[Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

Mon Nov 19 15:38:15 UTC 2012

If that is not different,  A lady that claims to be a seamstress turned up the sleaves on a top, but instead of sewing them, she used some kind of glue!  In stead of going back to her to fix the job, I let it sit in my desk for months, and finally trashed it.  How discusting.  You can wrip out thread if the measurements are wrong, but glue, come on!  
How could I even wash it?

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramona Walhof [mailto:ramona.walhof at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:31 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

If somebody really looks, I am sure they can see them, but they have to be pretty close and look pretty carefully.  I would be concerned that an end of the staple would be sharp, but I suppose she pulls them out if they are not very flat. You can tell that I filed it away in my memory of the unusual. 
But I have a feeling that she isn't the only one.

Ramona
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

> What? She staples her pants? How does she keep the staples from showing?
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> On Nov 17, 2012, at 2:19 PM, "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> 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'" 
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>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jennifer
>>>
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