[Nfb-krafters-korner] [Bulk] Re: hemming jeans

Tue Nov 20 20:01:09 UTC 2012

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply and give suggestions. I have a
plan now, and especially love the idea of using some that already fit to
measure from. It lets me leave out the assistant. :) It will be next week
before I am home to get on this, but I am looking forward to it.

A note on stitch witchery. It is great stuff and will hold up to many
washings. I have shortened some of my boys pants with it and then been able
to just pull it out after the next growth spurt. I have also used it to put
together curtains and costumes over the years. It comes in strips like tape
and you lay it down where you need it on the fabric before spraying it with
water and ironing it into place. You want to make sure the glue is inside
the fabric though so you do not smear it around with the iron. One big
advantage is not having to match up your thread color for a small project.

Jennifer

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Becky Frankeberger
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 11:32 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

Try this, definitely wash and dry the jeans before hemming. Have your friend
pin them in the front. I personally like it when the material is pulled
towards the toe, then pin.  Get Stitch Witchery if they still sell that and
iron the hem with the product inside.  Oh, forgot, cut off the thick machine
sewn part of the hem. Then  hand sew just to make sure so the thred does not
show on the outside.  

I personally have not tried the Stitch Witchery, but my girlfriend swares by
the product and she is a mom of three active adult kids.  

Becky and Jake 
-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 7:38 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hemming jeans

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 -----
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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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