I've needed to double check on shortening my husband's jeans..Rob I used to follow you here constantly..so I hope you get to read my big THANKYOU from Australia
I love this episode, not only did I learn something very valuable to know, but I loved the fact that you hemmed your wife's jeans for her--sew nice of you!!!!
A little tip for the thick side seams... Before sewing, cover the seam with another piece of fabric or a towel, grab a hammer and smash the seam down. Hit it from the inside of the pants, then take it to the machine. It helps... Great job!
I have been sewing for almost 50 yrs and this is something new to me. Wish I had known this years ago. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate your time and talent.
Rob, you would have made an outstanding guest on Sewing with Nancy, hosted by Nancy Zieman. Sadly she has passed on. today i followed your instructions and ended up with a perfectly hemmed pair of jeans. TY! You hit upon an important subject; the only clothes that ever fit right, are the hand tailored ones. Off the rack doesn't always fit. But after watching this presentation, now they will! Thank you Mr. Appel, wishing you and yours the very best.
Finally!! Someone who doesn't make this harder than it needs to be!! Thank you for being so concise and straightforward. I have watched quite a few videos in hemming jeans, and none of them came close to explaining as easily as you did. THANKS!
I am a 30 year old male who for years always had my grandma hem and do minor alterations to my clothes (mostly hemming). She passed away a few years ago. One thing I wish I had said more often was how much I appreciated her work (not only did she hem my pants I also got new pajama pants every year). Sadly I did not take advantage of the time and learn what she knew. I think she'd be happy however that I've decided to pick it up. So now I'm watching videos and reading online before I buy a sewing machine, want to make sure the first one is the right choice. Really enjoyed the video and subscribed!
Edmorian Blades what a touching story! That's so cool that you've decided to pick it up! You won't be sorry, I promise!! I'm sure your Grandmother is looking down and smiling!! Do you mind if we share this comment on our Facebook page? We really loved it!!
Amazing! Excellent tutorial! Your guidance and instructions are A++! I have one leg (injured in a motorcycle accident at 18) that is 2" shorter so I must hem every pair of jeans/pants I own (for the last 40 years). This tip means a lot to me Rob, thank you so much. Your sentiments about your wife are so loving. Very fun to hear!
Darris B. Nelson I'm glad this one can help you out and hope this can make your life a little bit easier! Thank you so much for your comment and for your overwhelming support!
Many years ago we use to just turn the cuff up and hem them. The jeans never looked like jeans. It just proves you are never to old to learn something new. Thanks
I started sewing when seats on my 304 Peugeot wore out in two years. My wife was working and I was going ot Engineering School at Cal Poly while working part time. She was raised in an orphanage and taught to sew. One of our major purchases was a Free Westinghouse sewing machine in 1960. It was fast and had a button hole program on the zig zag control. Later, she got an Elna and I took over the old machine. I am 6'4" and after college we took up skiing as a family sport as well as camping, kayaking and backpacking. So, i have modified my ski clothes with cuffs, sweaters and wind shirts. There are many clothing mfg's in the Seattle Area; Black, Pacific Trail, Farwest who have factory sales of roll ends twice a year. The fabrics are ripstop, downproof, and plasitcize for water proof. I sewed; tarps, tents, sleeping bags and ditty bags with rope drawstrings in the kids school colors. I designed a back pack with aluminum frame with snap on bags for food clothing and utility as well as a blow up boat. (now it is called packrafting). I service and repaired my own cars and did wood working, built kayaks and welding in my garage shop. SEWING WAS GREAT. i could work for hours and clean up was minimal. Just some fabric and thread. The world of threads and fabrics have improved and changed in quantum terms over the past 20 years. Now, the last thing to wear out on a car are the seats. Iguana
Always nice to see other men sewing...i learned to sew as a child from my grandmother...which has always been a true blessing to know how to sew...thanks Grand Ma..!#! 👍👍
Hi Rob, Just want to let you know that I have used your method of shortening my husbands work jeans 3 times now. It works great! I used a zipper foot to get close to the existing hem. After zig zagging around the cut portion I then stitched around again sewing to the pant leg, hubby was worried about catching his toe. Stitching doesn't show and he is very pleased. Thank you so much for sharing this method with us.
SOOOOOOO happy I found this wonderful tutorial! I'm 5ft tall and RARELY do I find pants that are short enough for me. I told a few coworkers about this and showed them my pants. I have now hemmed jeans for ppl at work and some of their adult children! Not to mention my own grown kids and husband!!! THANK U SOOOOOOO MUCH!! I watch ur channel all the time!
I've done a lot of jeans repairs and hemming and I love my "jeanamajig" (otherwise known as a hump jumper). It really helps when you come to that bumpy part at the side seams. You still have to stop to put it in place before going over the seams but it works great! Doesn't make your tension act up or knock your seam off course. It also puts less stress on a sewing machine. Loved your tutorial as always. Especially the part when you said "Are you ready? I am!" Entertaining and educational all at the same time!
I have seen this technique before and I think is the best way to hem your jeans. Simple and easy way to make them look as new. I have seen other videos where they do a quick stitching close along the edge to keep that inside edge firmly flat .
The most clear directions for sewing and keeping the original hem I've yet to see, Thanks so much! Wish I'd have known this a hundred lumpy hems ago. :-) You're terrific!
