Very helpful post!
I am short. There is no other way to put it. I’m barely 5′ tall. I think I’ve only bought two pairs of used jeans in my life that were already hemmed to my length…ever…in my life!
My mom always hemmed my pants, even as I got older. Then, I started taking them in to a shop for alterations to keep the original hem which cost me $20/pair. I love how the original hem looks so I paid it. Well, recently I’ve tried a few different techniques and I’ve found one I really like. This is the tutorial I followed How to hem jeans
I started with a pair of new (used) jeans that fit great everywhere but in length.
I measured and pinned the jeans to the length I wanted them.
I needed to take off 4″ from the hem so I measured just over 2″ and pinned, measuring…
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