How to add length to pants

What a simple but great way to do this! I'm one who hates the worn line that appears when a hem is let down. I never once thought of this solution to get rid of it. Thank you so much!!

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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…

no sew option to hem your pants!

40K views · 4.8K likes | April on Instagram: "How to add pockets to pants or skirts that don’t have any! I thrifted these pants a while back and love to wear them but every time I reached down to put my hands in my pockets I was sadly reminded that they didn’t have any! 😫 Finally got around to adding some and thought it would be a helpful sewing tutorial to share with all of you since this is so common in women’s clothing. I even went live with @sewingmachinesplusdotcom to share how to do…

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…

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You can make your pants bigger around the waist using either stretching or sewing techniques. The easiest way to widen the waistband of your pants is to stretch the fabric to make it looser. You can also make more permanent alterations with scissors and a sewing machine.