Absolute Genius! I love this. I have hemmed four pairs now. At 4'10" this will save me a bundle as every pair of pants I buy need to be hemmed. Thank you so much. That iron is mesmerizing....right off the Starship Enterprise. :)
I just hemed my first pair of jeans after watching watching your tutorial. It was so easy, I was proud of myself. Thank you so much..I do follow you...and love every thing you do. Jeanie Nelson
I want to thank you so much. I bought a very nice pair of jeans and I'm only 4'11 and it's very hard to find jeans that actually fit and I did not know how I was going to be able to hem them and look nice. So being very nervous, I watch this Tutorial 3 or 4 times and watch every move that you did. I did It!!!! And they look like I bought them that way. Thank you again.
@@cutiedoggy475 I am 4 foot 11 also and I need to him my petite JJill pants and most of my other petite jeans. It’s a bummer but it’s true. I can relate to her. I guess you’re not 4 foot 11?
Really enjoy your videos. There are some genuine tips and techniques that I can learn. I sew too and I would not bother to click on "How to Hem" videos as they are too basic but yours often has something new.
just got my first machine a singer H.D 4423 to alter old jeans and patch work jeans. Haven't used it yet just doing some youtube university studying. Thank you...your videos are sooo much better then the other sewing channels I've seen. Subscribed.
I am so glad Rob showed me how to do a jeans cut to make the seam absolutely undetectable.... I have another pair of my husbands jeans that need shortening, and now I can do it perfectly... Thanks Rob, you are the best....' Bonnie
Hi Rob. Thanks for this video. I agree that jeans are never the same once that factory hem is gone. Especially jeans like Levis. I notice you hardly ever pin your work. Is that fair to say? I find that sort of prep so tedious but it obviously helps with getting a decent result. I like how you demonstrate that with skill and confidence you can start to skip things like pre-pinning. I picked up a basic, rattling, dirty, damaged but still faily modern Janome for peanuts at a flea market. Took it apart and gave it some TLC with various brushes, good quality oil and even rebuilt a missing section with some sugru and got it purring like a kitten. Now I'm hooked. I've just got my second machine which is a computerised Janome (another bargain this time from eBay) and itching to explore the additional features. Your channel was obviously a godsend for this man who sews :-) Thanks again. BTW, Don't know how long you've been married but may you speak about your wife with just as much admiration for as long as you live! Trumpworld needs more displays of love like this!
Hello Chris! You are correct, from years of sewing, I hardly ever pin my work, but for fine detailed work, I definitely use the pins. That's awesome that you were able to pick up those machines for such a bargain, and are now sewing up a storm! I've been married 20 years, and my wife is most certainly my better half! :) I hope you have fun sewing, and thanks for tuning in to Man Sewing!
Yesterday I had to sew a skirt and my machine got CRAZY, me too!!! Today I watched your video and immediately followed the recommendations. Just, I am ashamed, but I used my own face oil. UPS! It worked anyway! Thank you very MUCH! Amazing!!! Thanks to all youtube staff, thank you Man Sewing! I am so happy!
❤❤❤❤ I’m in love with you your channel and your hemming technique!!! I have been seeing for years and every time someone would ask me to shorten their jeans I wanted to cry. A few years ago I saw a pair of jeans hemmed this way and I thought I can do this. The only problem was I didn’t know how to figure how much to fold up. I fooled around a lot with every pair I did. A lot of trying them on until the length was right. Then I saw your video Sooooo easy. The part where you press the bottom and then slid it up to the correct place--brilliant!!! I don’t think I would have ever figured that measuring out. Now I can go hem the pants I have in my closet. Thank thank thank you🥰
+Man Sewing What kind of iron is your iron? It looks like somehow part of it lifts up when you lay it down flat? I would like to know more about your iron. Thank you!
Thank you so much Rob. I learned so much watching this video. I successfully hemmed my new jeans, leaving the original hem in place. It worked perfectly. You are the best!
Very nice, educational instruction on this hem. I have used this technique and is wonderful. Although, I saw where the instructor did a “stitch-in-the-ditch” after ironing to keep the hem from rolling back up. **** I made a “Jean-a-ma-jig” kind of gadget by cutting out a notch in the white plastic part of package that the needles come in. Works like a charm! 👌🏼💕
THANK YOU , THANK YOU , THANK YOU! I am a short person and could never have an original hem on my jeans. This was very easy to follow and do. I now can wear my jeans without an ugly hem. This method also works well on sleeves as my jackets never fit properly. Again. Thanks a bunch.
This is an excellent video! Shortening jeans has always been one of the worst things for me to accomplish easily. You make this look very simple. It just so happens I have some new jeans that are way too long and I just got a new Janome sewing machine so, I know what I’m going to do! Thanks😊 alot
Grew up my dad and my eldest brothers who were both tailors. That's the type of hemming I did not learn growing up in my dad's shops. I learned how to hem and taper pants when I was in my teens. Made money doing that too :-) Well, I have 4 new pair of jeans I could try it on. Wish me luck! thanks for the tips. I'm subscribing to you now.
What the what! I just did this a few months ago for some of my grandsons jeans. It's nice to see something you do on your channel and be able to say "hey I can do that, too!".
Thank you for this informative tutorial. I like this method of creating a hem to a pants that you are attempting to shorten. It preserves the more difficult to sew hem, itself, by using the original. Obviously, you would use the same color thread to match the material one is sewing, which can be challenging if the pants itself, has faced.
