It is a problem that haunts all the short ones but fortunately the networks arrive to save us with great ideas once again. If you are one of those who wears the jeans rolled up for not putting the hem in them or of those who spend hours and hours needle in hand so that the stitches are as similar as possible to those of the original bass, pay attention to this DIY trick that is sweeping networks. The process is surprisingly easy, even for a seam denier, and although it is quicker to do it with the sewing machine, you can also do it by hand without too much effort.
The best thing about this trick is that it allows us to keep the bottom of the jeans as such, without having to give up that worn effect that we like so much or that slightly special seam that caught our attention in the shop window. And, by taking the hem that way, you will be able to keep it even if you shorten your pants by 20 centimeters or 2. Attentive to step by step because it does not have much mystery.
Step by step to shorten jeans while maintaining their hem
- Measure the length you want to wear. To do this, it is best to put on your pants and fold the hem up. Look in the mirror to make sure it gets where you want it to go. Secure with pins or safety pins.
- Mark the middle of the section you want to cut with a sewing soap or chalk. Flip your pants over.
- Fold the hem inward, following the line you marked, and secure with pins.
- Sew just above the original bass.
- You can cut the excess fabric and overcast it or if it doesn't bother you and you don't want to complicate it, leave them as is.
- Repeat the process on the other leg of the pants.
- Flip your jeans over, iron the bottoms, and you're ready to go.
We also leave you a video with the whole process, which although it is in English, the steps that are taken to shorten the jeans keeping the original hem are perfectly understood .
