[Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

[Susan Ford]

There are also those who hem their jeans with tape.  I don't see that as 
permanent, but it would work temporarily.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:31 PM
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'"
>>> <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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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