carefully as possible, will be conspicuous. Therefore, we need to make the thickness of all seams and allowances as small as possible.

1. After you have sewn a factory hem to the cut trouser legs, you need to release the allowance on the side seams and press them well in different directions.
2. In addition, the allowance on the factory hem should be shortened to 3-5 mm, and the allowance on the legs should be overcast by hand.
3. Then you should tuck the “native” hem, baste or pin the edge with pins and sew another line on the sewing machine.

Thin jeans

Summer jeans made from thin denim will have their own hemming features. Such models are usually sewn from fabric with the addition of elastane, so it tends to stretch. T

a thick hem on lightweight jeans will be very visible, so our task is to make the hem as thin and invisible as possible.

1. The allowances needed to sew on the factory hem will be hidden inside. To do this as neatly as possible, shorten the hem allowance to 3-5mm.
2. Flatten the fabric at the seam allowance and press it towards the factory bottom seam.
3. Now fold the bottom of the jeans along the original fold lines and baste it onto your arms.
4. Once again, go over the bottom of the legs with a hot iron, trying to smooth out all the hem elements.
5. Make another seam on the sewing machine at a distance of approximately 1 mm from the factory one.
6. After this, the bottom of the jeans needs to be steamed and ironed again.

Hemming by hand

Without a sewing machine, it will be more difficult to hem jeans, especially if you are not a very experienced needlewoman.

The main difficulty is to make an even and strong stitch. After all, denim is a fairly dense material that is difficult to process. Therefore, you will need a thicker needle and thread, as well as a thimble.

Now turn the jeans inside out and begin sewing the “native” hem to the cut edge of the product. It is best to sew with the simplest linen seam (also called French). The new seam must be threaded around the edge to prevent the fabric from fraying.

Take an iron and steam the bottom of the trouser legs well on both sides. After this, the junction of the edge of the trouser legs and the factory hem will become almost invisible.

It is much more difficult to hem flared and tapered trousers in this way, because the width of the trouser legs and the cut factory seam will not match. In the first case, you will have to rip the hem along the side seam and remove excess fabric, and in the second case, you will have to widen the bottom using inserts made of the same material.

Details are in the video.

If you don't need to shorten your jeans and just want to update a frayed hem, here's a fun way to do it. For this you will need a long zipper.

You can buy a new one, or you can get rid of unnecessary things.

• Divide the zipper into two parts (we don't need a dog).
• Trim the frayed hem and place the edge of the fastener against the edge of the jeans and stitch.
• Then turn the pants right side out and make another seam a centimeter from the bottom edge. As a result, you will get jeans with an unusual and practical decor.

There is another way to shorten jeans, which is popularly called “bachelor”. It is suitable for those who do not have even minimal skills in handling a needle and thread, and who do not have strict requirements for the aesthetic side of things.

1. Having determined how many centimeters you need to cut the jeans, you need to tuck the product and carefully iron the fold.
2. Then we straighten the trousers, turn them a centimeter higher and iron the fold again.
3. We cut off all excess, and from the wrong side we grease a centimeter of hem with instant glue.
4. Fold the edge inward, press tightly along the entire width, wait a few minutes.

This is how you can easily shorten jeans without using sewing supplies.