[Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

[Ramona Walhof]

Jennifer, you want the jeans to be the same length all the way around each 
leg and the legs to be the same length.  It is up to you how far off the 
floor you want them.  Boot length is higher than some.  If they are closer 
to the floor, the front of the legs will be on your foot, but that is all 
right with that style.

Sometimes pants don't hang evenly, and you should correct that.  I have 
peoplemark with a pin on each seam, one in front, and one in back.  If you 
need to take off quite a bit of length, don't try to fold it all up, but cut 
most of it off.  If you zigzag the edge of the fabric, you can just turn it 
up once.  Since most jeans are fairly heavy fabric, that may be easier to 
handle.  Generally, you can take what you cut off one leg and pin it to the 
second one and just cut along the edge of the piece from the first leg. 
However, even then, I would check to be sure they hang the same.  Some 
people have one leg that is a little longer or one hip that is a little 
higher.

People are not as worried about such things as they were when I was a kid, 
fifty plus years ago.  I have a cousin who staples her pants to shorten 
them.  Very seldom will anybody notice, and she doesn't care if they should. 
.

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifersjackson at att.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 5:16 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans


> Can someone walk me through hemming a pair of jeans? I can sew by both
> machine and hand so either way is fine with that. I have someone who can
> help me pin the jeans up and figure out the right length, but it is a guy
> who I will need to be able to give very specific directions too.
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> I could even be happy if someone explains how to pin and measure the jeans
> before I take them to a dry cleaner to do it. I know how long in the back,
> but how to I get the right break over the top of the foot? Should that 
> kind
> of measuring just be part of the service when I take them in to be 
> altered?
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> Jennifer
>
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