Add length to jeans

My sister has very long legs and never seems to find well fitting jeans or trousers. So when she got two pairs of jeans passed on to her, she asked me if I could help. Of course I could, it even sounds like a lot of fun to me. I'll show you how to add length to jeans or trousers here. The first pair I added a extra piece of fabric into the leg. First I ironed the jeans as it is important that it's a clean cut. Then measured where to cut and how much. Marking it with a dissolveing fabric…

Learn how to alter jeans at the waist and hem, and how to fix holes and fix zippers. Save your favorite jeans and make them fit perfectly.

Being able to hem a pair of pants is all well and good, but what do you do when you need to lengthen them? You check out this tutorial, that's what!

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Missy Luukkonen on Instagram: "Calling anyone who’s bought the perfect jeans only to find that the length isn’t quite right….or if you’re a short girl like me they are usually 5” too long! We all know that when you hem jeans the traditional way, the look like they have been hemmed. The way to avoid that is to keep the original hem. Here is how to do just that: Put them on and cuff them up to your desired length. Stand up straight and put on some shoes to make sure you like where they…

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