Lengthen jeans

Tutorial for how to lengthen jeans using the existing hem fabric

I hate wearing high-water pants! I did it enough growing up the middle child of 7, often getting hand-me downs from my older sisters (who are now 5 inches or so shorter than I am). I have a lot of gripes about ill-fitting clothes... Back in the 90's, when I was in grade/high school, pants were not so tight and fitted. Straight leg pants were fashionable and I loved them (still do). I didn't have money to buy jeans from department stores (which sometimes only have a limited selection of…

Easy Jeans (& Pants) Lengthening: I am not the tallest girl (only 5' 9.5"--yes, that half inch counts!), but my legs are 36"-38" inseam! That means that finding long enough pants in my size is rarely going to happen without spending a good chunk of change. Just recently, I Googled …

How you can lengthen your jeans and other visible mending techniques I have used.

Lengthen a pair of boys' pants. Too short pants are no fun.

Do you have a pair of jeans that you love, but are too short? Did you buy your child a pair of jeans only to have your child hit a growth spurt? Fortunately, there are several ways to lengthen a pair of jeans. This article will show you...

This weekend I cleaned out my closet. Hello there pile of clothes I never wear... Typically I would throw these all in a box and send them off to the DI. But this, my friends, is the beginning of something new. I like to call it, Closet Makeover. I am going to refashion, recycle, or just re-do each of these so that it's something I will wear! Stick with me and each Monday I will bring you my new Closet Makeover item of the week. Genius right? Today's edition? (dun, dun, dun...) Reason for…

This is a great way to get a little more wear out of pants which have become too short. 1. Measure the width of the pant leg. Multiply by 2 and then add 2 cm (or 1") for the seam allowances. e.g. Width is 10 cm: (10 x 2) + 2 = 22cm OR Width is

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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