Whenever you buy a pair of pants, the question arises, How can I shorten the hem? Well, do not worry because if you continue reading this Post you will see how it is not as difficult as it seems and it will not take you more than 5 minutes to do it, apart from that you are saving money that today comes in handy. Many stores do not usually fix the hem , and if they do, they charge you an arm and a leg for doing something as simple as sewing a hemline. They can also sew it for you in the typical repair houses, which by the way, tend to be more expensive than the stores, so more than once you say to yourself “My God, how much money I would have saved if I knew how to do it.
My wife bought some gym leggings to go for a walk and they were pretty cheap. I had to fix the hem of the pants, and I’ll tell you a little something, with what he saved he was able to buy other leggings and ready to get in shape for four dollars.
I sew with a machine that my cousins left me and I have a lot of affection for it. With it I have recycled many clothes, such as the comfortable apron that I made with an old shirt that I really liked.
Surely in your house you have a sewing machine and if not, sure that your mother or your grandmother do. So you no longer have an excuse to learn how to raise a bass or recycle many garments doing very original and creative works such as this apron or this great cushion to always have the controls at hand.
Materials you need:
- Thread cutter
- Pins
- Sewing machine
- Black thread
- Measuring tape
- Pair of scissors
- Pants
Video tutorial on how to raise the hem of a pair of pants in 5 minutes
Well let’s go to the mess of raising your bass
1.- The first thing is to take the length you want to leave your pants, marking it with a pin, you do not need to measure the two legs, with one is enough since you are going to take that as a reference to cut the second and it will fit you exactly the same .
2.- Next and from the mark, make a line with soap or chalk two centimeters inside and around the bottom.<
3.- With the scissors you cut the excess fabric, there are occasions that if it is very right for you just to take advantage of the hem of the pants, fold it and sew it, it is more than enough to have it done.
4.- But as you can see, this time it is not possible, so when you have cut the excess, you will have to make a zis-zas for the cut of both bottoms so that it does not fray.
6.- Next, fold the entire hem to a centimeter and sew it with a flat seam on the inside.
5.- Next, guide yourself from the seam that you have sewn previously by folding inwards, make a seam seen from the outside and you have it finished.
7.- And finally, iron the hems and run.
8.- Your finished pants and ready to put it on.