I have hemmed my jeans with Rob's instruction and it works so well!! I love the fact that the jeans don't look like they have been hemmed. Thank you Rob for this great tutorial!! :0)
This was awesome! My daughter has hypochondroplasia, so I have to alter her pants by 4 to 7 inches every time so they got properly in the body. It's a bit difficult/off when you have boot cut and have to take off 7 inches, but it's still better than it came out before your trick. Thank you a lot!
First time I’ve used this method, just have to wait for owner of pants to try them on before I do my cut and zigzag. This will be well worthwhile skill, Im the mender for my family. Thank you.
helpfull hint .when u go over a big seam there is a black button on the back of your presser foot push it before you go over the bump and watch what happens perfect seam
Just wanted to say a big thank you for the easy tutorial....I got down and redid 5 of my husband's pajamas and it came out perfectly....Thanks a ton 👍👍👍👍
Great tutorial; you’re a gifted teacher. Loved the initial-crease-as-a-guide trick. When I hemmed my jeans, I used a zipper foot, which allowed me to get nice and close to the original hem. Also, I tacked down the excess fabric at the side seams, rather than cut. That allowed me to pass them along to someone who may be taller than I, which I did almost immediately, because I went down a size 😂..
New to sewing, I am into quilting but my husband thinks I can hem his jeans. Now that I 've seen your video I'm going to try it, wish me luck. Thank you.
I have been looking for an easy way to hem my jeans and so far you are the easiest way to hem my jeans. Thank You for this class on hemming a pair of jeans and this might just be the way I do it. Thank you again.!!!
The breaking tension was the cause of my thread bunching! Amazing! I have been skipping fat seams and gluing them back down on the inside post pressing. THANKS!!!
At my shop I call this a 'eurohem' and charge more for it. :P In addition to the steps you've done, I also give it a little top stitch at the edge of the fold to keep it nice and flat... and since I have a blind stitch machine (for dress pants) I use it on the edge that you did the finishing stitch on to keep it from flapping around and it doesn't show on the outside. As for measuring it, I do it a little different too. I measure how much shorter it has to go then measure half that distance up from the area where I will be stitching it and place a mark all the way around. That is the fold line and helps me keep everything even. :)
Thanks Rob! I have watched your sewing and quilting videos and was always too "nervous" to try hemming my jeans. I tried today and it was like magic! Jeans are not jeans without the bottom trim. Thanks!!
2015!!! WOW! This vid has been here all along. 🤔 I've been wanting to do this jean hem but I didn't quite get the "rolling down" in other vids. "How much? How come? 🙄 Came across yours & it was like....press seam then line up....I GET IT! & IT MAKES SENSE! 💡 Thank you so much, I understood it perfectly!
Hi Rob I have had this tucked away in favourites for quite some time, finally tried it today and have to say I am more than impressed, this is now my preferred method many thanks
I had my own tailoring business for over 25 years. Sometimes I hemmed pants or jeans your way, but usually I did jeans the old fashioned way (cut them off about an inch too long, turn up the edge to the inside twice 1/2 inch and stitch. Then I would take sand paper or a sanding block and fray/distress the edges of the hem. After a couple of additional laundering you had the look of the original hem.
Yes broken thread due to the pressure foot, but this was my 1st 🤩😁 project in my new sew RM. THANKS TO YOU, he wants me to do all pants now.... really appreciate the way you explain the points and show them. 🏠
So say you. I search far and wide to match the color of and weight of the thread that is used on the outer stitching of the pants - which is white or light blue in case you didn't notice and not gold as you said - and use that match and by enough to use it for quilting later. If I cannot find a match, I will undo a seam inside the pants and use that thread. I run a couple of samples under the machine to make sure that I match the stitch length to what the manufacturer did but If my machine will not match it, I will disengage the feed dog and do a few practice runs at pulling it through by hand on denim scraps of similar weight so that it will make along enough stitch to match what the manufacturer did. I have also hand sewn it with a needle by marking out the exact path and there's a bit of a trick to it on the underside to make sure that it catches enough fabric to hold on the back side so that you can match the stitch on the top side. In those cases I have taken the thread out of the hem very carefully, and threaded a heavy duty needle with a sharp tip. Does that/your technique not increase the likelihood of the hems rolling up after washing and drying? They do that enough as it is I would think this would increase the frequency of that tendency. I've noticed that it makes the thick part curl up and I don't think ironing is gonna make that not happen. That is a headache I do not like on a regular day but if I did something that make it more frequent, I'm not gonna do it. I think this technique makes me have to iron some of my jeans that I don't want to iron.
I have an iron just like this one and love it. It is impossible to burn a hole in your ironing board cover if you forget to set your iron up after ironing. It also saves time when I am in a hurry.
Btw, you do realize the little black button on the side of your foot, if you push that in it will allow you to go over the thicker seam ( you do that as you approach the thick seam) or you can do it as you start on the thick seam. Just some information as to what that feature is on the side of your foot.
Love this video, clear instructions and going to use this method. I do wish I could have seen a close up of the finished leg but it looked good from the view that I could see. Thank you for sharing with all of us out here
Here's a hint for those thick side seams that are hard to sew over....I saw this on TH-cam as well. Take a hammer to them before sewing over them. It really works! I have a very old-school machine which isn't very forgiving. I used to break needles all the time. Hammering the seams first allowed me to hem my jeans easily.
