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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
Denim and Jeans
How to Hem Jeans
How to Hem Pants like a Tailor
Needles for Jeans
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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
Denim and Jeans
How to Hem Jeans
Needles for Jeans
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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,
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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
Denim and Jeans
How to Hem Jeans
Needles for Jeans
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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
Denim and Jeans
How to Hem Jeans
Needles for Jeans
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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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Denim and Jeans
Designer Spotlight
How to Hem Jeans
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Designer Spotlight: Denim, Rock & Roll, and John Varvatos

In the book John Varvatos: Rock in Fashion, John gives us a window into his life experience with denim . . . so far.   Chapter 11 opens with “Denim is sexy."  As
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