How to Hem Jeans Using the Original/Existing Hem - Looks Like They Haven't Been Altered!

OMG, you are sooo good, clear and thorough. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏼.

Awesome job!!!!

Excellent tutorial!!! Thank you.

Wow, what a talented tailor!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was so nervous to hem my son’s jeans but your instructions were so clear and easy to follow. They turned out great!!

Wow. I’m old and I just discovered what a serger is and more surprised to see what it does! Dang! This vid was very enlightening. It helps a ton to see.

Only highly skilled person like yourself could do this. Looks very difficult! Your machines look like they are very well maintained! Thank you.

Nice, but why cut at all? Why not just fold up an all-around-loop or what it could be called, and sew one simple seam?Maybe secure the loose looped materialpointing downwards by some hand stitches to keep it against the trouser leg?The existing seams would be very thick, but does oit matter when it is on the inside, not showing?

Sorry but the time You spent doing that was way to long when can you could just and hem and it's look just as good with out looking like it's been altered

I have hemmed many pants in my 30 years of sewing. What a great tutorial on how to hem jeans. Wish I had known this. You can always learn a new trick!!! However, I don't sew any more due to carpal tunnel surgery in both hands and cubital tunnel surgery in elbow! Word to the wise.... exercise and stretch your hands to keep from getting carpal tunnel! Sewing all those years messed up my lower back, neck and hands!!!! Boy do I miss my industrial machine!!!

Easy to understand from a technical standpoint. If you do each leg separately you don’t need to mark the pieces to match them, and marking the legs on all sides didn’t matter as you laid them flat when you cut them and never examined the other side. Thanks for sharing.

Very helpful 😊

Super guidance

Incredibly well done! Thanks for the tips! You did a fantastic job explaining to make it easy even for a novice sewist.

You are the Amy Farrah Fowler (Big Bang Theory) of tailoring! This was a great video! And I subscribed to your channel just because your explanations in the process of doing this procedure were absolutely amazing! You are a great teacher and it shows that you love what you do! Thank you very much for your video!

I would most likely start my hem at the outside seam to line up since most visible. If it goes off a tad, I'd rather have the mismatch inside. Question, tapered legs could add fabric to the lower hem section ya? How would you deal with fabric bunching?

How come no more videos?? I've learned more cool tips from this one video than i have learning as i go.
Ah well I'll check out your others.

Off topic question, i have the same serger you used here. I noticed you are doing a 3 thread overlock. I have basically been forced to use 3 because for some reason my 4th thread (left) won't chain up anymore.. would you have any idea why?
Well hope you come back again ✌️

You have a great demeanor and very good indeed Tailorityourself! Thank You! Can you tell me a ballpark sum of what one charges to do this hem in the industry on a pair of jeans? Thanks!

YOU are very very good. Excellent tutorial and lovely smile.

This is a slick way of hemming jeans. Truly professional.

I love how you took the time to explain the process fully and show close-ups. You are a wonderful seamstress!

Thank you sooooo much 😊

Just buy jeans that fit

Amazing. Never knew this trick!

You are the best! Fantastic video and step by step instructions to help anyone including a true novice. I have been sewing for less than 12 hours now and I just hemmed a pair of pants using your method and they look great and fit great. Thank you!!

Great job but you can literally do this in a fraction of the time by NOT cutting them... instead just roll the pant leg up and sew right under the factory hem. It gives you the EXACT same result! By the way, I love ur bangs : )

Thank you for your. Video I have 3 jeans now I have to do it with confidence.but I have straight machine only let's see how looks like.😂

Is there a good video anywhere showing how to do this with flared or boot leg jeans? And is it possible to buy a serger foot for a regular machine?

Thank you for this excellent video. Its my go to video whenever I have to shorten jeans for my family.... the results have been beautiful, just as you say in the video. I really appreciate the details and all the fine points you go into. I do have difficulty lining up the seams, as these area bulky and as I push the bulk through the machine, I lose the alignment. Any tips for how to do this perfectly every time?

Great tutorial! Would this method work on flare leg jeans?

An incredibly beautiful way of doing it. Thank you for showing us tailoring excellence 🤗

I don’t understand why you have to cut it off and put it back on. Couldn’t you just leave it on while surging and it would be surged together all in one

Does this method work on bell bottom jeans?

Great video. Suggestions - explaining what sewing machine foot to use and how to check that the bottom original hem is the same circumference and if not how to deal with it.

My sewing resume is like many shared here, decades of experience but mine includes an off/on hiatus over 20 years. Your video is so great showing the close up every time it might be needed for clarity and adding nuances for the experienced. At 5’2” I’ve had to alter an lot of pants but jeans were so problematic. I have 4-5 pairs to hem this week for the fall/winter months so I’m confident to start. Look forward to you videos as I have subscribed.

I have watched several of your videos, including this one. First, I want to complement you as you are a great teacher! Your explanations are clear and easily understood. I like your video work: camera angles and close-up framing when appropriate are much appreciated. Keep it up.

I'm a subscriber now!

This was a fabulous lesson on using an original hymn. You were concise clear and spot on with your guidance. I want to follow you on whatever you do. Thank you so very much.

You are the best teacher ❤

Great video!
Things we do differently in the UK are, that we fold the Jean hems to where needed first, stitch the edge of the original hem, then cut off the excess leaving 1 - 1.5cm allowances, overlock 2 layers of raw edges together and finally top stitch to finish them off.
With this method we can still double check if the lengths are correct before cutting the fabric, avoid unnecessary left/right mixup, and only need a single run of overlocker.

Excellent lesson. I always wanted to do this. I am stumpy and my jeans never fit. Thanks for giving me some confidence to try a more advance hem technique. I will be listening to you some more.

you are every beautiful.

Thank you for the tutorial, you are a great instructor!

Awesome video, very thorough and precise.

Outstanding tutorial for us men, thank you. Filter out the obnoxious background music.

Thanks! I wish I found the video 6 months ago 😢. It would have saved me a lot of time helped me hem nicer jeans.

Why do you start with a domestic sewing machine then use an industrial one which could have coped with the thickness of the seams anyway. I thought it was disingenuous of you not to do the whole video on a domestic machine

Hey this is a great video Im going to use it to try and alter my new jeans. They have a flare on them rather than a taper, is there anything extra I need to do when following the directions? Thanks so much :)

Great instructions and your helpful tips are so clever. The finished product didn't even look altered. Would using iron-on fusing tape help keep the excess material laying flat inside the pant leg instead of sewing the extra stitch line to keep it flat?

Actually, there is another method that works just as well without cutting into the pant hem... You can do the fold method and stitch in the ditch to the same affect. I prefer this., myself