I bought a sewing machine on impulse while my wife was yarn shopping, and the only thing I've done with it is hem jeans. I really wish I'd found your channel first. Hopefully I'll be using the machine for more exciting things soon! Also, that iron is pimp as hell!
I have one issue with your tutorial, but first things first. I'm currently hemming a new pair of my wife's jeans. They have a very cool/worn hem line, so I was afraid to cut it. I decided to do a search and learned about European hemming. Not thrilled with some of the other tutorials, I looked it up on your page, since you helped me when a quilt I was doing last year. Your tutorial IS SO MUCH BETTER than most of the others I watched for 2 main reasons... first, you warned people about washing them first. I didn't see that in ANY of the others I watched!! (over a dozen) Second, you don't cut yours until they are sewn, so you can double check them before cutting them up. WOW!! How do other people miss this!!! But now to my one issue... I think your measurements are off. It seems to me that if you sew the top of the old hemline to the ironed crease, you are adding the length of the hem. BUT, 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 great job other wise. I got these sewn and ready to go in no time. I appreciate your videos. ✌🏻
Thanks, that’s helpful, especially the extra reminder to pre-wash more than once or twice. I like your direct and to-the-point teaching style, and not just what to do, but what to avoid. If we had had guys in sewing class in my day, I definitely would have gone to class more often and probably paid attention and learned something, they’re more interactive and free-flowing with input and ideas (at least that’s been my experience). It would’ve been even better to have a male sewing instructor! I did great in shop classes, through. I don’t know why sewing instructors were always so quiet and subdued, and in my case, the first one was not very helpful at all and more interested in reading her book. Making up for lost time now, though. They definitely need more life skills classes and less required advanced math, science classes with details that won’t ever be used by most students, and endless dates in history without the actual lesson of what really was behind the endless wars and such (kids have very valid complaints about classes that don’t really teach anything useful, but are impractical time wasters, and they skip the real reasons behind the battles and wars anyway). Even though I did well in them, they don’t really affect daily life. They don’t teach kids interpersonal skills, either, and there’s a huge need for that these days. Helping each other in life skills classes would produce a better society than a bunch of kids with their heads full of useless facts... facts that are not important and can be accessed 24/7 if they ever actually became necessary.
I've needed to double check on shortening my husband's jeans..Rob I used to follow you here constantly..so I hope you get to read my big THANKYOU from Australia
I love this episode, not only did I learn something very valuable to know, but I loved the fact that you hemmed your wife's jeans for her--sew nice of you!!!!
DUDE--that iron is giving me all the feelings! What a gem that little robo-iron is! Thanks for a great tutorial also!
A little tip for the thick side seams... Before sewing, cover the seam with another piece of fabric or a towel, grab a hammer and smash the seam down. Hit it from the inside of the pants, then take it to the machine. It helps... Great job!
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A hump jumper would help greatly to!
I have been sewing for almost 50 yrs and this is something new to me. Wish I had known this years ago. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate your time and talent.
Rob, you would have made an outstanding guest on
Sewing with Nancy, hosted by Nancy Zieman.
Sadly she has passed on.
today i followed your instructions and
ended up with a perfectly hemmed pair of jeans. TY!
You hit upon an important subject; the only clothes
that ever fit right, are the hand tailored ones. Off the rack
doesn't always fit. But after watching this presentation,
now they will! Thank you Mr. Appel, wishing you and yours
the very best.
Finally!! Someone who doesn't make this harder than it needs to be!! Thank you for being so concise and straightforward. I have watched quite a few videos in hemming jeans, and none of them came close to explaining as easily as you did. THANKS!
Thanks for tuning in Mimi! Hope you have fun hemming jeans!
Thank you. I think you explained it perfectly.
I am a 30 year old male who for years always had my grandma hem and do minor alterations to my clothes (mostly hemming). She passed away a few years ago. One thing I wish I had said more often was how much I appreciated her work (not only did she hem my pants I also got new pajama pants every year). Sadly I did not take advantage of the time and learn what she knew. I think she'd be happy however that I've decided to pick it up. So now I'm watching videos and reading online before I buy a sewing machine, want to make sure the first one is the right choice. Really enjoyed the video and subscribed!
Edmorian Blades what a touching story! That's so cool that you've decided to pick it up! You won't be sorry, I promise!! I'm sure your Grandmother is looking down and smiling!! Do you mind if we share this comment on our Facebook page? We really loved it!!
Man Sewing Absolutely! Share it on facebook. :)
Yeah sure beats paying the alterations shop 12$ per jeans
You'll be able to let her know when you see her in heaven. GMA already knows how much she was loved.
Buy a machine that has enough distance between the presser foot and the teeth.
Amazing! Excellent tutorial! Your guidance and instructions are A++!
I have one leg (injured in a motorcycle accident at 18) that is 2" shorter so I must hem every pair of jeans/pants I own (for the last 40 years). This tip means a lot to me Rob, thank you so much.
Your sentiments about your wife are so loving. Very fun to hear!
Darris B. Nelson I'm glad this one can help you out and hope this can make your life a little bit easier! Thank you so much for your comment and for your overwhelming support!
Many years ago we use to just turn the cuff up and hem them. The jeans never looked like jeans. It just proves you are never to old to learn something new. Thanks
Yeah, this is a fun way to keep that hem that looks a little worn in! Thanks for your comment!
