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The Big Lie in Hem Hacking Your Jeans by Keeping the Original Hem

While I'd much rather see you wearing jeans that are the appropriate length for your fashion ensemble than to see some other haggard, sloshy, or excessively scrunched denim fabric hanging around at your

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Tailoring Pants and Jeans

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Can You or Should You Hem Your Own Pants and Jeans?

Buying a pair of new pants or jeans for yourself, only to realize the length is just not right, is undoubtedly among the most frustrating experiences in life for most

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Hemming Pants and Keeping Original Hem

How to Hem Pants

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The 3 Biggest Issues in Working with a Tailor

There is no better way to guarantee that your newest fashion find will fit you properly than by enlisting the services of an excellent tailor who will support you in your

Denim and Jeans

How to Hem Jeans

How to Hem Pants like a Tailor

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Savvy Sewists Use these Kinds of Threads for Hemming Jeans

You’ll need two kinds of thread to hem your jeans correctly. One is for construction. The other is for topstitching. Both threads can be polyester or cotton wrapped polyester fiber. Construction thread is the kind

What Size Needle Should You Use to Hem Those Jeans?

You should choose the needle size according to the weight of the fabric you'll be sewing. To hem lightweight stretchy jeans, for instance, a size 90/14 needle should work just fine. In contrast,

Denim and Jeans

How to Hem Jeans

How to Hem Pants like a Tailor

Needles for Jeans

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Why You Shouldn’t Hem Pants or Jeans Before You Do This

To get the best return on the investment of your time and money, you'll want to get the shrinkage out of that great-fitting pair of pants or jeans before they are hemmed. It can be

Where does the word ‘denim’ come from?

It's a simple derivative of a few words describing a kind of fabric that was made in a town in France. A serge fabric of Nimes, France.Check out this site for more about

Where does the word ‘jeans’ come from?

It's derived from two words describing a type of fabric that was made in Genoa, Italy called fustian. Genoa in old French is Jannes, in modern French is Gênes. Check out this site for more

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