Quick Quick Hem
19. Mar, 2010 
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Have you ever needed to hem jeans or cuffs and know it will be hard, if not impossible to replicate the hem. This technique commonly used on jeans also works well for other ready made items. The jacket below was made with french terry.
To do this technique, you will be making a tuck above the hem and sewing the tuck right above the hem that was on the original garment. The tuck is folded into the sleeve and checked to see if the new length is correct.
Baste the tuck together being careful to only baste the tuck. If you are fearless you can try just pinning.
Sew The Tuck
Trim the fabric that you have tucked and finish the raw edges. If it is a knit,it isn’t necessary to finish the raw edge.
Final Hem
The original hem is the still there. That is the stitching that is visible. It is a cover stitch but part of the sleeve blocks the view
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Good job Marian, your talent amazes me and hopefully will motivate me…
Where were you years ago, whenever I had this problem. I can’t believe I never thought of it, but you can believe that I will be using the idea a lot. Thanks for that and for letting us know about your site. I’m sending it to Gretchen, too.
Thanks for the idea! I’m certainly will try it because I have short arms and always need to shorten sleaves. Also will try it on my jeans.
It’s not perfect but it will work. Some sleeves narrow so there will be some fabric to ease into the tuck.
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