I started sewing when seats on my 304 Peugeot wore out in two years. My wife was working and I was going ot Engineering School at Cal Poly while working part time. She was raised in an orphanage and taught to sew. One of our major purchases was a Free Westinghouse sewing machine in 1960. It was fast and had a button hole program on the zig zag control.
Later, she got an Elna and I took over the old machine. I am 6'4" and after college we took up skiing as a family sport as well as camping, kayaking and backpacking. So, i have modified my ski clothes with cuffs, sweaters and wind shirts. There are many clothing mfg's in the Seattle Area; Black, Pacific Trail, Farwest who have factory sales of roll ends twice a year. The fabrics are ripstop, downproof, and plasitcize for water proof. I sewed; tarps, tents, sleeping bags and ditty bags with rope drawstrings in the kids school colors. I designed a back pack with aluminum frame with snap on bags for food clothing and utility as well as a blow up boat. (now it is called packrafting).
I service and repaired my own cars and did wood working, built kayaks and welding in my garage shop. SEWING WAS GREAT. i could work for hours and clean up was minimal. Just some fabric and thread. The world of threads and fabrics have improved and changed in quantum terms over the past 20 years. Now, the last thing to wear out on a car are the seats.
Iguana
To have a husband that sews; nothing can be better than that! I’ll do the cooking, laundry, cleaning and all the errands! 😁❤️
Always nice to see other men sewing...i learned to sew as a child from my grandmother...which has always been a true blessing to know how to sew...thanks Grand Ma..!#! 👍👍
Hi Rob, Just want to let you know that I have used your method of shortening my husbands work jeans 3 times now. It works great! I used a zipper foot to get close to the existing hem. After zig zagging around the cut portion I then stitched around again sewing to the pant leg, hubby was worried about catching his toe. Stitching doesn't show and he is very pleased. Thank you so much for sharing this method with us.
Pamela Eaves I'm so glad that this method worked for you!! Thanks for commenting on this video and thanks for watching!!
Please, what kind of needle do you use, and number please
@elenabrown3515: Size 16 or 18 Jeans Needle
SOOOOOOO happy I found this wonderful tutorial! I'm 5ft tall and RARELY do I find pants that are short enough for me. I told a few coworkers about this and showed them my pants. I have now hemmed jeans for ppl at work and some of their adult children! Not to mention my own grown kids and husband!!! THANK U SOOOOOOO MUCH!! I watch ur channel all the time!
This is one of my favorite tutorials you've done. It is super helpful for us short girls. Thanks Rob
I'm not a dude- just a lady who never learned how to sew. Your video is awesome! Informative, fun, and easy to follow. Kudos. Can't wait to try it!
I've done a lot of jeans repairs and hemming and I love my "jeanamajig" (otherwise known as a hump jumper). It really helps when you come to that bumpy part at the side seams. You still have to stop to put it in place before going over the seams but it works great! Doesn't make your tension act up or knock your seam off course. It also puts less stress on a sewing machine. Loved your tutorial as always. Especially the part when you said "Are you ready? I am!" Entertaining and educational all at the same time!
I worked in a Jean company for years. It is not as hard as some thing.
Zig zag
I have done this...it totally works..i have sewn many years and just found this technique..
I'm so glad that you like this technique! Hemming isn't a pain when you can do it this way!!
I have seen this technique before and I think is the best way to hem your jeans. Simple and easy way to make them look as new. I have seen other videos where they do a quick stitching close along the edge to keep that inside edge firmly flat .
Very very thorough instructions. Most of the other tutorials dont give step by step at all. Thank you
Worse job in the house, now will be easiest. Thanks so much!
I've sewn for many years and have disliked hemming jeans. What a brilliant tutorial 👏
This channel is AMAZING. Thanks for helping me not only accept my interest in sewing but also giving me the confidence to ENJOY it!
Whew! I am glad I discovered this channel. I just bought a sewing machine, never tried it yet, dont know a thing about sewing. And, here you are!
The most clear directions for sewing and keeping the original hem I've yet to see, Thanks so much! Wish I'd have known this a hundred lumpy hems ago. :-) You're terrific!
Absolute Genius! I love this. I have hemmed four pairs now. At 4'10" this will save me a bundle as every pair of pants I buy need to be hemmed. Thank you so much. That iron is mesmerizing....right off the Starship Enterprise. :)
LOL! I got completely distracted by the iron as well. Great video! I'm 5'8"; pants never fit me either, Anita.
I just hemed my first pair of jeans after watching watching your tutorial. It was so easy, I was proud of myself. Thank you so much..I do follow you...and love every thing you do.
Jeanie Nelson
Awesome, Jeanie!! I'm so glad you liked this method of hemming jeans! Thanks for following along!
I want to thank you so much. I bought a very nice pair of jeans and I'm only 4'11 and it's very hard to find jeans that actually fit and I did not know how I was going to be able to hem them and look nice. So being very nervous, I watch this Tutorial 3 or 4 times and watch every move that you did. I did It!!!! And they look like I bought them that way. Thank you again.
nancy cogar that's great!!! I'm glad that this helped you out! Now shopping will be much easier!!
Good for your Nancy
Same here. . . not quite 5' tall. I never have jeans that are appropriate to my height!
nancy cogar you should only buy pants that come in short sizing.
