Lengthening jeans

Tutorial for how to lengthen jeans using the existing hem fabric

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...

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

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

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 …

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...

There's no flood, Friend. Fix your pants!

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…

Lengthen jeans with embroidery floss. Open hem, press, blanket stitch then single crochet. Chain stitch faded hem lines as desired!