Add length to pants

Learn all these sewing and alterations you can do yourself to make your wardrobe fit well and last longer. Don't pay for these alterations!

For my last week’s Project Run & Play outfit for Boys Week, I wanted to make some pants with a cuff. At first I was thinking about making fully lined pants with a fold up cuff, but I dec…

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!

So winter is long… and kids grow fast! I really don’t want to by new pants in February.. Spring is just around the corner. So, I’m adding a little length to my sons pants so he can keep wearing them! They fit great, but are just too short. Today I’m going to give a quickContinue Reading

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So it's been a while since my last tutorial - here's one from a pair of granny pants I bought for $3.00 at the op-shop. I made this becaus...

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…

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I have a favorite pair of pants that I wore a lot before. My problem was that it no longer fits me, but I didn't want to throw it away. So, I looked for tutorials online on how to upsize jeans in the waist and found this video by Miarti - Sewing Tips. It was