@@cutiedoggy475 I am 4 foot 11 also and I need to him my petite JJill pants and most of my other petite jeans. It’s a bummer but it’s true. I can relate to her. I guess you’re not 4 foot 11?
Really enjoy your videos. There are some genuine tips and techniques that I can learn. I sew too and I would not bother to click on "How to Hem" videos as they are too basic but yours often has something new.
just got my first machine a singer H.D 4423 to alter old jeans and patch work jeans. Haven't used it yet just doing some youtube university studying. Thank you...your videos are sooo much better then the other sewing channels I've seen. Subscribed.
I did it. I’m so proud of myself. Thank you, Rob.
I am so glad Rob showed me how to do a jeans cut to make the seam absolutely undetectable.... I have another pair of my husbands jeans that need shortening, and now I can do it perfectly... Thanks Rob, you are the best....'
Bonnie
Hi Rob. Thanks for this video. I agree that jeans are never the same once that factory hem is gone. Especially jeans like Levis. I notice you hardly ever pin your work. Is that fair to say? I find that sort of prep so tedious but it obviously helps with getting a decent result. I like how you demonstrate that with skill and confidence you can start to skip things like pre-pinning.
I picked up a basic, rattling, dirty, damaged but still faily modern Janome for peanuts at a flea market. Took it apart and gave it some TLC with various brushes, good quality oil and even rebuilt a missing section with some sugru and got it purring like a kitten. Now I'm hooked. I've just got my second machine which is a computerised Janome (another bargain this time from eBay) and itching to explore the additional features. Your channel was obviously a godsend for this man who sews :-) Thanks again.
BTW, Don't know how long you've been married but may you speak about your wife with just as much admiration for as long as you live! Trumpworld needs more displays of love like this!
Hello Chris!
You are correct, from years of sewing, I hardly ever pin my work, but for fine detailed work, I definitely use the pins. That's awesome that you were able to pick up those machines for such a bargain, and are now sewing up a storm!
I've been married 20 years, and my wife is most certainly my better half! :) I hope you have fun sewing, and thanks for tuning in to Man Sewing!
Yesterday I had to sew a skirt and my machine got CRAZY, me too!!! Today I watched your video and immediately followed the recommendations. Just, I am ashamed, but I used my own face oil. UPS! It worked anyway! Thank you very MUCH! Amazing!!! Thanks to all youtube staff, thank you Man Sewing! I am so happy!
❤❤❤❤ I’m in love with you your channel and your hemming technique!!! I have been seeing for years and every time someone would ask me to shorten their jeans I wanted to cry. A few years ago I saw a pair of jeans hemmed this way and I thought I can do this. The only problem was I didn’t know how to figure how much to fold up. I fooled around a lot with every pair I did. A lot of trying them on until the length was right. Then I saw your video Sooooo easy. The part where you press the bottom and then slid it up to the correct place--brilliant!!! I don’t think I would have ever figured that measuring out. Now I can go hem the pants I have in my closet. Thank thank thank you🥰
I'm mesmerized by your iron
+David Ensminger It's a fun one! I have a new iron in my more current tutorials!
Yes, me too! I want that iron.
me too!
+Man Sewing
What kind of iron is your iron? It looks like somehow part of it lifts up when you lay it down flat? I would like to know more about your iron. Thank you!
+David Ensminger right! that thing blew my mind!!
Thank you so much Rob. I learned so much watching this video. I successfully hemmed my new jeans, leaving the original hem in place. It worked perfectly. You are the best!
Very nice, educational instruction on this hem. I have used this technique and is wonderful. Although, I saw where the instructor did a “stitch-in-the-ditch” after ironing to keep the hem from rolling back up. **** I made a “Jean-a-ma-jig” kind of gadget by cutting out a notch in the white plastic part of package that the needles come in. Works like a charm! 👌🏼💕
The iron is awesome and I really like the process shown to neatly shorten pants!!
THANK YOU , THANK YOU , THANK YOU! I am a short person and could never have an original hem on my jeans. This was very easy to follow and do. I now can wear my jeans without an ugly hem. This method also works well on sleeves as my jackets never fit properly. Again. Thanks a bunch.
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial, Dorise!
This is an excellent video!
Shortening jeans has always been one of the worst things for me to accomplish easily.
You make this look very simple. It just so happens I have some new jeans that are way too long and I just got a new Janome sewing machine so, I know what I’m going to do! Thanks😊 alot
This is the video I tell all my friends about. Love all the videos, but this one is revolutionary - everyone needs to know how to hem jeans this way!
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Thanks! One hour to watch the video, hem my jeans, and marvel at the results.
That's awesome! Glad you enjoyed the tutorial, Nick!
Nice video, clear, concise, easy to follow, and a little humorous. Great Set up, and the iron, is out of this world.
What?! WAIT. That iron totally tripped me out! Love that. I have never an iron with a built in stand. Very cool.
Grew up my dad and my eldest brothers who were both tailors. That's the type of hemming I did not learn growing up in my dad's shops. I learned how to hem and taper pants when I was in my teens. Made money doing that too :-) Well, I have 4 new pair of jeans I could try it on. Wish me luck! thanks for the tips. I'm subscribing to you now.
What the what! I just did this a few months ago for some of my grandsons jeans. It's nice to see something you do on your channel and be able to say "hey I can do that, too!".
That's what I like to hear!!
Thank you. Your tips will save my husband and I a lot of money and frustration.
