Hemming jeans with original hem by hand

Learn how to shorten jeans in 5 different ways using a sewing machine, hand sewing, or without sewing. Includes keeping the original hem.

If you just turn up a simple hem on jeans as you would do on a skirt, it never looks right. So here’s my quick and easy hack to hem your jeans and keep the original hem intact.

I just bought a pair of pants that I LOVE...but, they are way too long. I thought they'd be OK with shoes and folded up a bit. But they were...

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…

Sharing my simple DIY hack to hem my jeans with the original hem in under 10 minutes without sewing! Also works as a great temporary fix.

Learn how to hem jeans like a pro while preserving the original, faded hem with this step-by-step sewing tutorial.

Shorten your own jeans at home and save money. This tutorial shows you how to keep the original hem when shortening jeans just like a professional tailor.

While at a sewing class last week, I commented to the quilter next to me, that on my list of things to do was hemming jeans. She and then others jumped in, that they feared doing jeans on their sewing machines because of the thick seams. So I said I'd show them how I do it. Here is my quick way for hemming jeans. I've tried many ways, and have been using this method for the past 10 years. Beware this is a long post... Simple technique, but many pictures. First set up your sewing machine to…

Kate Ng on Instagram: "Had to shorten RTW jeans but I wanted to keep the original hem because the topstitching is nice! When it comes to blue denim, I’m buying - sometimes I find things second hand (then no need to break them in!), sometimes new ... ultimately I have the brands I like and guess what, they sew jeans way better than I do and have denim wash colours that I like. Having said that, still feels pretty good to use sewing skills to adjust a bit here and there that I want :-) and a…