Thank you for this informative tutorial. I like this method of creating a hem to a pants that you are attempting to shorten. It preserves the more difficult to sew hem, itself, by using the original. Obviously, you would use the same color thread to match the material one is sewing, which can be challenging if the pants itself, has faced.
I have hemmed my jeans with Rob's instruction and it works so well!! I love the fact that the jeans don't look like they have been hemmed. Thank you Rob for this great tutorial!! :0)
Hemmed two pairs of pants today using your tutorial. No drama! Thank you
Oh my gosh, easy-peasy! Who knew!? Thank you so much for explaining it so well!
This was awesome! My daughter has hypochondroplasia, so I have to alter her pants by 4 to 7 inches every time so they got properly in the body. It's a bit difficult/off when you have boot cut and have to take off 7 inches, but it's still better than it came out before your trick. Thank you a lot!
Thanks so much Rob! Your step by step was excellent. Nailed it on the first try. No capris!
First time I’ve used this method, just have to wait for owner of pants to try them on before I do my cut and zigzag. This will be well worthwhile skill, Im the mender for my family. Thank you.
helpfull hint .when u go over a big seam there is a black button on the back of your presser foot push it before you go over the bump and watch what happens perfect seam
Just wanted to say a big thank you for the easy tutorial....I got down and redid 5 of my husband's pajamas and it came out perfectly....Thanks a ton 👍👍👍👍
Very thorough tutorial. Hemmed some work pants - FLAWLESSLY thanks to this video. Great job!
Great tutorial; you’re a gifted teacher. Loved the initial-crease-as-a-guide trick. When I hemmed my jeans, I used a zipper foot, which allowed me to get nice and close to the original hem. Also, I tacked down the excess fabric at the side seams, rather than cut. That allowed me to pass them along to someone who may be taller than I, which I did almost immediately, because I went down a size 😂..
Great method. So easy , once I started to do it myself and I watched you do . I used my walking foot..and heming foot for the second row of stitching.
THANK YOU!! Many times over- I'm about to wash said jeans before doing this and i know I'll love the results. thanks again!
+Jaztina woohoo!! Glad you liked it!
New to sewing, I am into quilting but my husband thinks I can hem his jeans. Now that I 've seen your video I'm going to try it, wish me luck. Thank you.
Victoria Williams how did it go?? Let us know what you think!
Ok, Rob! I'm so excited! I hemmed my hubby's jeans this weekend and totally nailed it thanks to your awesome tutorial. Thanks again!
Fantastic, Mimi! Glad you enjoyed the tutorial!
Hi from UK.
Thank you for the tutorial, easy to understand and you deliver with great energy.
Just tried this method and thank you very much Rob it worked like a charm.
great video,,,clear and very concise lesson.. Bill,,a man who sews..best wishes
gatt be thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed this one!
This is the best explanation on hemming jeans by far!!! Thank you!
Loved, loved, loved the video. You explained it with little fuss and stress.
I have been looking for an easy way to hem my jeans and so far you are the easiest way to hem my jeans. Thank You for this class on hemming a pair of jeans and this might just be the way I do it. Thank you again.!!!
I finally understand how to hem jeans. Thank you! This was simple to understand, I needed simple.
The breaking tension was the cause of my thread bunching! Amazing! I have been skipping fat seams and gluing them back down on the inside post pressing. THANKS!!!
At my shop I call this a 'eurohem' and charge more for it. :P In addition to the steps you've done, I also give it a little top stitch at the edge of the fold to keep it nice and flat... and since I have a blind stitch machine (for dress pants) I use it on the edge that you did the finishing stitch on to keep it from flapping around and it doesn't show on the outside. As for measuring it, I do it a little different too. I measure how much shorter it has to go then measure half that distance up from the area where I will be stitching it and place a mark all the way around. That is the fold line and helps me keep everything even. :)
Thanks Rob! I have watched your sewing and quilting videos and was always too "nervous" to try hemming my jeans. I tried today and it was like magic! Jeans are not jeans without the bottom trim.
Thanks!!
2015!!! WOW! This vid has been here all along. 🤔
I've been wanting to do this jean hem but I didn't quite get the "rolling down" in other vids. "How much? How come? 🙄
Came across yours & it was like....press seam then line up....I GET IT! & IT MAKES SENSE! 💡
Thank you so much, I understood it perfectly!
Hi Rob I have had this tucked away in favourites for quite some time, finally tried it today and have to say I am more than impressed, this is now my preferred method many thanks
I had my own tailoring business for over 25 years. Sometimes I hemmed pants or jeans your way, but usually I did jeans the old fashioned way (cut them off about an inch too long, turn up the edge to the inside twice 1/2 inch and stitch. Then I would take sand paper or a sanding block and fray/distress the edges of the hem. After a couple of additional laundering you had the look of the original hem.
Yes broken thread due to the pressure foot, but this was my 1st 🤩😁
project in my new sew RM. THANKS TO YOU, he wants me to do all pants now.... really appreciate the way you explain the points and show them. 🏠
Thanks so much! I have about 4 pair I need to do for my daughter. This will help tremendously
Just tried your method works really well ! Thank you Man Sewing !
You know he's a keeper when he hems your trousers for you. Honestly, I kinda want my future husband to do this for me😂😂
Ashlee McIntosh I gotchu girl
I kinda want my wife to bring me 20 children
My husband has an inseam of 28 so you know I hem a lot of jeans, work pants, and trousers! Thanks for the tips!!
So say you. I search far and wide to match the color of and weight of the thread that is used on the outer stitching of the pants - which is white or light blue in case you didn't notice and not gold as you said - and use that match and by enough to use it for quilting later. If I cannot find a match, I will undo a seam inside the pants and use that thread. I run a couple of samples under the machine to make sure that I match the stitch length to what the manufacturer did but If my machine will not match it, I will disengage the feed dog and do a few practice runs at pulling it through by hand on denim scraps of similar weight so that it will make along enough stitch to match what the manufacturer did. I have also hand sewn it with a needle by marking out the exact path and there's a bit of a trick to it on the underside to make sure that it catches enough fabric to hold on the back side so that you can match the stitch on the top side. In those cases I have taken the thread out of the hem very carefully, and threaded a heavy duty needle with a sharp tip.
Does that/your technique not increase the likelihood of the hems rolling up after washing and drying? They do that enough as it is I would think this would increase the frequency of that tendency. I've noticed that it makes the thick part curl up and I don't think ironing is gonna make that not happen. That is a headache I do not like on a regular day but if I did something that make it more frequent, I'm not gonna do it. I think this technique makes me have to iron some of my jeans that I don't want to iron.
I have an iron just like this one and love it. It is impossible to burn a hole in your ironing board cover if you forget to set your iron up after ironing. It also saves time when I am in a hurry.
Great video! I'll be doing this today. I bought a sewing machine at the beginning of lockdown and I'm loving it.
Btw, you do realize the little black button on the side of your foot, if you push that in it will allow you to go over the thicker seam ( you do that as you approach the thick seam) or you can do it as you start on the thick seam. Just some information as to what that feature is on the side of your foot.
Thank you for the great instructions. And for giving an alternative to finishing without a serger. I hope to get one soon though.
Awesome tip. . .to keep the appearance of an original hem
THANK YOU!
Love this video, clear instructions and going to use this method. I do wish I could have seen a close up of the finished leg but it looked good from the view that I could see. Thank you for sharing with all of us out here
I love that new age iron! L8fts itself up to avoid burning.
You just taught me a few things,I'm 75vand love to sew,now i.can do ot even better than I have in the past.Have a great dinner.
I have been wanting to try this and wasn't sure where to begin. But, I think I will try using a serger to trim and finish.
Here's a hint for those thick side seams that are hard to sew over....I saw this on TH-cam as well. Take a hammer to them before sewing over them. It really works! I have a very old-school machine which isn't very forgiving. I used to break needles all the time. Hammering the seams first allowed me to hem my jeans easily.
Brilliant tutorial thanks but where can I get the amazing iron?
Be with who you love and do what you love together…..doesn’t get any better than that. Blessings to you?
I bought a sewing machine on impulse while my wife was yarn shopping, and the only thing I've done with it is hem jeans. I really wish I'd found your channel first. Hopefully I'll be using the machine for more exciting things soon! Also, that iron is pimp as hell!
Dane Calderon respect, my husband bought machine for me to fix his and my clothes
I have one issue with your tutorial, but first things first. I'm currently hemming a new pair of my wife's jeans. They have a very cool/worn hem line, so I was afraid to cut it. I decided to do a search and learned about European hemming. Not thrilled with some of the other tutorials, I looked it up on your page, since you helped me when a quilt I was doing last year. Your tutorial IS SO MUCH BETTER than most of the others I watched for 2 main reasons... first, you warned people about washing them first. I didn't see that in ANY of the others I watched!! (over a dozen) Second, you don't cut yours until they are sewn, so you can double check them before cutting them up. WOW!! How do other people miss this!!! But now to my one issue... I think your measurements are off. It seems to me that if you sew the top of the old hemline to the ironed crease, you are adding the length of the hem. BUT, 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 great job other wise. I got these sewn and ready to go in no time. I appreciate your videos. ✌🏻
WONDERFUL TUTORIAL!!! Thank you for teaching me what I never learned how to do!!! Thank you!!! My pants turned out perfect!!!
i am waiting for sewing machine dont have a clue how to work it but watching you as inspired me,loved watching your vidio very helpful many thanks.
Thanks, that’s helpful, especially the extra reminder to pre-wash more than once or twice. I like your direct and to-the-point teaching style, and not just what to do, but what to avoid.
If we had had guys in sewing class in my day, I definitely would have gone to class more often and probably paid attention and learned something, they’re more interactive and free-flowing with input and ideas (at least that’s been my experience). It would’ve been even better to have a male sewing instructor! I did great in shop classes, through. I don’t know why sewing instructors were always so quiet and subdued, and in my case, the first one was not very helpful at all and more interested in reading her book. Making up for lost time now, though.
They definitely need more life skills classes and less required advanced math, science classes with details that won’t ever be used by most students, and endless dates in history without the actual lesson of what really was behind the endless wars and such (kids have very valid complaints about classes that don’t really teach anything useful, but are impractical time wasters, and they skip the real reasons behind the battles and wars anyway). Even though I did well in them, they don’t really affect daily life. They don’t teach kids interpersonal skills, either, and there’s a huge need for that these days. Helping each other in life skills classes would produce a better society than a bunch of kids with their heads full of useless facts... facts that are not important and can be accessed 24/7 if they ever actually became necessary.